ABSTRACT
The fundamental societal changes which are taking place after the fall of the totalitarian regime in the Czech Republic are also an important theme for geographical enquiry. Varied conditions result in a varied or uneven course of transformation, not only in the sense of the ‘successfulness’ of the transformation but also in the sense of its dynamics and direction. Geographical structures must be understood, however, not only as the exogenous conditions under which societal processes take place but also as a specific, integral sub-system of the ‘society in its environment’. Basic features or regularities of the regional differentiation of transformation changes may be deduced even from a very simple cartographic assessment of the privatization process, financial sector development, income level of employees and small entrepreneurs or unemployment level. The present transformation process clearly shows the increased role of selective tendencies, which deepen differentiation at the level of geographical as well as social structures.
