| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Physical description |
xx, 291 pages ; 24 cm |
| Notes |
First ed. published in 1995 under title: Consolidating democracy in Poland. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Understanding a Functioning Democracy xiii -- 1 Historic Discontinuities: Shaping Poland's Political Traditions 1 -- Beginnings: Dynastic Poland 2 -- Democratic Breakthrough: The Republican Commonwealth 6 -- Reform and Breakdown: The Destruction of the Commonwealth 11 -- Resistance: The Struggle for Independence 15 -- Political Traditions: Polonia Reconstituta 18 -- 2 Communist Era: The System and Its Crises 29 -- Soviet Model and Its Polish Variant 30 -- International Environment 33 -- Socialist Socioeconomic Development 37 -- Political Culture 43 -- Political Structures and Ruling Coalitions 48 -- Popular Mobilization Against Communist Rule 52 -- Impasse 62 -- 3 Regime Change and Democratization 63 -- Players of Transition 64 -- Roundtable Procedures 72 -- Roundtable Bargaining 75 -- June 1989 Elections 81 -- After the June Elections: The End of the Communist Party? 85 -- Implications of the Polish Transition 92 -- 4 Political Players: Elites, Parties, and Other Actors in the Third Republic 95 -- Winners and Losers in the New Democratic Games, 1989-2001 96 -- Political Elites 104 -- Parties and the Party System 116 -- Other Players on the Political Scene 142 -- 5 Played Upon: Society -- Cleavages 152 -- Electoral Behavior 164 -- Mass Political Attitudes 170 -- Popular Protests 178 -- Economic Interests versus Religion and the Past 181 -- 6 Political and Economic Arenas: The Institutions of the Third Republic 185 -- Political Structures 186 -- Economic Structures 211 -- 7 Policy Challenges Shaping Poland's Future 219 -- European or Polish? The European Union, NATO, and Neighbors 220 -- Addressing Economic Inequalities: Globalization or Paternalism? 232 -- Forging Effective and Transparent Institutions 241 -- A Secular State for a Catholic Nation: Social, Cultural, and Ethnic Policies 250. |
| Other author |
Taras, Ray, 1946-
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Taras, Ray, 1946-
Consolidating democracy in Poland.
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| Subject |
Democracy -- Poland.
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Poland -- Politics and government -- 1989-
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| ISBN |
0813339359 (paperback: alkaline paper) |
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0813339952 (hc : alkaline paper) |
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