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Democratization in Poland, 1988–90

Polish Voices

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. George Sanford

    1. University of Bristol, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. The Polish Road to Democratisation: from Political Impasse to the ‘Controlled Abdication’ of Communist Power

    • George Sanford
    Pages 1-34

  3. Systemic Change in Poland: a Historical-Philosophical Approach

    • Mariusz Gulczyński
    Pages 35-49

  4. Political Reform in the Process of Round Table Negotiations

    • Stanisław Gebethner
    Pages 50-68

  5. The Legal-Constitutional Bases of Democratisation in Poland: Systemic and Constitutional Change

    • Wojciech Sokolewicz
    Pages 69-97

  6. The Elections of 1984–89 as a Factor in the Transformation of the Social Order in Poland

    • Krzysztof Jasiewicz, Tomasz Żukowski
    Pages 98-126

  7. Public Opinion in Poland during the 1980s

    • Stanisław Kwiatkowski
    Pages 127-135

  8. Politics and Society after the Breakthrough: the Sources and Threats to Political Legitimacy in Post-Communist Poland

    • Andrzej Rychard
    Pages 136-161

  9. From Monopoly to Death-Throes: the PZPR in the Process of Political Transformation

    • Karol B. Janowski
    Pages 162-176

  10. The Internal Evolution and Changing Policies of the Democratic Party

    • Piotr Winczorek
    Pages 177-194

  11. What Next? — Three Scenarios for the Future

    • Włodzimierz Pańków
    Pages 195-199

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 200-203
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The themes and data generated by Poland's move away from Communism are crucial for discussing prospects for democratization and marketization in Eastern Europe. This is a case-study of the mechanisms of power transfer, the dynamics of the initial transition and the prospects for democratization.

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  • University of Bristol, UK

    George Sanford

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