Political Authority and Party Secretaries in Poland, 1975-1986

Klappentext This book deals with the changing position and role of the Polish United Workers' Party and its apparatus between 1975 and 1986. Zusammenfassung This 1989 book deals with the changing position and role of the Polish United Workers' Party and its apparatus between 1975 and 1986. Their role and the way they perform it is seen as a major determinant of the nature of party leadership and! more generally! of the strength of political authority in communist states. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Communist power and party authority in Poland; 2. Provincial party secretaries: Polish officials in comparative perspectives; 3. Provincial party committees in Poland, 1975-80; 4. Indecision and odnowa: obstacles to re-establishing party authority; 5. Renewal and party authority: the extraordinary congress and its consequences; 6. The advance of the military; 7. Political normalisation and party authority; 8. The Polish road to political stability: ruling without authority; 9. Conclusion; Notes; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Paul G. Lewis
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 12.11.2009
• EAN: 9780521122863
• ISBN: 978-0-521-12286-3
• Seiten: 368
• Serien: Cambridge Russian, Soviet and; Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Political structures: democracy, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1970 to c 1980, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Political parties and party platforms