Poland''s Transformation - A Work in Progress

Poland has carried out two peaceful revolutions in the span of one generation: first, the self-limiting movement of Solidarity, which undermined the legitimacy of Communism and then a negotiated transfer of power from Communism to free market democracy

List of contents

Introduction The Polish Revolution in Hindsight; Points of Departure; Consolidation and Legitimization after Radical Socia1 Change; The Constitutional Debate in Poland after 1989; Dead Ends and New Beginnings; Prospects for Constitutional Democracy in Poland; Restytucja: Property Restitution in Poland; Poland in the New Geopolitical Situation; The Dead Hand of the Past; Polands Fragebogen: Collective Stereotypes, Individual Recollections; Polish Literature in Transition

About the author

Bjorn Kurten

Summary

Poland has carried out two peaceful revolutions in the span of one generation: first, the self-limiting movement of Solidarity, which undermined the legitimacy of Communism and then a negotiated transfer of power from Communism to free market democracy

Product details

• Authors: Marek Jan Radzilowski Chodakiewicz, Bjorn Kurten
• Assisted by: Marek Jan Chodakiewicz (Editor), John Radzilowski (Editor), Dariusz Tolczyk (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.09.2017
• EAN: 9781138529991
• ISBN: 978-1-138-52999-1
• No. of pages: 310
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education