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The Collapse of Communist Power in Poland: Strategic Misperceptions and Unanticipated Outcomes book cover

1st Edition

The Collapse of Communist Power in Poland Strategic Misperceptions and Unanticipated Outcomes

By Jacqueline Hayden Copyright 2006
240 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge
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Based on extensive original research, including interviews with key participants, this book investigates the sudden and unforeseen collapse of communist power in Poland in 1989. It sets out the sequence of events, and examines the strategies of the various political groupings prior to the partially free election of June 1989. This volume argues that the specific negotiating strategies adopted... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Explaining Change: The Paucity of the Agency-Structure Debate  3. Explaining the Collapse of Communism in Poland  4. PZPR Strategic Goals: Expectation and Outcome  5. Strategies and Outcomes  Part 1: Institutional Choices of the PZPR  6. Strategies and Outcomes  Part 2: The PZPR’s Choice of Electoral System and Voting Formulae  7. The Election Campaign  8. Discussion and Conclusion

Biography

Jacqueline Hayden is a lecturer in politics and the Department of Political Science, Trinity College Dublin. She worked as a current affairs journalist and radio producer for 15 years before completing her PhD in 2002. Her previous books include Poles Apart: Solidarity and the New Poland (1994).

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