216 Pages
by
Central European University Press
Written by a Brit who has lived in Poland for more than twenty years, this book challenges some accepted thinking in the West about Poland and about the rise of Law and Justice (PiS) as the ruling party in 2015. It is a remarkable account of the Polish post-1989 transition and contemporary politics, combining personal views and experience with careful fact and material collections. The result is... Read more
Foreword, Acknowledgments, How to Read the Book, PART I. A Personal Voice, PART II. An Academic Voice, PART III. A Reporter's Voice, PART IV. A Lay Voice, Index
Biography
Jo Harper is a freelance British journalist based in Warsaw, writing for the BBC,Politico Deutsche Welle and others. He is editor of Poland’s Memory Wars: Essays on Illiberalism (CEU Press, 2018) on the rise of PiS, and holds a PhD from the London School of Economics on Polish political history.
