1st Edition

Poland The Conquest of History

By George Sanford Copyright 1999
140 Pages
by Routledge

140 Pages
by Routledge

140 Pages
by Routledge

Poland pioneered the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. Domestic reformism and the negotiated abdication of ruling elites in 1989 have structured the country's politics in the 1990s. But the division between the communist and Solidarity camps continues to cause problems for a potential reform coalition aiming to complete modernisation through the restructuring required for EU membership.... Read more
From God's playground to normality; politics in democratic Poland; economy, society and modernization; Poland's place in the New Europe.

Biography

George Sanford

" A coverage of past and present Polish affairs for the informed but non-specialist reader."