1st Edition

Poland's Transformation A Work in Progress

310 Pages
by Routledge

310 Pages
by Routledge

309 Pages
by Routledge

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. Today, while Poland is seen as a success story and is joining political and economic associations in the democratic West, Poles themselves seem... Read more
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

Biography

Bjorn Kurten