Democracy in Poland
| Titel: | Democracy in Poland / Marjorie Castle and Ray Taras |
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| Verfasser: | |
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| Ausgabe: | 2nd ed. |
| Veröffentlicht: | Boulder [u.a.] : Westview Press, 2002 |
| Umfang: | XX, 291 S. |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| ISBN: | 0813339359 ; 0813339952 |
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- List of Tables and Figures
- p. vii
- List of Acronyms
- p. ix
- Acknowledgments
- p. xi
- Introduction: Understanding a Functioning Democracy
- p. xiii
- 1
- Historic Discontinuities: Shaping Poland's Political Traditions
- p. 1
- Beginnings: Dynastic Poland
- p. 2
- Democratic Breakthrough: The Republican Commonwealth
- p. 6
- Reform and Breakdown: The Destruction of the Commonwealth
- p. 11
- Resistance: The Struggle for Independence
- p. 15
- Political Traditions: Polonia Reconstituta
- p. 18
- 2
- The Communist Era: The System and Its Crises
- p. 29
- The Soviet Model and Its Polish Variant
- p. 30
- The International Environment
- p. 33
- Socialist Socioeconomic Development
- p. 37
- Political Culture
- p. 43
- Political Structures and Ruling Coalitions
- p. 48
- Popular Mobilization Against Communist Rule
- p. 52
- Impasse
- p. 62
- 3
- Regime Change and Democratization
- p. 63
- The Players of Transition
- p. 64
- Roundtable Procedures
- p. 72
- Roundtable Bargaining
- p. 75
- The June 1989 Elections
- p. 81
- After the June Elections: The End of the Communist Party?
- p. 85
- Implications of the Polish Transition
- p. 92
- 4
- The Political Players: Elites, Parties, and Other Actors in the Third Republic
- p. 95
- Winners and Losers in the New Democratic Games, 1989-2001
- p. 96
- Political Elites
- p. 104
- Parties and the Party System
- p. 116
- Other Players on the Political Scene
- p. 142
- 5
- The Played Upon: Society
- Cleavages
- p. 152
- Electoral Behavior
- p. 164
- Mass Political Attitudes
- p. 170
- Popular Protests
- p. 178
- Economic Interests versus Religion and the Past
- p. 181
- 6
- Political and Economic Arenas: The Institutions of the Third Republic
- p. 185
- Political Structures
- p. 186
- Economic Structures
- p. 211
- 7
- Policy Challenges Shaping Poland's Future
- p. 219
- European or Polish? The European Union, NATO, and Neighbors
- p. 220
- Addressing Economic Inequalities: Globalization or Paternalism?
- p. 232
- Forging Effective and Transparent Institutions
- p. 241
- A Secular State for a Catholic Nation: Social, Cultural, and Ethnic Policies
- p. 250
- Notes
- p. 255
- Selected Bibliography
- p. 277
- Index
- p. 279
