Consolidating Democracy in Poland

ISBN-13: 9780367154479 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 276 str.

Raymond Taras

Opis

This book describes the features of Poland's democratic system: political institutions, parties, elections, and leaders that have shaped the transition from communism. It examines the Walesa phenomenon and the uneasy relationship between the presidency, parliament, and the prime minister.

Spis treści

0. Introduction: Approaches to Democratization 1. Historic Discontinuities: Dynasties, Republics, Partitions 2. The Functioning of the Communist Regime 3. Crises of the Communist System 4. Coalition Formation and Crisis Resolution 5. Democratic Structures of the Third Republic 6. Socioeconomic Development, Foreign Policy, and the International Political Economy

O autorze

Raymond Taras has taught political science at universities in England, Canada, and the United States and has served as a national fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. His publications include Ideology in a Socialist State: Poland 1956-83, The Road to Disillusion: From Critical Marxism to Postcommunism in Eastern Europe , and Nations and Politics in the Soviet Successor States .