The Polish Dilemma: Views from Within

ISBN-13: 9780367310288 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 258 str.

Lawrence S. Graham; Maria K. Ciechocinska

Opis

This book offers a cross-section of intellectual opinion within Poland, including original research and works of synthesis that draw on Polish writing that have been inaccessible to scholars outside Poland and considering the constraints facing all who would confront serious national issues.

Spis treści

Preface -- Introduction -- Politics and the State -- The Party System, Involvement in Politics, and Political Leadership -- The Contemporary Polish State: Structures and Functions -- Social Structures and Attitudes -- Change in Social Structure and the Increased Significance of the Working Class -- Polish Catholicism as an Expression of National Identity -- Socioeconomic Change and Dislocations -- Agriculture in Modern Poland -- Economic Development in Light of Regional Differences -- Rural-Urban Linkages and Change -- The Sources of Tension Within the System -- Problems in the Development of Social Infrastructure in Poland -- Sociopsychological Aspects of the Polish Crisis -- A Reassessment of the Polish Dilemma -- Politics, the Economy, and Society: How They Interrelate -- Some Lessons from the Historical Experience of Poland's Development

O autorze

Lawrence S.Graham, Maria K. Ciechocińska