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The Collapse of Communist Power in Poland
Author | : Jacqueline Hayden |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 2006-03-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781134208005 |
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Based on extensive original research, including interviews with key participants, this book investigates the sudden and unforeseen collapse of communist power in Poland in 1989. It sets out the sequence of events, and examines the strategies of the various political groupings prior to the partially free election of June 1989. This volume argues that the specific negotiating strategies adopted by the communist party representatives in the Round Table discussions before the elections was a key factor in communism’s collapse. The book shows that on many occasions, PZPR decision-makers ignored expert advice, and many Round Table bargains went against the party’s best interests. Using in-depth interviews with major party players, including General Jaruzelski, General Kiszczak and Mieczyslaw Rakowski, as well as Solidarity advisors such as Adam Michnik, the text provides a unique source of first-hand accounts of Poland’s revolutionary drama.
Triggering Communism s Collapse
Author | : Marjorie Castle |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0742525155 |
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Through research and interviews Castle examines the causes and consequences of Poland's collapse as a communist state and explores how today's leaders confront some of the legacies of transition.
The Collapse of State Socialism
Author | : Bartłomiej Kamiński |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Communism |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105035347421 |
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Does the abrupt collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe arise only from errors in implementing the policy of state socialism, leaving the concept itself still a potentially valid one? Bartlomiej Kaminski argues to the contrary: state socialism is a fundamentally defective idea that was well carried out, enabling it to exist until its accumulated shortcomings made its survival extremely difficult. How did the flawed state-socialist system endure for so long? Why is it failing now? In answering these questions, Kaminski, who is both an economist and a political analyst, proposes a general theory and then applies it to the case of Poland. Contending that the breakdown of state socialism results from symbiosis of the state and the economy, the book describes how communist governments searched for tools that would replace the market mechanism and the rule of law. Doomed in advance by the absence of autonomy and competition, this search generated new crises by undermining the state's capacity to suppress individual interests and to direct the economy. Originally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
The Collapse of Communist Power in Poland
Author | : Jacqueline Hayden |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2006-03-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781134208012 |
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Based on extensive original research, including interviews with key participants, this book investigates the sudden and unforeseen collapse of communist power in Poland in 1989. It sets out the sequence of events, and examines the strategies of the various political groupings prior to the partially free election of June 1989. This volume argues that the specific negotiating strategies adopted by the communist party representatives in the Round Table discussions before the elections was a key factor in communism’s collapse. The book shows that on many occasions, PZPR decision-makers ignored expert advice, and many Round Table bargains went against the party’s best interests. Using in-depth interviews with major party players, including General Jaruzelski, General Kiszczak and Mieczyslaw Rakowski, as well as Solidarity advisors such as Adam Michnik, the text provides a unique source of first-hand accounts of Poland’s revolutionary drama.
Communism A Very Short Introduction
Author | : Leslie Holmes |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2009-08-27 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780199551545 |
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The collapse of communism was one of the most defining moments of the twentieth century. This Very Short Introduction examines the history behind the political, economic, and social structures of communism as an ideology.
Power of Symbols Against the Symbols of Power
Author | : Jan Kubik |
Publsiher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2010-11-01 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780271042138 |
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The Power of Symbols Against the Symbols of Power
Author | : Jan Kubik |
Publsiher | : Penn State University Press |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0271010843 |
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Jan Kubik begins his study by demonstrating how the strategy for remodeling the national culture was implemented through extensive use of public ceremonies and displays of symbols by the Gierek regime (1970-80). He then reconstructs the emergence of the Catholic Church and the organized opposition as viable counter-hegemonic politics. Their growing strength opened the way for counter-hegemonic politics, the delegitimization of the regime, the rise of the Solidarity, and the collapse of communism.
Revolution in Eastern Europe
Author | : Peter Cipkowski |
Publsiher | : Wiley |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1991-05-02 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0471539686 |
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Written by an expert in European studies for young adults. Explains and analyzes the fall of communism in Eastern Europe. Scores of photographs, political cartoons and maps make this book visually appealing. Country by country, the author covers the enormous changes that occurred throughout the Fall of 1989 as well as events in the nine months that followed.