Format:
1 Online-Ressource (178 Seiten)
Edition:
1st edition
ISBN:
9780203027769
,
9781134207961
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9781134208005
,
9781134208012
Series Statement:
BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European Studies Volume 26
Content:
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.
Content:
BookCover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Explaining change; 3 Explaining the collapse of communism in Poland; 4 PZPR strategic goals; 5 Strategies and outcomes; 6 Strategies and outcomes; 7 The election campaign; 8 Discussion and conclusion; Appendix 1 The concept of the system of election to Sejm, based on the formula of non-confrontational but competitive elections, held on the basis of agreed principles; Appendix 2 Werblan's letter; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite164-169. - Register
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1 Introduction -- 2 Explaining change: the paucity of the agency-structure debate -- 3 Explaining the collapse of communism in Poland -- 4 PZPR strategic goals: expectation and outcome -- 5 Strategies and outcomes: part 1 — institutional choices of the PZPR -- 6 Strategies and outcomes: part 2 — the PZPR’s choice of electoral system and voting formulae -- 7 The election campaign -- 8 Discussion and conclusion.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415368056
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415674935
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Hayden, Jacqueline The collapse of communist power in Poland London [u.a.] : Routledge, 2006 ISBN 0415368057
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415368056
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Polen
;
Komunistyczna Partia Polski
;
Machtverlust
;
Geschichte 1989
;
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DOI:
10.4324/9780203027769
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