1st Edition

Consolidating Democracy In Poland

By Raymond Taras Copyright 1996
    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    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

    Biography

    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 .