Politics and Society in Poland

The book covers areas of political, social and economic development in Poland since the summer of 1989, with the main focus on democratization.

List of tables

x

Preface

xi

Poland and the `transition to democracy'

1

(13)

Approaches to democratization

1

(2)

The tasks of transformation

3

(3)

The nature of the Polish communist system

6

(2)

Extrication from the authoritarian regime

8

(4)

Conclusion

12

(2)

The practice of government

14

(20)

The governments of Solidarity

15

(8)

Governments of the successor parties

23

(4)

Solidarity Mark II: the government of Jerzy Buzek

27

(3)

The elected presidency

30

(2)

Continuity and change

32

(2)

Institution-building and the constitutional settlement

34

(23)

The political context of constitutional change

34

(5)

The evolution of political institutions

39

(2)

The making of the 1997 Constitution

41

(11)

Unfinished business

52

(3)

Conclusion

55

(2)

Civil liberties and the rule of law

57

(20)

The process of legal change

58

(3)

The rights and liberties of the citizen

61

(2)

The functioning of the judicial system

63

(3)

The police

66

(3)

Institutional safeguards of civil rights

69

(7)

Conclusion

76

(1)

Elections and the emerging party system

77

(25)

The Round Table election

78

(4)

The 1990 presidential election

82

(2)

The parliamentary elections of October 1991

84

(3)

The parliamentary election of 1993

87

(2)

The party system after the 1993 elections

89

(2)

The 1995 presidential election

91

(2)

New political parties

93

(2)

The parliamentary elections of 1997

95

(4)

The party system in 1998

99

(3)

Political participation and civil society

102

(22)

Political participation and political parties

105

(5)

The trade unions

110

(7)

Environmental activism

117

(2)

Religious groups

119

(2)

Women's group

121

(1)

Conclusion

122

(2)

The political role of the Catholic Church

124

(19)

Democratization and the Catholic hierarchy

126

(4)

Policy and the Catholic Church

130

Church-state relations: institution-building

135

(4)

The continuing Catholic agenda

139

(1)

Public attitudes to the Catholic Church

140

(2)

Conclusion

142

(1)

The politics of economic and social policy

143

(22)

The response to Balcerowicz

146

(6)

The strategy for Poland

152

(7)

The return of Balcerowicz

159

(4)

Conclusion

163

(2)

Conclusion: The character of Polish democratization

165

(14)

The diversity of the legacy

166

(6)

The imperatives of liberalization

172

(4)

Substantive democracy in Poland

176

(3)

Notes

179

(29)

Bibliography

208

(21)

Index

229

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