The Origins of Democratization in Poland. Workers, Intellectuals, and Oppositional Politics, 1976–1980 /

The Origins of Democratization in Poland. Workers, Intellectuals, and Oppositional Politics, 1976–1980 / / Michael H. Bernhard.

Studies the events from 1976-1980 which shaped the origins of democracy in Poland. Looks at the workers strikes, the Workers Defense Committee and the opposition politics.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
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Bernhard, Michael H.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1993]
©1993
Year of Publication:1993
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (298 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Acronyms Used in Text and Notes
  • 1. Civil Society and Democratization in the East Central European Context
  • 2. Why Poland? The Fatal Link Between Legitimation and Stability
  • 3. Workers I: The Events of June 1976
  • 4. Enter the Intellectuals: KOR (The Workers’ Defense Committee)
  • 5 KOR’s Waging of the Workers’ Amnesty Struggle
  • 6. The Extension of the Public Space
  • 7. Workers II: Oppositional Politics
  • 8. KOR and Solidarity
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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