The Collapse of Communist Power in Poland

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...

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description 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.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1600622025-05-22T05:04:33Z The Collapse of Communist Power in Poland Hayden, Jacqueline round table process jerzy wiatr janusz reykowski przeworskis hypothesis party Janusz Reykowski Round Table Process Systemic Exhaustion Young Man General Kiszczak General Jaruzelski Contractual Sejm Przeworski's Hypothesis Przeworski's Analysis Andrzej Werblan Polish Reformers Kc PZPR Observable Implications Party's Seat Share Semi-free Election Broadened Dictatorship Round Table Negotiations Majoritarian System Legislative Veto Tv Time thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements::JPFC Far-left political ideologies and movements thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and political philosophy 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. 2025-05-22T05:04:32Z 2025-05-22T05:04:32Z 2025-05-21T14:56:37Z 2006 book ONIX_20250521T155841_9781134208012_54 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/102268 9781134208012 9780415368056 9780203027769 9780415674935 9781134207961 9781134208005 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/160062 eng BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/102268/1/9781134208012.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9780203027769 10.4324/9780203027769 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781134208012 9780415368056 9780203027769 9780415674935 9781134207961 9781134208005 Routledge 240 Oxford open access
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Andrzej Werblan
Polish Reformers
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Party's Seat Share
Semi-free Election
Broadened Dictatorship
Round Table Negotiations
Majoritarian System
Legislative Veto
Tv Time
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table
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wiatr
janusz
reykowski
przeworskis
hypothesis
party
Janusz Reykowski
Round Table Process
Systemic Exhaustion
Young Man
General Kiszczak
General Jaruzelski
Contractual Sejm
Przeworski's Hypothesis
Przeworski's Analysis
Andrzej Werblan
Polish Reformers
Kc PZPR
Observable Implications
Party's Seat Share
Semi-free Election
Broadened Dictatorship
Round Table Negotiations
Majoritarian System
Legislative Veto
Tv Time
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General Kiszczak
General Jaruzelski
Contractual Sejm
Przeworski's Hypothesis
Przeworski's Analysis
Andrzej Werblan
Polish Reformers
Kc PZPR
Observable Implications
Party's Seat Share
Semi-free Election
Broadened Dictatorship
Round Table Negotiations
Majoritarian System
Legislative Veto
Tv Time
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