The Dynamics of the Breakthrough in Eastern Europe - The Polish Experience (Hardcover, Translated from)

Understanding the dramatic political, social, and economic changes that have taken place in Poland in the mid-1980s is one key to predicting the future of the communist bloc. Jadwiga Staniszkis, an influential, internationally known expert on contemporary trends in Eastern Europe, provides an insider's analysis that deserves the attention of all scholars interested in the region. Staniszkis presents the breakthrough of 1989 as a consequence not only of systemic contradictions within socialism but also of a series of chance events. These events include unique historical circumstances such as the emergence of the 'globalist' faction in Mosow, with its new, world-system perception of crisis, and the discovery of the round-table technique as a productive ritual of communication, imitated all over Eastern Europe. After describing the development, collapse, and reorganization of a 'new center' in Poland in 1989-1990, she discusses the first attempt at privatizing the economy. Her analysis of the dilemmas accompanying breakthrough and transition is an invaluable guide to the challenges that face both capitalism and democracy in Eastern Europe.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Society and Culture in East-Central Europe, 6
Release date:	September 1991
First published:	1991
Authors:	Jadwiga Staniszkis
Translators:	Chester A. Kiesiel
Foreword by:	Ivan Szelenyi
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	250
Edition:	Translated from
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-07218-3
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Marxism & Communism
LSN:	0-520-07218-9
Barcode:	9780520072183

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