Since 2015, Poland's populist Law and Justice Party (PiS) has been
dismantling the major checks and balances of the Polish state and
subordinating the courts, the civil service, and the media to the
will of the executive. Political rights have been radically
restricted, and the Party has captured the entire state apparatus.
The speed and depth of these antidemocratic movements took many
observers by surprise: until now, Poland was widely regarded as an
example of a successful transitional democracy. Poland's
anti-constitutional breakdown poses three questions that this book
sets out to answer: What, exactly, has happened since 2015? Why did
it happen? And what are the prospects for a return to liberal
democracy? These answers are formulated against a backdrop of
current worldwide trends towards populism, authoritarianism, and
what is sometimes called 'illiberal democracy'. As this book
argues, the Polish variant of 'illiberal democracy' is an oxymoron.
By undermining the separation of powers, the PiS concentrates all
power in its own hands, rendering any democratic accountability
illusory. There is, however, no inevitability in these
anti-democratic trends: this book considers a number of possible
remedies and sources of hope, including intervention by the
European Union.
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