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Record Nr.

UNINA9910765899403321

Autore

Hayden Jacqueline

Titolo

The collapse of communist power in Poland : strategic misperceptions and unanticipated outcomes / / Jacqueline Hayden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2006

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2017

©2006

ISBN

1-134-20800-6

1-134-20801-4

1-280-37726-7

9786610377268

0-203-02776-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Collana

BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European Studies ; ; 26

Classificazione

HIS010010POL005000POL042000

Disciplina

320.9438/09/049

Soggetti

Nonfiction

History

Politics

Poland Politics and government 1980-1989

Poland Politics and government 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BookCover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Explaining change; 3 Explaining the collapse of communism in Poland; 4 PZPR strategic goals; 5 Strategies and outcomes; 6 Strategies and outcomes; 7 The election campaign; 8 Discussion and conclusion; Appendix 1 The concept of the system of election to Sejm, based on the formula of non-confrontational but competitive elections, held on the basis of agreed principles; Appendix 2 Werblan's letter; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 i