LEADER 02479nam 2200385 450 001 9910476817103321 005 20230608215446.0 035 $a(CKB)5470000000566385 035 $a(NjHacI)995470000000566385 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000000566385 100 $a20230511d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Collapse of Communist Power in Poland $estrategic misperceptions and unanticipated outcomes /$fHayden, Jacqueline 210 1$aLondon, United Kingdom :$cTaylor & Francis,$d2006. 215 $a1 online resource (178 pages) 311 $a1-134-20796-4 327 $a1 Introduction -- 2 Explaining change: the paucity of the agency-structure debate -- 3 Explaining the collapse of communism in Poland -- 4 PZPR strategic goals: expectation and outcome -- 5 Strategies and outcomes: part 1 institutional choices of the PZPR -- 6 Strategies and outcomes: part 2 the PZPR's choice of electoral system and voting formulae -- 7 The election campaign -- 8 Discussion and conclusion. 330 $aBased 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. 606 $aPolitical science 606 $aCommunism 607 $aPoland 615 0$aPolitical science. 615 0$aCommunism. 676 $a320.943809049 700 $aHayden$b Jacqueline$01261898 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910476817103321 996 $aThe collapse of communist power in Poland$92946134 997 $aUNINA