LEADER 04127oam 2200709 a 450 001 9910495866003321 005 20230331015443.0 010 $a9780520351882 010 $a0520351886 010 $a9780585079301 010 $a0585079307 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520351882 035 $a(CKB)111004366704240 035 $a(MH)002229870-3 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000142128 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12045537 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000142128 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10091044 035 $a(PQKB)11520950 035 $a(DE-B1597)570128 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520351882 035 $a(OCoLC)1198929995 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30771510 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30771510 035 $a(OCoLC)1409030038 035 $a(Perlego)4258076 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366704240 100 $a19901113d1991 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe dynamics of the breakthrough in Eastern Europe $ethe Polish experience /$fJadwiga Staniszkis ; translated [from the Polish] by Chester A. Kisiel ; foreword by Ivan Szelenyi 205 $aReprint 2020 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc1991 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 303 p. ) 225 1 $aSociety and culture in East-Central Europe ;$v6 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a9780520072183 311 0 $a0520072189 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 249-294) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tForeword --$tChapter One. History and Chance: The Dynamics of the Breakthrough in the Eastern Bloc --$tIntroduction: The Logic of Privatization in the State Sector --$tChapter Two. Political Capitalism and Other Patterns of Privatization --$tIntroduction: New Configurations and Their Dynamics --$tChapter Three. Stage One: Forming the New Center --$tChapter Four. Stage Two: The Collapse of the New Center and Its Reorganization --$tChapter Five. The Discrete Revolution: The Role of Society in the Transformation Directed from Above --$tConclusion: Dilemmas for Democracy in Eastern Europe --$tAfterword --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aUnderstanding the dramatic political, social, and economic changes that have taken place in Poland in the mid-1980s is one key to predicting the future of the communist bloc. Jadwiga Staniszkis, an influential, internationally known expert on contemporary trends in Eastern Europe, provides an insider's analysis that deserves the attention of all scholars interested in the region. Staniszkis presents the breakthrough of 1989 as a consequence not only of systemic contradictions within socialism but also of a series of chance events. These events include unique historical circumstances such as the emergence of the "globalist" faction in Mosow, with its new, world-system perception of crisis, and the discovery of the round-table technique as a productive ritual of communication, imitated all over Eastern Europe. After describing the development, collapse, and reorganization of a "new center" in Poland in 1989-1990, she discusses the first attempt at privatizing the economy. Her analysis of the dilemmas accompanying breakthrough and transition is an invaluable guide to the challenges that face both capitalism and democracy in Eastern Europe. 410 0$aSocieties and culture in East-Central Europe ;$v6. 606 $aCommunism$zEurope, Eastern$xHistory 606 $aCommunism$zEurope, Eastern$xHistory 607 $aEurope, Eastern$xEconomic conditions$y1989- 607 $aEurope, Eastern$xPolitics and government$y1989- 615 0$aCommunism$xHistory. 615 0$aCommunism$xHistory. 676 $a320.5/323/0947 700 $aStaniszkis$b Jadwiga$0676633 701 $aKisiel$b Chester A$01233115 701 $aSzelenyi$b Ivan$0864399 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bHLS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910495866003321 996 $aThe dynamics of the breakthrough in Eastern Europe$92863318 997 $aUNINA