Continuities in Poland’s Permanent Transition

267 Pages·2000·2.305 MB·English

by  Harald Wydra (auth.)

Continuities in Poland’s Permanent Transition
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Continuities in Poland’s
Permanent Transition
Harald Wydra
Assistant Professor
Institut für Politikwissenschaft
Universität Regensburg
Germany
First published in Great Britain 2000 by
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ISBN 978-1-349-41653-0 ISBN 978-0-333-98300-3 (eBook)
DOI 10.1057/9780333983003
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wydra, Harald.
Continuities in Poland's permanent transition / Harald Wydra.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Poland—Politics and government—1989– 2. National characteristics, Polish. 3.
Post–communism—Poland. I. Title.
JN6760 .W93 2000
306.2'09438'09049—dc21
99–053560
©Harald Wydra 2000
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The Continuity of Second Reality 5
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The Continuity of Second Reality vii
Contents
List of Abbreviations viii
Preface x
1 The Continuity of Second Reality 1
Part I 29
2 The Continuity of Transition 31
3 The Continuity of Historical Antagonism 57
4 The Continuity of Backwardness 83
Part II 109
5 The Continuity of the Image of the West 113
6 The Continuity of the Image of Solidarity 139
7 The Continuity of the Image of 1989 163
8 The Continuity of Expecting Discontinuities 188
Notes 205
Bibliography 232
Index 250
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List of Abbreviations
AWS Akcja Wyborcza Solidarnos´c´ (Solidarity Electoral Action)
BBWR Bezpartyjny Blok Wspierania Reform (Non-Party Bloc for
the Support of Reform)
CBOS Centrum Badania Opinii Spo´lecznej (Centre for Public
Opinion Research)
CMEA Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
EC European Community
EU European Union
FPD Forum Prawicy Demokratycznej (Forum of the Democratic
Right)
KLD Kongres Liberalno-Demokratyczny (Congress of Liberal-
Democrats)
KOR Komitet Obrony Robotników (Committee for the Defence of
Workers)
KPN Konfederacja Polski Niepodleg´lej (Confederation for an
Independent Poland)
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
OKON Obywatelski Komitet Ocalenia Narodowego (Civil Commit-
tee for National Salvation)
OKP Obywatelski Klub Parlamentarny (Civic Parliamentary Club)
OPZZ Ogólnopolskie Zwia˛zki Zawodowe (All-Polish Trade Unions)
PC Porozumienie Centrum (Center Alliance)
PL Porozumienie Ludowe (Peasant Accord)
PRL Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa (Polish People’s Republic)
PRON Patriotyczny Ruch Ocalenia Narodowego (Patriotic Movement
for National Rebirth)
PSL Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe (Polish Peasant Party)
PZPR Partia Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza (Polish United Workers
Party)
RdR Ruch dla Rzeczypospolitej (Movement for the Republic)
ROAD Ruch Obywatelski – Akcja Demokratyczna (Civic Movement
– Democratic Action)
ROP Ruch Odbudowy Polski (Movement for Poland’s Reconstruction)
SdRP Socjaldemokracja Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Polish Social
Democracy)
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List of Abbreviations ix
SLD Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej (Democratic Left Alliance)
UB Urza˛d Bezpieczen´stwa (Security Service)
UD Unia Demokratyczna (Democratic Union)
UW Unia Wolnos´ci (Freedom Union)
ZChN Zjednoczonie Chrzes´cijan´sko-Narodowe (Christian National
Alliance)