The Origins of Modern Polish Democracy The Origins of Modern Polish Democracy
Polish and Polish-American Studies Series

The Origins of Modern Polish Democracy

M. B. B. Biskupski and Others
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Publisher Description

The Origins of Modern Polish Democracy is a series of closely integrated essays that traces the idea of democracy in Polish thought and practice. It begins with the transformative events of the mid-nineteenth century, which witnessed revolutionary developments in the socioeconomic and demographic structure of Poland, and continues through changes that marked the postcommunist era of free Poland.

The idea of democracy survived in Poland through long periods of foreign occupation, the trials of two world wars, and years of Communist subjugation. Whether in Poland itself or among exiles, Polish speculation about the creation of a liberal-democratic Poland has been central to modern Polish political thought. This volume is unique in that is traces the evolution of the idea of democracy, both during the periods when Poland was an independent country—1918-1939—and during the periods of foreign occupation before 1918 through World War II and the Communist era. For those periods when Poland was not free, the volume discusses how the idea of democracy evolved among exile and underground Polish circles.

This important work is the only single-volume English-language history of modern Polish democratic thought and parliamentary systems and represents the latest scholarly research by leading specialists from Europe and North America.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2010
April 15
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
368
Pages
PUBLISHER
Ohio University Press
SELLER
Ingram DV LLC
SIZE
1.4
MB

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