Bifurkacja reżimów niedemokratycznych społeczeństw masowych. Casus Polski czasów Edwarda Gierka
Bifurcation of non-democratic regimes of mass-societies: Poland’s case in times of Edward Gierek

Summary/Abstract: The breakdown of political structures is a process developing from the saddle point to the revolution or implosion of a political system. Th e decay process is determined on the one hand by the strength of the in-fl uence of stabilizing factors (attractors) and, on the other hand — by the repellers. In Poland, under Edward Gierek, the saddle point was achieved in 1974–1976, and then the process of disintegration began. Th e most important moments of revealing the repellers were: social protests against price increases in June 1976, “the winter of the century” in 1978/1979, the papal pilgrimage in 1979, parliamentary elections in March 1980, and the July 1980 strikes. Th e August and September 1980 agreements ended the process of disintegration of the monistic political system in Poland.

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