Manifestacje, strajki, zamieszki. Wystąpienia masowe o charakterze politycznym w Warszawie w 1922 r.
Demonstrations, Strikes, Riots. The Political Public Assemblies in Warsaw 1922

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to broaden the knowledge on the political participation in the interwar Poland. Author gives a complex description of political public assemblies in Warsaw 1922, as a manifestation of Polish political culture in the interwar period. The author analyses the course of assemblies and the social background of the assembled public. The role and activities of political elite and law enforcement agencies are highlighted, as well as their use of force and collective violence. There were three events in 1922 that expose the major political conflicts within Polish politics throughout the period of Józef Piłsudski as the Head of State and the Constituent Assembly of 1919–1922: The government crisis in June and July, the parliamentary election in October and November and the presidential election in December of 1922. The common manifestation of these conflicts were public assemblies of Varsavians.

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