The Polish Political Scene (1989)
The Polish Political Scene (1989)
Author(s): Andrzej FriszkeContributor(s): Lee Blackwood (Translator)
Subject(s): Civil Society, Political history, Government/Political systems, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism, Sociology of Politics
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Poland; Polish political scene; 1989; post-war politics; Communist rule; Solidarity movement; revolutions of 1989;
Summary/Abstract: Poland's incorporation into the Soviet political orbit in the mid 1940s and the accompanying Communist seizure of power checked the organic development of Polish political life. Of the prewar political parties and those that functioned in the wartime underground, only a few were legalized by the new authorities in 1945. The government repressed the National Party (SN, Stronnictwo Narodowe) and the National Armed Forces (NSZ, Narodowe Sily Sbrojne), which it viewed from the very beginning with extreme hostility. These nationalist organizations refused to acquiesce in the Yalta accords and rejected compromise with the Communists. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 04/1990
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 305-341
- Page Count: 37
- Language: English
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