Poland and the Politics of Permissible Pluralism
Poland and the Politics of Permissible Pluralism

Summary/Abstract: In the aftermath of the latest and most telling of the Polish government's amnesties, attention became actively focused upon the search for a political formula, one which would allow the regime and the "opposition" to move closer together and yet not seriously compromise their respective principles. It is now clear that the regime of General Jaruzelski cannot count on playing the amnesty card to such effect again, while other mobilizational symbols such as elections, declarations, or new institutions of reconciliation have either been devalued or not even instituted. The Social Consultative Council attached to the Chairman of the Council of State represents the farthest point to date traveled by the regime along the dimension of political inclusion. [...]

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