Free Download The Origins of Modern Polish Democracy By M. B. B. Biskupski; James S. Pula; Piotr J. Wróbel
2010 | 276 Pages | ISBN: 0821418912 |
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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.
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