Author: James F. Morrison
Publisher:
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The Polish People's Republic
Author: James F. Morrison
Publisher:
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Reassessing Communism
Author: Katarzyna Chmielewska
Publisher: Central European University Press
ISBN: 9633863791
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
The thirteen authors of this collective work undertook to articulate matter-of-fact critiques of the dominant narrative about communism in Poland while offering new analyses of the concept, and also examining the manifestations of anticommunism. Approaching communist ideas and practices, programs and their implementations, as an inseparable whole, they examine the issues of emancipation, upward social mobility, and changes in the cultural canon. The authors refuse to treat communism in Poland in simplistic categories of totalitarianism, absolute evil and Soviet colonization, and similarly refuse to equate communism and fascism. Nor do they adopt the neoliberal view of communism as a project doomed to failure. While wholly exempt from nostalgia, these essays show that beyond oppression and bad governance, communism was also a regime in which people pursued a variety of goals and sincerely attempted to build a better world for themselves. The book is interdisciplinary and applies the tools of social history, intellectual history, political philosophy, anthropology, literature, cultural studies, and gender studies to provide a nuanced view of the communist regimes in east-central Europe.
Publisher: Central European University Press
ISBN: 9633863791
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
The thirteen authors of this collective work undertook to articulate matter-of-fact critiques of the dominant narrative about communism in Poland while offering new analyses of the concept, and also examining the manifestations of anticommunism. Approaching communist ideas and practices, programs and their implementations, as an inseparable whole, they examine the issues of emancipation, upward social mobility, and changes in the cultural canon. The authors refuse to treat communism in Poland in simplistic categories of totalitarianism, absolute evil and Soviet colonization, and similarly refuse to equate communism and fascism. Nor do they adopt the neoliberal view of communism as a project doomed to failure. While wholly exempt from nostalgia, these essays show that beyond oppression and bad governance, communism was also a regime in which people pursued a variety of goals and sincerely attempted to build a better world for themselves. The book is interdisciplinary and applies the tools of social history, intellectual history, political philosophy, anthropology, literature, cultural studies, and gender studies to provide a nuanced view of the communist regimes in east-central Europe.
Spring Will Be Ours
Author: Andrzej Paczkowski
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271047539
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
The Spring Will Be Ours focuses on the turbulent half century from the outbreak of World War II in 1939, which started the chain of events that would lead to the communist takeover of Poland, to 1989, when futile attempts to reform the communist system gave way to its total transformation. Andrzej Paczkowski shows how the communists captured and consolidated power, describes their use of terror and propaganda, and illuminates the changes that took place within the governing elite. He also documents the political opposition to the regime - both inside Poland and abroad - that resulted in upheavals in 1956, 1968, 1970, 1976, and 1980. His narrative makes evident the pressures that the elite felt from above, from Moscow, and from below, from the population and from within the party. The history of Poland and the Poles is of special interest because on numerous occasions in the twentieth century this relatively small country influenced developments on a global scale.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271047539
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
The Spring Will Be Ours focuses on the turbulent half century from the outbreak of World War II in 1939, which started the chain of events that would lead to the communist takeover of Poland, to 1989, when futile attempts to reform the communist system gave way to its total transformation. Andrzej Paczkowski shows how the communists captured and consolidated power, describes their use of terror and propaganda, and illuminates the changes that took place within the governing elite. He also documents the political opposition to the regime - both inside Poland and abroad - that resulted in upheavals in 1956, 1968, 1970, 1976, and 1980. His narrative makes evident the pressures that the elite felt from above, from Moscow, and from below, from the population and from within the party. The history of Poland and the Poles is of special interest because on numerous occasions in the twentieth century this relatively small country influenced developments on a global scale.
The Text of the Polish (Communist) New Draft Constitution
Author: National Committee for a Free Europe (U.S.). Research and Information Center. Polish Section
Publisher:
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Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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Publisher:
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Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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Twenty Years of the Polish People's Republic
Author: Eugeniusz Szyr
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Category : Poland
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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Publisher:
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Category : Poland
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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The Black Book of Polish Censorship
Author: Jane Leftwich Curry
Publisher: Random House Trade
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Contains the verbatim text of the notorious "Blackbook" of notes and recommendations, used by government censors in the Office for the Control of the Press, Publications, and Entertainment.
Publisher: Random House Trade
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Contains the verbatim text of the notorious "Blackbook" of notes and recommendations, used by government censors in the Office for the Control of the Press, Publications, and Entertainment.
Area Handbook for Poland
Author: Eugene K. Keefe
Publisher:
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Category : Poland
Languages : en
Pages : 366
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Publisher:
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Category : Poland
Languages : en
Pages : 366
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Curtain of Lies
Author: Melissa Feinberg
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190644613
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
'Curtain of Lies' examines the role of truth in the political culture of the Cold War by looking at Eastern Europe during the period from 1948-1956. It examines how actors on both sides of the Iron Curtain tried to delineate the 'truth' of Eastern Europe and how this worked to set the parameters of knowledge about the region
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190644613
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
'Curtain of Lies' examines the role of truth in the political culture of the Cold War by looking at Eastern Europe during the period from 1948-1956. It examines how actors on both sides of the Iron Curtain tried to delineate the 'truth' of Eastern Europe and how this worked to set the parameters of knowledge about the region
The Pope in Poland
Author: James Ramon Felak
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822987341
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
John Paul II was the first non-Italian pope in over 500 years, and the first Slavic pontiff in history. Shortly after his election to the papacy in 1978, he launched a series of visits to his native Poland, then in the midst of dramatic social changes that heralded the end of Communism. In this groundbreaking book, James Ramon Felak carefully examines the Pope’s first four visits to his homeland in June of 1979, 1983, 1987, and 1991 in the late Communist and immediate post-Communist period. Careful analysis of speeches, press coverage, and documents from the Communist Party, government, and police show how the Pope and the Communist authorities engaged one another. Felak gives equal attention to John Paul’s political and religious messages, highlighting how he astutely maneuvered between the rising hopes of the Polish people and the dangerous fears of a dying regime. The Pope in Poland recreates and explicates these dramatic visits that played a major role in the collapse of Communism in Poland as well as laid out a papal vision for Poland’s post-Communist future.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822987341
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
John Paul II was the first non-Italian pope in over 500 years, and the first Slavic pontiff in history. Shortly after his election to the papacy in 1978, he launched a series of visits to his native Poland, then in the midst of dramatic social changes that heralded the end of Communism. In this groundbreaking book, James Ramon Felak carefully examines the Pope’s first four visits to his homeland in June of 1979, 1983, 1987, and 1991 in the late Communist and immediate post-Communist period. Careful analysis of speeches, press coverage, and documents from the Communist Party, government, and police show how the Pope and the Communist authorities engaged one another. Felak gives equal attention to John Paul’s political and religious messages, highlighting how he astutely maneuvered between the rising hopes of the Polish people and the dangerous fears of a dying regime. The Pope in Poland recreates and explicates these dramatic visits that played a major role in the collapse of Communism in Poland as well as laid out a papal vision for Poland’s post-Communist future.
The Foreign Policy of the Polish People's Republic
Author: Mieczysław F. Rakowski
Publisher: Warsaw : Interpress Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Poland
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher: Warsaw : Interpress Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Poland
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description