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9780801473432

The Defeat of Solidarity

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  • ISBN13:

    9780801473432

  • ISBN10:

    0801473438

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-09-28
  • Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr

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Summary

How did the fall of communism and the subsequent transition to capitalism in Eastern Europe affect the people who experienced it? And how did their anger affect the quality of the democratic systems that have emerged? Poland offers a particularly provocat

Author Biography

David Ost is Professor of Political Science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. vii
Introductionp. 1
Democracy and the Organization of Angerp. 13
Solidarity Against Itselfp. 37
Market Populism and the Turn to the Rightp. 60
How Liberals Lost Laborp. 94
Communist and Postcommunist Experiences of Classp. 121
Labor at Work: Unions in the Workplacep. 149
Conclusion: Class, Civil Society, and the Future of Postcommunist Democracyp. 179
Notesp. 205
Indexp. 233
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