The Polish Road from Socialism: The Economics, Sociology and Politics of Transition: The Economics, Sociology and Politics of Transition

by Connor,Walter D.

• ISBN13: 9780873328869
• ISBN10: 0873328868
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-02-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 9
Introduction: Background to Crisis	p. 15
From Command to Market
Some Practical Problems of Privatization - Through Polish Eyes	p. 29
Poland and the International Economy in the 1980s: The Failure of Reforming Socialist Foreign Trade and Prospects for the Future	p. 41
Resource Allocation: Capital	p. 59
Adjustment and Competitiveness	p. 75
From Constraint to Choice
Transformation of Social Order and Legitimization of Inequalities	p. 83
Society and Bureaucracy	p. 97
Attitudes on Everyday Life in the Emerging Postsocialist Society	p. 115
Public Opinion, Values, and Economic Reform	p. 127
Public Opinion in Poland's Transition to Market Democracy	p. 147
From Control to Pluralism
Participation and Interests: Dilemmas of the Emerging Social and Political Structure in Poland	p. 167
Polish Elections of 1990: Beyond the "Pospolite Ruszenie"	p. 181
The Dilemma of Political Interests in the Postcommunist Transition	p. 199
Psychological Dimensions of a Sociopolitical Change: The Polish Case	p. 217
Political Institutions in the Process of Transition to a Postsocialist Formation: Polish and Comparative Perspectives	p. 231
The Political Attitudes of Polish Society in the Period of Systemic Transitions	p. 255
From One Truth to Many Voices
The Legacy of Real Socialism, Group Interests, and the Search for a New Utopia	p. 269
Transformations of Normative Foundations and Empirical Sociologics: Class, Stratification, and Democracy in Poland	p. 283
Index	p. 313
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