ABSTRACT

This authoritative volume assesses how the recently democratised political system in Poland is adapting to the challenges posed by the country's desire to "rejoin Europe". Its excellent panel of highly respected Polish academics considers various issues not generally well-known to the English-speaking world, but of great importance in the light of Poland's impending entry into the European Union.

chapter 1|7 pages

Introduction

Aims and objectives

chapter 4|25 pages

Emergent democratic citizenship in Poland

A study of changing value patterns

chapter 5|16 pages

Political competition in Poland

Traditionalisation or westernisation?

chapter 6|20 pages

Parties and the Polish party system

The process of structuring the political space