Routledge Consolidating Democracy In Poland

Product Description A comprehensive analysis of politics in a young European democracy, this book describes the principal features of Poland’s democratic system―the political institutions, parties, elections, and leaders that have shaped the transition from communism. Raymond Taras examines the complex WaÅ‚psa phenomenon; the comeback of the communists; and the uneasy About the Author Raymond Taras has taught political science at universities in England, Canada, and the United States and has served as a national fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. His publications include Ideology in a Socialist State: Poland 1956–83, The Road to Disillusion: From Critical Marxism to Postcommunism in Eastern Europe, and Nations and Politics in the Soviet Successor States.