The New Politics of Poland
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-5587-0 (ISBN)
The election of populist far-right party Law and Justice in 2015 marked a shocking break in Polish politics. A period of stability was brutally interrupted as Jaroslaw Kaczynski and his allies took over public media and launched a controversial ‘reform’ of the judiciary.
How was this illiberal turn possible after years of democratic development? Jaroslaw Kuisz, one of Poland’s leading liberal thinkers, digs deep into Polish history to propose an original analysis of the crisis. He reveals how centuries of statelessness have left Poles with a ‘post-traumatic’ attitude to sovereignty, making them wary of powerful foreign blocks, be it the EU, the Soviet Union or present-day Russia. This is a phenomenon populists have proved adept at exploiting.
Providing a brilliant account of Europe’s largest illiberal democracy, The new politics of Poland shines a light on the broader situation in East and Central Europe, offering valuable lessons for other countries experiencing the rise of populist right-wing movements. -- .
Jaroslaw Kuisz is a writer, political analyst and editor-in-chief of the leading Polish political weekly Kultura Liberalna. He is the author of several books and has written for the Guardian, the New York Times and Le Monde. -- .
Introduction: what happened to Poland?
Part I The birth of a monster: Poland after 2015
1 Breakthrough? The 2015 elections
2 The tsunami of populism
3 True leaders of the nation: Law and Justice’s continued popularity among citizens
4 Toothless liberals? The current state of democratic opposition
Part II A thirty years’ war of words: reconstruction post-1989
5 The Polish-Jewish relationship debate
6 The economic transformation debate
7 The never-ending de-communisation debate
Part III A fractured identity: long-term challenges for Poland
8 Sources of post-traumatic sovereignty
9 Beyond the occupation mentality
10 Post-traumatic sovereignty strikes back
11 A kidnapped West in the European Union
Conclusion: post-traumatic sovereignty and war
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| Erscheinungsdatum | 17.10.2023 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Manchester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 570 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5261-5587-7 / 1526155877 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5261-5587-0 / 9781526155870 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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