| The Polish Solidarity Movement: Revolution, Democracy and Natural Rights Contributor(s): Cirtautas, Arista M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415169402 ISBN-13: 9780415169400 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $247.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1997 Annotation: This book provides a groundbreaking analysis of democratization in Poland by placing Solidarity in the context of the major democratic upheavals of modernity: the French and American Revolutions. Departing from case studies of Solidarity that treat the movement in isolation, this study undertakes the first full historical comparison of the Polish movement with the ideals and institutions of democracy achieved in the last three centuries. br br Arista Maria Cirtautas explains that the institutionalization of a strong democracy in Poland will ultimately depend upon whether the similarities to the great tradition of democratic revolution outweighs the differences. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Eastern Europe - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy |
| Dewey: 322.42 |
| LCCN: 97005239 |
| Lexile Measure: 1640 |
| Series: Routledge Studies of Societies in Transition |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.44 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book provides a groundbreaking analysis of democratization in Poland by placing Solidarity in the context of the major democratic upheavals of modernity: the French and American Revolutions. This study undertakes the first full historical comparison of the Polish movement with the ideals and institutions of democracy achieved in the last three centuries. |