Poland's transformation : a work in progress : studies in honor of Kenneth W. Thompson /
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| Imprint: | Charlottesville, VA : Leopolis Press, 2003. |
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| Description: | 295 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5146316 |
Table of Contents:
- Dedication
- Preface
- 1. The Polish Revolution
- 1.1. Contributors
- 2. Points of Departure
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. The Origin of the Polish Crisis
- 2.3. Martial Law and Its Aftermath
- 2.4. Years of Indecision, 1985-88
- 2.5. Squaring the Round Table
- 2.6. The First Breakthrough Year
- 3. Consolidation and Legitimization
- 3.1. The Theoretical Problem
- 3.2. A Theoretical Model
- 3.3. Discussion
- 3.4. Conclusion
- 4. The ConstitutionaL Debate
- 5. Dead Ends and New Beginnings
- 5.1. The New Beginning and the Original Sin: The Roundtable Accord and the 1989 Election
- 5.2. Electoral Law: The Pain of Trials and Errors
- 5.3. Dead Ends: The Vicissitudes of Institutional Designs
- 5.4. Conclusions: A Procedural Republic, After All?
- 6. Prospects for Constitutional Democracy
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. History and Culture
- 6.3. Civil Society
- 6.4. The Economy
- 6.5. Corruption
- 6.6. Elections
- 6.7. Constitutional Courts and Judicial Review
- 6.8. The Reality and Enforcement of Rights
- 6.9. Religious Liberty: Church and State
- 6.10. Regional Environment
- 6.11. Aspirations to Join European Institutions
- 6.12. Conclusion
- 7. The Problem of Property Restitution
- 7.1. Two Revolutions
- 7.2. Property Management by the Nazis
- 7.3. Under the Communist Regime
- 7.4. Aborted Restitution
- 7.5. Confiscations and Restorations
- 7.6. Annus Mirabilis: 1989
- 7.7. Contemporary Politics
- 7.8. Political Problems
- 7.9. A Bureaucratic Nightmare
- 7.10. Creeping Restitution
- 7.11. Legal Issues
- 7.12. The Basic Proposal
- 7.13. What of Communist Law?
- 7.14. Why Only Real Property?
- 7.15. Valuation
- 7.16. Who Should be Eligible to Claim?
- 7.17. Administrative Problems
- 7.18. Conclusion
- 8. The New Geopolitical Situation
- 9. The Dead Hand of the Past
- 10. Poland's Fragebogen
- 10.1. Poland Between the Wars (1918-1939)
- 10.2. The War and Its Aftermath (1939-1947)
- 10.3. "People's" Poland (1948-1989)
- 10.4. Memory as the Party Line
- 10.5. The Scholarship of Half-Truths
- 10.6. The Old and the Young
- 10.7. Conclusion
- 11. Polish Literature in Transition
- About The Authors
