Political Authority and Party Secretaries in Poland, 1975-1986 (Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Political Authority and Party Secretaries in Poland, 1975-1986 (Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies) Book

This book deals with the changing position and role of the Polish United Workers' Party and its apparatus between 1975 and 1986. Their role and the way they perform it is seen as a major determinant of the nature of party leadership and, more generally, of the strength of political authority in communist states.Read More

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    Paying particularly close attention to the provisional party organization and to the party secretaries who direct its activities, this book examines the changing position and role of the Polish United Workers' Party and its apparatus between 1975 and 1986. The role of the party secretaries and the way they perform is seen as a major determinant of the nature of party leadership and of the strength of political authority in communist states. The author argues that the protracted crisis of the Polish system reflects less the weakness of communist party power than critical problems encountered in accumulating and exercising authority. The crisis of 1980 was as much due to inadequate political strategies as to the economic failings of the Gierek regime.

  • 0521363691
  • 9780521363693
  • Paul G. Lewis
  • 8 June 1989
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 368
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