Buch, Englisch, 298 Seiten, Print PDF, Gewicht: 440 g
Buch, Englisch, 298 Seiten, Print PDF, Gewicht: 440 g
ISBN: 978-0-231-08093-4
Verlag: COLUMBIA UNIV PR
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AcknowledgementsAcronyms Used in Text and Notes1. Civil Society and Democratization in the East Central European ContextDefining "Civil Society"Civil Society in a Comparitive European PerspectiveFrom Dissidence to OppositionDemocratization and the Reconstruction of Civil Society in East Central EuropeSelf-Liberation of Civil Society--The Polish Case Comparing Hungary, East Germany, and Czechoslovakia to Poland2. Why Poland? The Fatal Link Between Legitimation and StabilityPolish StalinismThe Gomulka RegimeThe Gierek Regime3. Workers I: The Events of June 1976The Price ReformThe StrikesUrsus Tractor FamilyRadomThe Tri-City Area (Gdansk-Gdynia-Sopot)PlockOther StrikesPoststrike RepressionThe Mass Meeting and Press CampaignRepression in UrsusRepression in RadomRepression in Other Cities4. Enter the Intellectuals: KOR (The Workers' Defense Committee)The Birth of KORFoundationMembership and OrganizationTheorizing Opposition: New Evolutionism as a Strategy for Transforming the Polish Political SystemAppendix: KOR Members During the Amnesty Struggle, 1976-19775. KOR's Waging of the Workers' Amnesty StrugglePublic Articulation of the Committee's AimsPublicity Efforts on the Behalf of the RepressedEfforts to Bring Public Pressure to Bear Upon the Party-StateDirect Appeals to Public Assistance OrganizationsWorker's ProtestsThe Call for a Special Sejm CommissionClemencyThe Death of Stanislaw PyjasThe Failure of Renewed OppressionThe RoundupActions Taken in Defense of KORAmnestyTransformation of the CommitteeKOR's Relief Efforts6. The Extension of the Public SpaceKSS-KOR After Its TransformationThe Polish Catholic Church and Politics in the 1970'sThe Movement for Defense of Human and Civil Rightsand Its FactionalizationStudent MovementsPeasant MovementsThe Society of Academic CoursesIndependent Publishing7. Workers II: Oppositional PoliticsThe Growth of Feelings of Injustice Among Polish WorkersRobotnikThe Founding Committee for Free Trade UnionsKatowice (KZ-WZZ-K)Western Pomerania (KZ-WZZ-PZ)Gdansk and the Baltic Seacoast (KZ-WZZ-W)8. KOR and SolidarityThe Problem of KOR in Polish PoliticsWorkers and IntellectualsKOR's Significance for SolidarityNotesBibliographyIndex