The Roots of Solidarity: A Political Sociology of Poland's Working Class Democratization. (book reviews)

For several reasons, the collapse of communism and the recent transitions in Poland have received a great deal of scholarly attention in the last few years. The post-world War H political history of the country is replete with social movements, political crises, and labor unrests - extraordinary events in the usually stale fare of Soviet-bloc politics.

Owing to the protracted nature of the breakdown of Polish socialism, to the fact that Poles were the first to succeed in repelling communism, and to a number of other unique factors, the country offers a case with abundant and ...

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