The Polish Solidarity Movement Revolution, Democracy and Natural Rights |
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| Author:
| Cirtautas, Arista M. |
| Series title: | Routledge Studies of Societies in Transition Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-134-74040-6 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2002 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $250.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.