The Resource The Collapse of State Socialism : the Case of Poland
The Collapse of State Socialism : the Case of Poland
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The item The Collapse of State Socialism : the Case of Poland represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- Does the abrupt collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe arise only from errors in implementing the policy of state socialism, leaving the concept itself still a potentially valid one? Bartlomiej Kaminski argues to the contrary: state socialism is a fundamentally defective idea that was well carried out, enabling it to exist until its accumulated shortcomings made its survival extremely difficult. How did the flawed state-socialist system endure for so long? Why is it failing now? In answering these questions, Kaminski, who is both an economist and a political analyst, proposes a gener
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (279 pages)
- Contents
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- List of Tables ; Preface; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: The Institutional Sources of Crisis-Generating Tendencies; CHAPTER TWO: The Limited ""Reformability"" of State Socialism; CHAPTER THREE: The Logic of a Closed System: The Vicious Cycle of Decline ; CHAPTER FOUR: Crisis Management: The Trap of Negative Legitimation ; CHAPTER FIVE: Determinants of Normalization: Why Has It Failed to ""Normalize"" State Socialism in Poland? ; CHAPTER SIX: The Institutional Decomposition of State Socialism: The Syndrome of Withdrawal ; CHAPTER SEVEN: Beyond State Socialism
- APPENDIX A: Stages of the ""Post-Martial Law"" Normalization"" A Bird's Eye View of Major Political Developments APPENDIX B: The Debt Trap; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index
- Isbn
- 9781400862016
- Label
- The Collapse of State Socialism : the Case of Poland
- Title
- The Collapse of State Socialism
- Title remainder
- the Case of Poland
- Subject
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- Communism -- Poland -- History -- 20th century
- History
- Law, Politics & Government
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies | Communism & Socialism
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Economic Policy
- Poland
- Poland -- Politics and government -- 1945-
- Poland -- Politics and government -- 1989-
- Political Science
- Politics and government
- Since 1900
- Socialism, Communism & Anarchism
- Communism
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Does the abrupt collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe arise only from errors in implementing the policy of state socialism, leaving the concept itself still a potentially valid one? Bartlomiej Kaminski argues to the contrary: state socialism is a fundamentally defective idea that was well carried out, enabling it to exist until its accumulated shortcomings made its survival extremely difficult. How did the flawed state-socialist system endure for so long? Why is it failing now? In answering these questions, Kaminski, who is both an economist and a political analyst, proposes a gener
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1944-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kamiński, Bartłomiej
- Dewey number
- 335.43/09438
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- HX315.7.A6
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
- Princeton Legacy Library
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Communism
- Poland
- Poland
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Communism
- Politics and government
- Poland
- Political Science
- Law, Politics & Government
- Socialism, Communism & Anarchism
- Label
- The Collapse of State Socialism : the Case of Poland
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- online resource
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- Contents
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- List of Tables ; Preface; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: The Institutional Sources of Crisis-Generating Tendencies; CHAPTER TWO: The Limited ""Reformability"" of State Socialism; CHAPTER THREE: The Logic of a Closed System: The Vicious Cycle of Decline ; CHAPTER FOUR: Crisis Management: The Trap of Negative Legitimation ; CHAPTER FIVE: Determinants of Normalization: Why Has It Failed to ""Normalize"" State Socialism in Poland? ; CHAPTER SIX: The Institutional Decomposition of State Socialism: The Syndrome of Withdrawal ; CHAPTER SEVEN: Beyond State Socialism
- APPENDIX A: Stages of the ""Post-Martial Law"" Normalization"" A Bird's Eye View of Major Political Developments APPENDIX B: The Debt Trap; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- 884013031
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (279 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781400862016
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt7350vm
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)884013031
- Label
- The Collapse of State Socialism : the Case of Poland
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- List of Tables ; Preface; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: The Institutional Sources of Crisis-Generating Tendencies; CHAPTER TWO: The Limited ""Reformability"" of State Socialism; CHAPTER THREE: The Logic of a Closed System: The Vicious Cycle of Decline ; CHAPTER FOUR: Crisis Management: The Trap of Negative Legitimation ; CHAPTER FIVE: Determinants of Normalization: Why Has It Failed to ""Normalize"" State Socialism in Poland? ; CHAPTER SIX: The Institutional Decomposition of State Socialism: The Syndrome of Withdrawal ; CHAPTER SEVEN: Beyond State Socialism
- APPENDIX A: Stages of the ""Post-Martial Law"" Normalization"" A Bird's Eye View of Major Political Developments APPENDIX B: The Debt Trap; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- 884013031
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (279 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781400862016
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt7350vm
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)884013031
Subject
- Communism -- Poland -- History -- 20th century
- History
- Law, Politics & Government
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies | Communism & Socialism
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Economic Policy
- Poland
- Poland -- Politics and government -- 1945-
- Poland -- Politics and government -- 1989-
- Political Science
- Politics and government
- Since 1900
- Socialism, Communism & Anarchism
- Communism
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