Eastern Europe and Democracy: The Case of Poland (Special Report Institute for East West Security Studies)

This book suggests that the distinction between the modes of change―revolution, evolution, and reform―and the levels of content analysis is a helpful conceptual tool for the comparative study of the political transition to democracy in Poland. The events of 1989 in Eastern and Central Europe have shaken the foundations of the post-war bipolar security system. The quest for democracy-demonstrated by such disparate events as the election of a Solidarity prime minister in Poland, East Germans "voting with their feet" and leaving in droves for West Germany, and the violent overthrow of the C The Institute for East-West Security Studies brought together specialists from Eastern, Central and Western Europe, the United States and the Soviet Union on March 1-3, 1990, to discuss how democracy will affect every aspect of life in Eastern and Central Europe and the Soviet Union -political, social, economic-and impact upon Western Europe. Institute For East-west Security Studies ... [et Al.]. Papers Presented At A Conference In Warsaw, Poland, Mar. 1-3, 1990.