William Perdue

Modernization Crisis (eBook, PDF)

The Transformation of Poland

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is an enlightening, inspiring, and sobering account of the social and economic transformation of Poland. A multinational and interdisciplinary group of scholars examine the historical precursors that gave shape to the Solidarity movement, then focus on the institutional change that today presents challenges even more daunting than those of the earlier drama of resistance. The contributors have uncovered episodes of political domination, debt, and dependency that are not well known or well understood. These have important implications for economic development in general and for the reconstruction of the deindustrializing economies of Eastern Europe in particular. If Poland is to survive the crisis of the early 1990s, a new and authentic program of economic and human development must be adopted by West and East alike. The book concludes with a new discourse on development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 1995
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313021978
• Artikelnr.: 37825416

Autorenporträt

WILLIAM D. PERDUE is formerly Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology and the Director of the Contemporary World Studies program at Eastern Washington University. A frequent organizer and contributor to UNESCO Non-Governmental Organization conferences on conflict resolution, he is the author of numerous books and articles on democracy, the media, social change and the question of terrorism, including The Ideology of Social Problems and Sociological Theory: Explanation, Paradigm and Ideology.

Inhaltsangabe

Figures and Tables Introduction by William Dan Perdue The Polish Social
Transformation Crucible of Resistance: History, Catholicism and the Polish
Transformation by Tadeusz Borkowski Polish Democracy at the Grass Roots by
Andrzej Bukowski and Stanislaw Marmuszewski Prisoner of Paradox: The Polish
Economic Transformation by Grazyna Skapska Unemployment: A Triple Challenge
to Human Development by Aleksander Marcinkowski and Jerzy B. Sobczak The
Polish Economic Transformation The Transformation Process: From Command to
Markets by Andrzej Szopa Privatization in Poland: Big Bang or Whimper? by
Jacek Klich The Open Economy: Mirage and Reality by Andrzej Komanski The
Human Toll: Unemployment in Poland by Arkadiusz Sobczyk Social Policy
Implications of the New Polish Economy by Jacek Klich The Polish
Educational Transformation Polish Democracy and the University by Stanislaw
Palka The Social Functions of Schools in the New Poland by Ewa Zareba The
Teacher as Innovator: Transforming Polish Education by Krzysztof Polak From
Authoritarianism to Pedagogical Democracy by Boguslawa Matwijow Toward the
Future A New Discourse for Polish Development by William Dan Perdue
Bibliography Index