The Defeat of Solidarity : Anger and Politics in Postcommunist Europe

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How did the fall of communism and the subsequent transition to capitalism in Eastern Europe affect the people who experienced it? And how did their anger affect the quality of the democratic systems that have emerged? Poland offers a particularly provocative case, for it was here where workers most...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ost, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Post-communism.
Politics and government.
Democratization.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Advocacy.
Democratisation > Europe de l'Est.
Postcommunisme > Europe de l'Est.
Democratization > Europe, Eastern.
Post-communism > Europe, Eastern.
Eastern Europe.
Europe de l'Est > Politique et gouvernement > 1989-
Europe, Eastern > Politics and government > 1989-
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; THE DEFEAT OF SOLIDARITY; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Democracy and the Organization of Anger; 2. Solidarity Against Itself; 3. Market Populism and the Turn to the Right; 4. How Liberals Lost Labor; 5. Communist and Postcommunist Experiences of Class; 6. Labor at Work: Unions in the Workplace; 7. Conclusion: Class, Civil Society, and the Future of Postcommunist Democracy; Notes; Index.

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