Chapter 1 Introduction: The Paradox of the Polish Transition Chapter 2 Changing Arenas, Changing Players Chapter 3 Setting the Stage for the Round Table: The Polish Context Chapter 4 A New Political Playing Field: The Negotiating Arena Chapter 5 The Players of the Round Table Chapter 6 The Negotiations and Their Outcome Chapter 7 An Unexpectedly Competitive Arena: The 1989 Elections Chapter 8 Campaign: Rulers and Opposition Confront a New Game Chapter 9 Polish Voters Speak and the Players Respond Chapter 10 Changing Power: The Legacies and Lessons of the Round Table
Marjorie Castle has taught at Temple University, Tulane University, and the University of Utah.
Poland's transition from communism to democratic government was a
critical signal that the rejection of communism throughout Eastern
Europe was possible, yet many Poles view the transition process and
its outcome as a disappointment, rather than a moment of national
pride. Marjorie Castle investigates this paradox by examining the
Polish roundtable discussions between the communist regime and a
coalition of opposition groups in 1989 that led to the election in
August 1989 of the first noncommunist head of government in eastern
Europe, Solidarity adviser Tadeusz Mazowiecki. . . . Castle's
analysis of the roundtable is a welcome addition, and probably the
most comprehensive such investigation in English. Her discussion is
fluid and engaging—practically a page-turner.
*Slavic Review*
An excellent analysis of the 1989 elections in Poland that heralded
the beginning of the anticommunist revolutions in that year within
Eastern Europe.
*CHOICE*
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