Overview

This authoritative volume assesses how the recently democratised political system in Poland is adapting to the challenges posed by the country's desire to ""rejoin Europe"". Its excellent panel of highly respected Polish academics considers various issues not generally well-known to the English-speaking world, but of great importance in the light of Poland's impending entry into the European Union. This book is the first English-language study of this subject, and highlights key themes and issues ordinarily unavailable to the non-specialist. Its authors demonstrate that the evolution of political forms and life in Poland is related to, and sometimes governed by, Poland's desire to join the EU. Subjects covered include; * the changing nature of Poland's foreign policy * the value system of Polish politics * the changing nature of party politics * the reform of public administration and local government * bilateral relations with Ukraine and Germany. Poland and the European Union is essential reading for students of Polish politics, and for all those interested in EU enlargement. Andrzej Antoszewski, University of Wroclaw, Wieslaw Bokajlo, University of Wroclaw, Karl Cordell, University of Plymouth, UK, Andrzej Dybczynski, University of Wroclaw,

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Author:   Karl Cordell
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   v.15
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780415238854

ISBN 10:   0415238854
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   24 August 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: aims and objectives Karl Cordell 2. Contemporary government attitudes towards the European Union Teresa Los-Nowak 3. Polish perceptions of the European Union in the 1990s Elzbieta Stadtmuller 4. Emergent democratic citizenship in Poland: a study of changing value patterns Kazimierz Dziubka 5. Political competition in Poland: traditionalisation or westernisation? Andrzej Antoszewski 6. Parties and the Polish party system: the process of structuring the political space Ryszard Herbut 7. The marketing of political parties in the 1990s: a comparative study Robert Wiszniowski 8. The Europeanisation of government in Poland in the 1990s Andrzej W. Jablonski 9. The reform of Polish local government, and the Europe of the regions Wieslaw Bokajlo 10. Poland, die Vertriebenen, and the road to integration with the European Union Tadeusz Lebioda 11. The European Union and Ukrainian-Polish relations Andrzej Dybczynski 12. Conclusion Karl Cordell

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Virtually every essay is a masterly and objective discussion of a particular problem (such as the reshaping of heavy industry, reversal of the environmental degradation and transformation of peasant villages into modern agricultural communities) in terms of its economic or political nature. <br>- L.K.D.Kristof, Choice <br>

Author Information

Karl Cordell is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Plymouth. His previous publications include Ethnicity and Democratisation in the New Europe and The Politics of Ethnicity in Central Europe.

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