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OverviewThe 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe was not only a human and ecological disaster, but also a political-ideological one, severely discrediting Soviet governance and galvanizing dissidents in the Eastern Bloc. In the case of Poland, what began as isolated protests against the Soviet nuclear site grew to encompass domestic nuclear projects in general, and in the process spread across the country and attracted new segments of society. This innovative study, combining scholarly analysis with oral histories and other accounts from participants, traces the growth and development of the Polish anti-nuclear movement, showing how it exemplified the broader generational and cultural changes in the nation's opposition movements during the waning days of the state socialist era. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tomasz Borewicz , Kacper Szulecki , Janusz WaluszkoPublisher: Berghahn Books Imprint: Berghahn Books ISBN: 9781800736191ISBN 10: 1800736193 Pages: 228 Publication Date: 13 September 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThis is an excellent volume on an important subject. Deploying social movement theory, this study challenges views of popular activism in Poland in the 1980s that focus on Solidarity and the Catholic Church, taking a grassroots approach to anti-nuclear activism. This study also situates itself in the heart of nuclear history, providing a Polish perspective on many important themes and debates. * Dolores L. Augustine, St. John's University In fascinating ways, the authors revisit the transition from communism to neo-liberalism in Poland through the lens of anti-nuclear activism, providing an intimate profile of protest, as if the reader were there. They show that anti-nuclear activists invented new forms of resistance-peaceful, colorful and creative-that grew to be the most successful environmental movement in contemporary Polish history. * Kate Brown, Massachusetts Institute of Technology The volume is an illuminating examination of a protest movement against the building of a nuclear power plant on the Baltic coast of Poland, a movement that was sustained both before and after the momentous transformation of 1989. It highlights the continuities of the protests and state policies, despite fundamental changes, analyzes the limits of regime change, and suggests the democratic roads not taken. Most of all it demonstrates the importance of grounded social movement protests for democracy, something that is overlooked by those who study so - called democratic transitions. * Jeffrey Goldfarb, The New School for Social Research This is an excellent volume on an important subject. Deploying social movement theory, this study challenges views of popular activism in Poland in the 1980s that focus on Solidarity and the Catholic Church, taking a grassroots approach to anti-nuclear activism. This study also situates itself in the heart of nuclear history, providing a Polish perspective on many important themes and debates. * Dolores L. Augustine, St. John's University Author InformationTomasz Borewicz (1963-2015) was a Polish anthropologist and environmental activist who led anti-nuclear protests in Gdansk from 1988 to 1990. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |