Collective protest in post-communist Poland, 1989–1993: a research report

The authors' original research project provides new evidence that collective protest constituted a significant part of Polish political life during the first years of post-communist transformations. The paper demonstrates that the magnitude of protest increased from 1989 to 1993. Major features...

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Published inCommunist and post-communist studies Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 91 - 117
Main Authors Ekiert, Grzegorz, Kubik, Jan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, etc Elsevier Ltd 01.06.1998
University of California Press
Butterworth-Heinemann, etc
University of California Press, Journals & Digital Publishing Division
Subjects
Collective behaviour
collective protest
Communism
Democracy
Democratization
Demonstrations & protests
Government and politics
Poland
Political life
Political mobilization
POLITICAL PROTEST
post-communism
Post-communist societies
Protest (1989-93)
Protest movements
Poland
Poland
democratization
collective protest
post-communism
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Summary:The authors' original research project provides new evidence that collective protest constituted a significant part of Polish political life during the first years of post-communist transformations. The paper demonstrates that the magnitude of protest increased from 1989 to 1993. Major features of protest politics are described: participants' social backgrounds, organizations sponsoring or leading protest, repertoire of contention, demands, targets of protest actions, and finally state responses and protest effectiveness. The main conclusion is that although protest was intense and politically significant, it was at the same time highly institutionalized. The concept of institutionalized contentiousness captures this phenomenon.
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ISSN:0967-067X
1873-6920
DOI:10.1016/S0967-067X(98)00002-6