Individualism and the rise of democracy in Poland. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tomek Grabowski.
• Authors: Grabowski, Tomek
• Contents: Introduction -- Part One. Individualism and social theory -- Four discourses of individualism -- Individualism reconsidered -- Theories of social individuation and a way forward -- Part Two. Individualism and democracy in Poland -- The democratic promise of western Poland -- Individualism disaggregated : the Wrocław and Łódź elites in a cultural perspective -- Part Three. Rupture and reintegration -- Rupture, 1945-1948 -- The Communist Party and the taming of the frontier, 1949-1955 -- A quasi-reformation : the Catholic Church in the western territories, 1945-1956 -- The socializers, 1965-1980 -- Conclusion : the resilience of individualism -- Appendix 1. Selected socioeconomic development indicators for Wrocław and Łódź at the beginning of the democratic era (1994) -- Appendix 2. Interview questionnaire for sorting out individual and corporate identities -- Appendix 3. List of interviewees together with their classification into two main identity types.
• Publisher Details: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Copyright Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 368 pages), illustrations, maps (chiefly color)
• Subjects: 320.9438; Individualism -- Political aspects -- Poland; Social change -- Political aspects -- Poland; Democratization -- Poland; Democratization; Individualism -- Political aspects; Political participation; Politics and government; Social change -- Political aspects; Poland -- Politics and government -- 1945-1980; Poland; Political activity -- Poland
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781800108578; 1800108575; 9781800108585; 1800108583
• Related ISBNs: 9781648250590
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 28, 2023).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.