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This volume of essays and interviews by Polish, British, and American academics and journalists provides an overview of current Polish politics for both informed and non-specialist readers. The essays consider why and how PiS, Law and Justice, the party of Jarosław Kaczynski, returned to power, and the why and how of its policies while in power. They help to make sense of how “history” plays a key role in Polish public life and politics. The descriptions of PiS in Western media tend to rework old stereotypes about Eastern Europe that had lain dormant for some time. The book addresses the underlying question whether PiS was simply successful in understanding its electorate, and just helped Poland to revert to its normal state. This new Normal seems quite similar to the old one: insular, conservative, xenophobic, and statist. The book looks at the current struggle between one ‘Poland’ and another; between a Western-looking Poland and an inward-looking Poland, the former more interested in opening to the world, competing in open markets, and working within the EU, and the latter more concerned with holding onto tradition. The question of illiberalism has gone from an ‘Eastern’ problem (Russia, Turkey, Hungary, etc.) to a global one (Brexit and the U.S. elections). This makes the very specific analysis of Poland’s illiberalism applicable on a broader scale.

Political culture --- Collective memory --- #SBIB:328H274 --- Collective remembrance --- Common memory --- Cultural memory --- Emblematic memory --- Historical memory --- National memory --- Public memory --- Social memory --- Memory --- Social psychology --- Group identity --- National characteristics --- Political aspects --- Instellingen en beleid: Polen --- Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (Political party) --- Platforma Obywatelska (Political party) --- Grazhdanskai︠a︡ platforma (Political party) --- Civic Platform (Political party) --- PiS (Political party) --- PiS --- Pravo i spravedlivostʹ (Political party) --- Law and Justice (Political party) --- Law & Justice (Political party) --- Poland --- Politics and government --- Illiberalism, Media, Memory politics, Poland, Political parties, Political studies, Postcommunism.

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How can democratization, coupled with transnational integration, resolve conflicts over cultural difference in places that are marked by legacies of nationalist competition? This book explores that question through a comparative study of contestations over language use in the heart of the post-Communist region. Zsuzsa Csergo notes that newly independent governments looked to "rejoin" the West, in particular the European Union, while at the same time asserting control over the institutions they considered key to the reproduction of national cultures. These national projects resulted in renewed salience for minority language rights and a complicated politics triggering EU concerns about the treatment of regional/cultural minorities. Csergo's field research in Romania, Hungary, and Slovakia leads her to make a bold claim about the primacy of domestic politics in the construction of democratic solutions to the conundrum of nation building and minority rights.Talk of the Nation breaks new ground by focusing on both majority and minority political elites and parties in interethnic relations. Csergo challenges arguments about the overwhelming importance of international influence. Her book demonstrates that the role of domestic political actors in interethnic reconciliation is not merely that of "compliance" with international requirements or "effectiveness" in responding to external pressure-they are largely guided by the internal democratic process.

Post-communism --- Anthropological linguistics --- Linguistic minorities --- Postcommunism --- World politics --- Communism --- Anthropo-linguistics --- Ethnolinguistics --- Language and ethnicity --- Linguistic anthropology --- Linguistics and anthropology --- Anthropology --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Minority languages --- Language and languages --- Minorities --- Sociolinguistics --- Social aspects --- Political aspects --- Slovakia --- Romania --- Government of Romania --- Lo-ma-ni-ya --- Luomaniya --- R.N.R. --- R.P.R. --- R.P. Romînă --- R.S.R. --- Republica Populară Romînă --- Republica Socialistă România --- Rhowmenia --- RNR --- Román Szocialista Köztársaság --- Romāniyā --- Romanyah --- Roumania --- Roumanie --- RP Romînă --- RPR --- RSR --- Rumania --- Rumänien --- Rumenyah --- Rumenye --- Rumunia --- Rumŭnii︠a︡ --- Rumunsko --- Rumynii︠a︡ --- Rumynskai︠a︡ Narodnai︠a︡ Respublika --- Румыния --- ルーマニア --- 羅馬尼亞 --- 루마니아 --- Moldavia --- Wallachia --- Slowakei --- République slovaque --- Slovaquie --- Slovak Republic (1993- ) --- Slovenská Republika (1993- ) --- Republika Słowacka --- RS --- Slovakii︠a︡ --- Slovat︠s︡kai︠a︡ Respublika --- Eslovàquia --- Slovensko --- Slovak Socialist Republic (Czechoslovakia) --- Slovak Republic (Czechoslovakia) --- Czechoslovakia --- Slovakia (Czechoslovakia) --- Languages --- Political aspects. --- Minoritized languages --- Royaume de Roumanie

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How homophobic backlash unexpectedly strengthened mobilization for LGBT political rights in post-communist Europe While LGBT activism has increased worldwide, there has been strong backlash against LGBT people in Eastern Europe. Although Russia is the most prominent anti-gay regime in the region, LGBT individuals in other post-communist countries also suffer from discriminatory laws and prejudiced social institutions. Combining an historical overview with interviews and case studies in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, Conor O’Dwyer analyzes the development and impact of LGBT movements in post-communist Eastern and Central Europe. O’Dwyer argues that backlash against LGBT individuals has had the paradoxical effect of encouraging stronger and more organized activism, significantly impacting the social movement landscape in the region. As these peripheral Eastern and Central European countries vie for inclusion or at least recognition in the increasingly LGBT-friendly European Union, activist groups and organizations have become even more emboldened to push for change. Using fieldwork in five countries and interviews with activists, organizers, and public officials, O’Dwyer explores the intricacies of these LGBT social movements and their structures, functions, and impact. The book provides a unique and engaging exploration of LGBT rights groups in Eastern and Central Europe and their ability to serve as models for future movements attempting to resist backlash. Thorough, theoretically grounded, and empirically sound, Coming Out of Communism is sure to be a significant work in the study of LGBT politics, European politics, and social movements.

Homosexualite --- Mouvements de liberation des homosexuels --- East European literature. --- Gay liberation movement. --- Homosexuality. --- Sexual minorities --- Homosexuality --- Gay liberation movement --- Same-sex attraction --- Sexual orientation --- Bisexuality --- Gay and lesbian liberation movement --- Gay and lesbian movement --- Gay and lesbian rights movement --- Gay lib --- Gay movement --- Gay rights movement --- Homophile movement --- Homosexual liberation movement --- Homosexual movement --- Homosexual rights movement --- Lesbian liberation movement --- Lesbian rights movement --- Social movements --- Gender minorities --- GLBT people --- GLBTQ people --- Lesbigay people --- LBG people --- LGBT people --- LGBTQ people --- Non-heterosexual people --- Non-heterosexuals --- Sexual dissidents --- Minorities --- Political activity. --- Political activity --- Eastern Europe. --- East Europe --- Eastern Europe --- Czech Republic. --- EU membership. --- European Union. --- Europeanization. --- Hungary. --- LGBT activism. --- LGBT policies. --- LGBT rights. --- Latin America. --- Poland. --- Roma activism. --- Romania. --- Slovakia. --- Western Europe. --- Your Movement party. --- antidiscrimination policy. --- attitudes toward homosexuality. --- backlash. --- civil society. --- conditionality. --- content analysis. --- diffusion. --- electoral mobilization. --- extraparliamentary backlash. --- former Soviet Union. --- frame resonance. --- framing contest. --- framing. --- grassroots participation. --- hard right. --- hard-right backlash. --- leverage. --- multimethod research. --- political parties. --- postcommunism. --- postcommunist Europe. --- process tracing. --- same-sex partnerships. --- sexual citizenship. --- social movement demobilization. --- social movement mobilization. --- social movement organization. --- social movement success. --- social movements. --- transnational diffusion. --- transnational norms. --- women’s movement. --- Mouvement de libération des homosexuels --- Homosexuels, Mouvements de libération des --- Homosexuels --- Et l'homosexualité --- Homophilie --- Inversion sexuelle --- Rapports homosexuels --- Relations homosexuelles --- Droits --- Europe, Eastern --- Amitié masculine --- Bisexualité --- Homosexualité et musique --- Homosexualité et sports --- Homosexualité et théâtre --- National-socialisme et homosexualité --- Pornographie homosexuelle --- Presse homosexuelle --- Transsexualisme --- Critique homosexuelle --- Culture homosexuelle --- Homophobie --- Homosexualité et art --- Homosexualité et cinéma --- Homosexualité et danse --- Homosexualité et éducation --- Homosexualité et littérature --- Homoparentalité --- Homosexualité masculine --- Jeunes homosexuels --- Lesbianisme --- Orientation sexuelle --- Sexualité