TY - BOOK ID - 48298479 TI - The collapse of communist power in Poland : strategic misperceptions and unanticipated outcomes PY - 2006 SN - 9781134208012 1280377267 9786610377268 0203027760 1134208014 9780203027769 9781134207961 9781134208005 9780415368056 9780415674935 1134208006 0415368057 041567493X PB - Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza. KW - Poland KW - Politics and government KW - Polnische Vereinigte Arbeiterpartei KW - Polish United Workers Party KW - PZPR KW - Polʹskai︠a︡ obʺedinennai︠a︡ rabochai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ KW - PORP KW - United Polish Workers' Party KW - UPWP KW - Parti ouvrier unifié polonais KW - PVAP KW - P.Z.P.R. KW - P.O.R.P. KW - U.P.W.P. KW - P.V.A.P. KW - Heniaion Ergatikon Komma tēs Polōnias KW - Partido Operário Unificado Polonês KW - POUP KW - Polish Communist Party KW - PUWP KW - Polska Partia Socjalistyczna KW - Polska Partia Robotnicza KW - Socjaldemokracja Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej KW - Regional studies KW - European history KW - Ethnic studies KW - Political ideologies KW - Marxism & Communism KW - round KW - table KW - process KW - jerzy KW - wiatr KW - janusz KW - reykowski KW - przeworskis KW - hypothesis KW - party KW - Nonfiction. KW - History. KW - Politics. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:48298479 AB - Based on extensive original research, including interviews with key participants, this book investigates the sudden and unforeseen collapse of communist power in Poland in 1989. It sets out the sequence of events, and examines the strategies of the various political groupings prior to the partially free election of June 1989. This volume argues that the specific negotiating strategies adopted by the communist party representatives in the Round Table discussions before the elections was a key factor in communism's collapse. The book shows that on many occasions, PZPR decision-makers i ER -