The Defeat of Solidarity: Anger and Politics in Postcommunist Europe

by David Ost

Book Overview

How did the fall of communism and the subsequent transition to capitalism in Eastern Europe affect the people who experienced it? And how did their anger affect the quality of the democratic systems that have emerged? Poland offers a particularly provocative case, for it was here where workers most famously seemed to have won, thanks to the role of the Solidarity trade union. And yet, within a few short years, they had clearly lost. An oppressive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801473438
• ISBN13: 9780801473432
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher