Democratic government has now been entrenched in Poland. An increasingly significant European actor, Poland presents problematic but also stimulating challenges to new NATO and EU associates. This authoritative overview examines in depth the constitutional and governmental framework in Poland since 1989 and its central political institutions, mechanisms and actors. Sanford demonstrates how the governmental system evolved pragmatically during the 1990s to cope with modernization and consolidated viable independent statehood consensually around Poland's hardy constitutional values.
G. Sanford
communism constitution democracy European Union (EU) executive government Institution NATO parliament european union politics
'An excellent book for undergraduates, graduates, scholars, an anyone seriously interested in Poland.' - L. K. D. Kristof, Choice