1. The New Populism in Poland: The Usual Suspects?
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Jasiewicz, Krzysztof
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POPULISM , *ELECTIONS , *POLITICAL parties , *POLITICAL campaigns , *DECOMMUNIZATION , *INTERNATIONAL relations, 1989- ,POLISH politics & government, 1989- - Abstract
The article discusses populism in Poland. The major political parties are the Law and Justice Party, Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland, League of Polish Families Party, Civic Platform, Polish Peasant Party, and Democratic Left Alliance/Left and Democrats. The different ideologies, the parliamentary-election campaigns, and decommunization are mentioned. The doctrines influencing Polish politics such as pro-market, anti-market, particularistic, and universalistic ideals are discussed in relation to the liberal-democratic, conservative or Christian-democratic, socialist or social-democratic, and populist movements. Statistics are given for six political parties in the parliamentary elections in 2001, 2005, and 2007.
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- 2008
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