While many new EU member states experienced a crisis of democracy in the course of the
fiscal and budgetary crisis in Europe, this was not true for Poland: Most citizens held …

“The statesman's task is to hear God's footsteps marching through history, and to try and
catch on to His coattails as He marches past”(Otto von Bismarck). Populist movements all …

This introduction to the special section on Poland's wars of symbols analyzes the symbolic
contestation that has characterized the country in recent years, studying a range of …

After the electoral success of the Law and Justice (PiS) party in 2015, Poland experienced a
process variously described as an illiberal shift or democratic backsliding. This thesis …

This thesis provides an analysis of how the political party Razem (Together) organized
resistance to neoliberalism in Poland between 2015 and 2019. In order to better understand …

Die sogenannte» neue «Rechte hat in allen Ländern der westlichen Welt erhebliche
Probleme mit der Abgabe von Kompetenzen des Nationalstaates an eine supranationale …

Zusammenfassung „Ein Gespenst geht um in der westlichen Welt–das Gespenst des
‚Populismus'“(Dubiel 1986a: 33). Dieses manifestiert sich im Wiedererstarken des …

In August 2017, the conservative daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung published an article it
its business pages in which the author gave a strong warning on the “unjust consequences …

Each decade after the breakdown of Communism reveals new aspects of the meaning of
1989 and its consequences. After all, societies are evolving, and observers can ask …

Koktsidis/Katsikides 2015: 4) 4. Gleichzeitig bilden die Arbeiten des Forschungsfeldes der
sozialwissenschaftlichen Transformationsforschung nur selten einen Bezugspunkt für …