{"product_id":"solidarity-and-the-politics-of-antipolitics-9780877229001","title":"Solidarity and the Politics of AntiPolitics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers an analysis of Solidarity, from its ideological origins in the Polish \"new left,\" through the dramatic revolutionary months of 1980-81, and up-to the union's resurgence in 1988-89, when it sat down with the government to negotiate Poland's future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"For both academic analysts and political activists, this book offers useful lessons from the Polish experience with anti-politics and neocorporatism.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePolitical Science Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"In his superb book, ...political scientist David Ost chronicles the trajectory of the Polish post-war opposition from its roots in the fascist resistance up to the actions of Solidarity in 19.... [He] astutely bridges academic disciplines, interweaving social theory with intellectual and political history to explain Solidarity's raison d'etre.... In an age when definitions of left and right have become obscured, \u003c\/i\u003eSolidarity and the Politics of Anti-Politics\u003ci\u003e stands out at a creative example of left thought.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn These Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Ost contributes not only an explication of Polish political life, but he also presents a vision of democracy applicable to the Western world as a whole.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJewish Currents\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface Abbreviations 1. The Style of Solidarity Right and Left   A Postmodern Politics 2. Civil Society and the \"Third Road\" Capitalism and Civil Society   State Socialism and Civil Society   The \"Third Road\" 3. The Genesis of Political Opposition in Poland: 1944-1970 Opposition in the Era of \"People's Democracy\"   Stalinism and Post-Stalinism   The Demise of Revisionism: 1968-1970 4. Opposition and Civil Society: 1970-1980 Late Post-Stalinism and the Turn to Civil Society   Politics and the Reconstruction of Social Ties   Anticipatory Democracy   Politics and the Problem of the State 5. Politics, Anti-Politics, and the Beginnings of Solidarity Independent Unions: Government Resistance   (Buying off strikers with wage increases   Offering a reorganization of the old unions instead of the creation of new ones   Trying to limit new unions to certain regions   Repackaging old unions as new ones)   Signs of Hope   The Structure of Solidarity   The Significance of Solidarity's First Period 6. Solidarity, Democracy, and Neocorporatism Neocorporatism and Democracy   The Turn to Politics   The August Turning Point   Last Attempts at a Political Solution   A Neocorporatist Proposal   The Final Weeks 7. The Poverty of Martial Law: Limping Toward Reform Organizing an Underground   Church and State   Amnesty and Disarray   The Right-Wing Critique of Solidarity   Referendum and Reorganization   The Party Moves Toward Reform   Toward an Anti-Crisis Pact 8. The Viability of an Accord The Basis of Soviet Acceptance   Poland and the \"Spanish Road\" Epilog: The New Solidarity Postscript Notes Bibliography Index","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406435393879,"sku":"9780877229001","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780877229001.jpg?v=1730495799","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/solidarity-and-the-politics-of-antipolitics-9780877229001","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}