Description
Book SynopsisThe monograph describes the history of the Polish diaspora in the Habsburg monarchy in the historical, institutional, legal, political, and organizational context. In the period of the Dual Monarchy (1867–1918), the Poles who lived under the Austro-Hungarian regime sought to influence the fate of their nation and state primarily through an active involvement in parliamentary life and state administration. The study of the social and political activity of the Poles in the Austrian partition reveals their political heritage, which influenced not only the Polish idea of patriotism but also the formation of the Polish political culture rooted in the European tradition of parliamentarism and constitutionalism.
Table of ContentsThe Polish diaspora in the Dual Monarchy – the Poles in the Austro-Hungarian parliament and state administration – the Polish reason of state in Austria in 1867–1918 – the evolution of European parliamentarism – democratization – the Polish political culture in the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries
