The 1981 Solidarity Congress summed up its intellectual and political heritage. This edited translation of that Great Debate is a source for Solidarity's values, policies, internal wrangles and political strategies. It is an historical document on the Polish Crisis of the 1980s and the role of labour and social movements under communism. But the 1981 debate is also crucial for understanding the ideas and strategies of the current Polish opposition and the social response to Communist Reform in the late 1980s. As such it provides a guide to the comparative prospects for Communist Reform and the possibilities for Pluralism and Democracy in communist systems.
- ISBN10 0333457323
- ISBN13 9780333457320
- Publish Date 1 June 1990
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 October 1995
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 280
- Language English