School of Social & Political Sciences

Poland’s Third Transition

Investigators: Clare McManus-Czubinska (PI); William L Miller; Radoslaw Markowski; Jacek Wasilewski
Date: 2001-2002

Poland was at the forefront of the first and second transitions from Communism (towards democracy and a market economy). But the third transition – to European integration – differed fundamentally from the first and the second. Broadly speaking, the first two were about asserting Polish independence and therefore went with the grain of Polish national consciousness. But the third was about relinquishing a large measure of that new-won independence, which went against the grain of Polish national consciousness. This project used a module of questions in the 2001 Polish National Election Study to study Polish nationalism and Polish attitudes towards EU accession.

Publications:

(with Clare McManus-Czubinska, Radoslaw Markowski and Jacek Wasilewski) ‘Podwojna tozsamosc Polakow’ in Radoslaw Markowski (ed) System Partyjny I Zachowania Wyborcze: Dekada Polskich Doswiadczen (Warsaw: Instytut Studiow Politycznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk / Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 2002) pp.241-64 [ISBN 83-88490-35-4]

(with Clare McManus-Czubinska, Radoslaw Markowski and Jacek Wasilewski) ‘Understanding dual identities in Poland’ Political Studies (2003) 51(1) 121-43.

(with Clare McManus-Czubinska, Radoslaw Markowski and Jacek Wasilewski) ‘Local Identity, Democratic Values, or Partisanship? Why Some Polish Citizens are More Content than Others with the Unpopular Local Governance Reforms’  in Tomasz Zarycki and George Kolankiewicz (eds.) Regional Issues in Polish Politics (London: SSEES-UCL, 2003) pp.215-236. [ISBN: 0903425-71-8]

(with Clare McManus-Czubinska, Radoslaw Markowski and Jacek Wasilewski) ‘The new Polish “right”?’ Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics 19:2 (June 2003).pp.1-23.

(with Clare McManus-Czubinska, Radoslaw Markowski and Jacek Wasilewski) ‘Poland and the political challenges of Europe’ in George Blazyca (ed) Poland on the Eve of EU Membership (Paisley: CCES) European Studies Paper 2003/1 pp.34-45. ISBN: B0000CP18C

(with C. McManus-Czubinska). "Kiedy frekwencja wyborcza ma znaczenie? Przypadek polski", in R. Markowski, ed., Populizm A Demokracja (Warsaw: ISP PAN, 2004), pp. 239-276, ISBN 83-88490-47-8.

(with Clare McManus-Czubinska, Radoslaw Markowski and Jacek Wasilewski) ‘Why is corruption in Poland “a serious cause for concern”?’ Crime, Law & Social Change vol.41:107-132 2004. ISSN 0925-4994

(with Clare McManus-Czubinska, Radoslaw Markowski and Jacek Wasilewski) ‘When does turnout matter? The case of Poland’ Europe-Asia Studies vol.56 no.3, May 2004, pp.401-420. ISSN 0966-8136

(with Clare McManus-Czubinska, Radoslaw Markowski and Jacek Wasilewski) ‘The Misuse of Referenda in Postcommunist Europe’ Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics 20:1 (Spring 2004) pp, 1-25. ISSN 1352-3279

(with Clare McManus-Czubinska, Radoslaw Markowski, and Jacek Wasilewski ‘Reluctant joiners: Polish perspectives on EU enlargement’ in Jan Kulakowski, Andrzej Stepniak and Stanislaw Uminski (eds) Strategy of Poland’s Membership in the European Union (Warszawa: Uniwersytet Gdanski – Urzad Komitetu Integracji Europejskiej, 2004 ISBN 83-89972-23-9) pp.345-369.

(with Clare McManus-Czubinska, Radoslaw Markowski and Jacek Wasilewski) ‘The Misuse of Referenda in Postcommunist Europe’ in Derek S. Hutcheson & Elena A. Korosteleva The Quality of Democracy in Post-Communist Europe (Taylor & Francis: London, 2005 1st Feb) ISBN 0415348072 [reprinted from Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics 20:1 (Spring 2004) pp, 1-25.]