Lessons in democracy
By: edited by Ewa Hauser and Jacek Wasilewski.
Contributors: Hauser, Ewa, 1946-; Wasilewski, Jacek, 1945-
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Rochester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Democratization -- Europe, Eastern -- Congresses; Democratization -- Poland -- Congresses; Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989- -- Congresses; Poland -- Politics and government -- 1989- -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: "What is the meaning of the word "democracy"? How can it be separated from its mythological and stereotypical connotations? Can it exist in harmony with state socialism, or are the two polar opposites?" "Lessons in Democracy is based upon a conference held at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland in 1997, which brought together some of the world's leading political scientists."--Jacket.
Notes: An edited collection of papers from a conference held in 1997 at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland.