Civil Society in Poland

CIVIL SOCIETY IN POLAND
Case study Research design: Grzegorz Ekiert, Jan Kubik Polish study preparation and supervision: Jan Kubik and Michał Wenzel Report: Michał Wenzel and Jan Kubik Prepared for international conference The Logic of Civil Society in New Democracies: East Asia and East Europe Taipei, June 5-7
1. Periodization of the transformation years........................................................................ 2 Politics.................................................................................................................................... 2 The economy .......................................................................................................................... 5 Civil society and the state....................................................................................................... 6 International constraints ......................................................................................................... 7 How people see it: evaluation of current situation 1989-2009............................................... 8 2. Protest events during transformation ............................................................................. 10 Organizers ............................................................................................................................ 11 Protesting groups.................................................................................................................. 12 Methods................................................................................................................................ 14 Demands............................................................................................................................... 16 Size of protest events............................................................................................................ 18 Intervention by the...