The People, the Programme and the Governments of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD)

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Authors	SKIBA Leszek KOPEČEK Lubomír
Year of publication	2005
Type	Chapter of a book
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Social Studies
Citation
Description	The elite-driven explanation on the transformation of the (post)communist parties in the Central Europe is generally shared in political science community. In the case of the Polish postcommunist successor parties this model seems to be exceptionally appropriate. The relations among mere seven persons can explain political history of the postcommunist bloc after 1989. The crucial role of this group was a result of their special resources: political experience dating back from the communist past and the exploitation of the institutional position after 1989. This survival strategy seems to have exhausted in 2005.
Related projects:	Political Parties and The Representation of Interests in Contemporary European Democracies