Legacy of Polish Solidarity

Andrzej Rychard, is a sociologist, Full Professor at the Polish Academy of Sciences and Director of the the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. His main areas of research are sociology of political and economic institutions and post-communist transformation.Gabriel Motzkin is the Director of the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and an emeritus Professor of the Hebrew University. He held the Ahad Ha’am Chair in Philosophy, and was also a member of the Departments of History and German Literature. He served as the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Director of the Franz Rosenzweig Center for German-Jewish Literature and Cultural History. He has also been a Fellow at the Siemens Foundation, the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Science, Clare Hall at the University of Cambridge, the Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science, the Einstein Forum, the Wiener Institute at Tel Aviv University, the Max-Planck-Institute for History, the Wissenschaftskolleg (Berlin), and the Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung (Bielefeld).

• Contents: Henryk Domański: Solidarity and Patterns of Contentious Politics in the 2000s in Europe – Marcin Frybes: The Many Lives and Deaths of the Solidarity Movement – Ireneusz Krzemiński: The Solidarity Movement - Hard Work and Hopes for Democracy – Jack Bielasiak: The Paradox of Solidarity’s Legacy: Contested Values in Poland’s Transitional Politics – Andrzej Rychard: Solidarity: Its Evolution and Legacy. How did it happen that a populist movement introduced the market economy and democracy? – Marek Ziółkowski: Fulfilled Promises and Unexpected Results: Solidarity’s double-edged legacy. How a social movement fighting for democracy helped to build liberal market capitalism – François Bafoil: East European Civil Societies in the 90’s: A Legacy of Solidarity or Completely Different Historical Paths? – Jan Kubik: Solidarity’s Afterlife: Amidst Forgetting and Bickering – Shmuel N. Eisenstadt: The Velvet and the Classical Revolutions - A Comparative Analysis.