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C/H/51. Civil society is more important in consolidation than in transition. Discuss with reference to the democratic transitions in Poland and the former Soviet Union.

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2010
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The paper looks at the role of civil society in the post-Communist transition to democracy and the consolidation of democracy in Russia and Poland. Political situation in both countries is reviewed discussing the politicisation of civil society, the policy of Putin’s government towards social freedoms, and the features of the democratisation process in Poland and in Russia.

 

KEYWORDS: civil society in Russia and Poland, post-Communist transition, democracy, Putin’s policy,

 
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