Professionals, Power and Solidarity in Poland
Professionals, Power and Solidarity in Poland
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The Solidarity movement of the early 1980s not only triggered a transformation in Polish society, it forced a fundamental reconsideration of the nature of socialism throughout the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Seen as one of the most important social movements of the twentieth century, Michael Kennedy develops a theoretical conception of Soviet-type societies by analysing Solidarity's significance. He explains the background to the nature of the conflict between Solidarity and the authorities and considers the implications of Solidarity's struggle for the theory of the Soviet-type system's reproduction and transformation. Then, the internal constitution of Solidarity in terms of gender and, in particular, cross-class alliances is examined, which is followed by the implications of his analysis both for understanding perestroika in the Soviet Union and more generally for reformulating a critical sociology of Soviet-type societies.
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June 2008Paperback
9780521064088
444 pages
229 × 151 × 25 mm
0.648kg
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Table of Contents
- List of tables
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I. Solidarity and Social Transformation:
- 1. The historical genealogy of Solidarity
- 2. The nature and causes of Solidarity
- 3. The Solidarity movement as emancipatory praxis
- Part II. Solidarity and the Theory of Soviet-type Society:
- 4. Solidarity, modernization and class
- 5. Solidarity, culture and civil society
- 6. A theory of power relations in Soviet-type society
- Part III. Professionals and Solidarity:
- 7. Professionals, power and prestige
- 8. Engineers in Solidarity
- 9. Physicians in Solidarity
- Part IV. Conclusion:
- 10. Critical sociology and Soviet-type society
- Notes
- References
- Index.
