Democratization in Poland has been heavily influenced by agents and structures external to the Polish state. However, the influence of these external agencies is mediated through domestic social and political institutions, the state foremost among them. The Polish state’s response to and interaction with external agencies is heavily conditioned by the very process of democratization which these agencies seek to influence. Thus, the impact of external agencies on the democratic consolidation process cannot be understood without reference to the influence that democratization has played in reshaping Poland’s foreign relations. This paper explains the interaction between systemic and domestic factors in shaping the democratic consolidation process in Poland.
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September 01 2001
Poland and the international system: external influences on democratic consolidation
F. Steves
F. Steves
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Department of Government, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
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Communist and Post-Communist Studies (2001) 34 (3): 339–352.
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F. Steves; Poland and the international system: external influences on democratic consolidation. Communist and Post-Communist Studies 1 September 2001; 34 (3): 339–352. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-067X(01)00012-5
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