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The Chernobyl Effect
The 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe was not only a human and ecological disaster, but also a political-ideological one, severely discrediting Soviet governance and galvanizing dissidents in the Eastern Bloc. In the case of Poland, what began as isolated protests against the Soviet nuclear site grew to encompass domestic nuclear projects in general, and in the process spread across the country and attracted new segments of society. This innovative study, combining scholarly analysis with oral histories and other accounts from participants, traces the growth and development of the Polish anti-nuclear movement, showing how it exemplified the broader generational and cultural changes in the nation’s opposition movements during the waning days of the state socialist era.
Dissidents in Communist Central Europe
This monograph traces the history of the dissident as a transnational phenomenon, exploring Soviet dissidents in Communist Central Europe from the mid-1960s until 1989. It argues that our understanding of the transnational activist would not be what it is today without the input of Central European oppositionists and ties the term to the global emergence and evolution of human rights. The book examines how we define dissidents and explores the association of political resistance to authoritarian regimes, as well as the impact of domestic and international recognition of the dissident figure. Turning to literature to analyse the meaning and impact of the dissident label, the book also incorporates interviews and primary accounts from former activists. Combining a unique theoretical approach with new empirical material, this book will appeal to students and scholars of contemporary history, politics and culture in Central Europe.
Technopolitics and the Making of Europe
This book explores the processes and practices of the securitization and de-securitization of European infrastructures and how political institutions interact with security and insecurity. Expert contributors address distinct areas, from border politics and biosecurity to health governance and law and border control enforcement, to examine the various ways in which infrastructures are envisioned, designed, negotiated and built. They explore how ‘infrastructuring’ contributes to emergent forms of European identity, integration, and statehood. The book will appeal to scholars and students of Science and Technology Studies, Political Sociology, Critical Security Studies, International Relations, European Integration Studies, Infrastructure Studies, or Critical Border and Migration Studies. The Introduction and the Afterword of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Climate Obstruction Across Europe
Starting in the late 1980s, a broad range of actors mounted a long-term effort to oppose action to mitigate the greenhouse gas emissions responsible for climate change. This is the first book to document the development and nature of these activities across Europe.
A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe
A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe, Volume II Part II examines the defeat of the vision of 'socialism with a human face' in 1968 and the political discourses produced by the various 'consolidation' or 'normalization' regimes. It closes with pertinent questions about the fragility of the democratic order globally.
Skiba. Ciągle na wolności
Autobiografia łobuza Krzysztof Skiba w swojej autobiografii rozśmiesza, edukuje i puszcza oko do czytelnika, a przede wszystkim zabiera nas w niezwykłą podróż na backstage swojego życia. Opowiada o udanym dzieciństwie, działalności konspiracyjnej, więzieniu, do którego trafił w latach 80., kulisach działalności Big Cyca i polskiego show-biznesu czy powstawaniu legendarnego Lalamido. Jest rozrywkowo i politycznie. Latają kamienie i ulotki. Unosi się gaz nad niespokojnymi ulicami i na scenie podczas koncertu. Tysiące ludzi skanduje hasła na demonstracji przeciwko władzy, ale też świetnie bawią się, śpiewając przeboje Big Cyca. Autobiografię łobuza czytajcie, jak chcecie, od początku, od środka lub wspak, bo kolejne rozdziały są jak puzzle, które ktoś porozrzucał na nie zawsze miękkim dywanie rock and rolla. Skiba to człowiek niepokorny, wyłamujący się wszelkim stereotypom. Jaki jest naprawdę? Skiba. Ciągle na wolności zaskakuje, wzrusza, ale też prowokuje, pokazując, że sztuka nie ma granic, a wolność, również artystyczna, jest jedną z najważniejszych zdobyczy naszej cywilizacji.
Books Are Weapons
Much attention has been given to the role of intellectual dissidents, labor, and religion in the historic overthrow of communism in Poland during the 1980s. Books Are Weapons presents the first English-language study of that which connected them—the press. Siobhan Doucette provides a comprehensive examination of the Polish opposition’s independent, often underground, press and its crucial role in the events leading to the historic Round Table and popular elections of 1989. While other studies have emphasized the role that the Solidarity movement played in bringing about civil society in 1980-1981, Doucette instead argues that the independent press was the essential binding element in the...
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