The Polish Solidarity Movement : Revolution, Democracy and Natural Rights
This book provides a groundbreaking analysis of democratization in Poland by placing Solidarity in the context of the major democratic upheavals of modernity: the French and American Revolutions. This study undertakes the first full historical comparison of the Polish movement with the ideals and institutions of democracy achieved in the last three centuries
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The Polish Solidarity Movement: Revolution, democracy and natural rights
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Contents
Preface
Introduction: Revolution, democracy and Solidarity
A WEBERIAN ALTERNATIVE
1 The charismatic presentation of natural rights: A Weberian theory of democracy
THE SPIRIT OF MODERN DEMOCRACY
THE WILL TO FREEDOM: THE LEGITIMATING POWER OF NATURAL LAW
DEMOCRACY AND CHARISMA: THE CHARISMATIC PRESENTATION OF NATURAL LAW
REASON AND THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF RIGHTS
2 Formal natural rights and the American Revolution
NATURAL RIGHTS AND THE CHARISMATIC CREATION OF CITIZENS
ANTECEDENTS
THE NATURAL RIGHTS DOCTRINE
CHARISMATIC COMMUNITIES
INSTITUTIONAL CONSEQUENCES
3 Substantive natural rights and the French Revolution
ANTECEDENTS
THE NATURAL RIGHTS DOCTRINE
CHARISMATIC COMMUNITIES
INSTITUTIONAL CONSEQUENCES
4 Natural rights and liberal capitalist development: An overview
REVOLUTIONARY CONDITIONS
ORIGINS OF THE FREE MARKET
5 The Marxist-Leninist response to natural rights and liberal capitalism
MARX'S CRITIQUE OF NATURAL RIGHTS
LENIN'S CREATION OF A CHARISMATIC PARTY
THE INSTITUTIONAL DOMAINS OF LENINISM
POLAND: ANTECEDENTS
6 Solidarity's articulation of natural rights
THE NATURAL RIGHTS DOCTRINE
CHARISMATIC COMMUNITIES
7 Solidarity and liberal capitalism
SOLIDARITY'S WEAKNESSES: THE FAILURE TO CONSTRUCT INSTITUTIONAL DOMAINS
SOLIDARITY'S STRENGTHS: THE IMPACT ON THE DOMAINS OF LIBERAL CAPITALISM
Epilogue: The Polish Revolution in comparative context
Notes
Bibliography
Index