The trajectory of the process
of democratization in Poland
in the light of theory, political praxis
and external evaluation: 1989–2019
1
Institute of Political
Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice
Publication date: 2020-10-06
Studia Politologiczne 2020;57
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
In 1989 Poland decided to implement a democratic regime, but its future was
uncertain then. Today, after 30 years of the development of the process of democratization,
one can say that the road to democracy is winding. The article analyzes the Polish example
of the process of democratization between 1989–2019. It refers to existing theories of the
process of democratization and the evaluation of democracy. Although Poland passed
through the phases of the erosion of a non-democratic regime, transition and democratic
consolidation, the situation after 2015 suggests that there are trends that can reverse the
process of democratization. It will be argued that the institutional and behavioral aspects of
the process of democratization in Poland cannot be perceived as a linear process.
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