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Poland's Constitutional Breakdown (Oxford Comparative Constitutionalism)

Wojciech Sadurski

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Description:Since 2015, Poland's populist Law and Justice Party (PiS) has been dismantling the major checks and balances of the Polish state and subordinating the courts, the civil service, and the media to the will of the executive. Political rights have been radically restricted, and the Party has captured the entire state apparatus. The speed and depth of these antidemocratic movements took many observers by until now, Poland was widely regarded as an example of a successful transitional democracy.Poland's anti-constitutional breakdown poses three questions that this book sets out to What, exactly, has happened since 2015? Why did it happen? And what are the prospects for a return to liberal democracy? These answers are formulated against a backdrop of current worldwide trends towards populism, authoritarianism, and what is sometimes called 'illiberal democracy'. As this book argues, the Polish variant of 'illiberal democracy' is an oxymoron. By undermining the separation of powers, the PiS concentrates all power in its own hands, rendering any democratic accountability illusory. There is, however, no inevitability in these anti-democratic this book considers a number of possible remedies and sources of hope, including intervention by the European Union.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Poland's Constitutional Breakdown (Oxford Comparative Constitutionalism). To get started finding Poland's Constitutional Breakdown (Oxford Comparative Constitutionalism), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Since 2015, Poland's populist Law and Justice Party (PiS) has been dismantling the major checks and balances of the Polish state and subordinating the courts, the civil service, and the media to the will of the executive. Political rights have been radically restricted, and the Party has captured the entire state apparatus. The speed and depth of these antidemocratic movements took many observers by until now, Poland was widely regarded as an example of a successful transitional democracy.Poland's anti-constitutional breakdown poses three questions that this book sets out to What, exactly, has happened since 2015? Why did it happen? And what are the prospects for a return to liberal democracy? These answers are formulated against a backdrop of current worldwide trends towards populism, authoritarianism, and what is sometimes called 'illiberal democracy'. As this book argues, the Polish variant of 'illiberal democracy' is an oxymoron. By undermining the separation of powers, the PiS concentrates all power in its own hands, rendering any democratic accountability illusory. There is, however, no inevitability in these anti-democratic this book considers a number of possible remedies and sources of hope, including intervention by the European Union.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Poland's Constitutional Breakdown (Oxford Comparative Constitutionalism). To get started finding Poland's Constitutional Breakdown (Oxford Comparative Constitutionalism), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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