Consentful Contention in Revolutionary Times: Debating Elite Corruption at Communist Party Congresses in Poland and East Germany

Existing scholarship treats congresses of the ruling communist parties in the Eastern Bloc as staged performances intended to manufacture support and signal new policy trends. This article, using the examples of extraordinary party congresses held during revolutionary times in Poland (1981) and the...

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Main Author: ‎Jakub Szumski
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Verlag Herder Institut 2023-09-01
Series:Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung
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Online Access:https://www.zfo-online.de/portal/zfo/article/view/11393/11311