Frances Millard is Senior Lecturer in the Comparative Politics of the Visegrad States at the University of Essex. She has published widely on communist and post-communist political development.

'...there is much here to recommend this book to the reader interested both in Poland and processes of post-Communist change - Paul G. Lewis, Seer 79, 1, 2001

• 1 Poland and the ‘transition to democracy’ 2 The practice of government 3 Institution-building and the constitutional settlement 4 Civil liberties and the rule of law 5 Elections and the emerging party system 6 Political participation and civil society 7 The political role of the Catholic Church 8 The politics of economic and social policy 9 Conclusion: The character of Polish democratization

Frances Millard is Senior Lecturer in the Comparative Politics of the Visegrad States at the University of Essex. She has published widely on communist and post-communist political development.

'...there is much here to recommend this book to the reader interested both in Poland and processes of post-Communist change - Paul G. Lewis, Seer 79, 1, 2001

• 1 Poland and the ‘transition to democracy’ 2 The practice of government 3 Institution-building and the constitutional settlement 4 Civil liberties and the rule of law 5 Elections and the emerging party system 6 Political participation and civil society 7 The political role of the Catholic Church 8 The politics of economic and social policy 9 Conclusion: The character of Polish democratization

Frances Millard is Senior Lecturer in the Comparative Politics of the Visegrad States at the University of Essex. She has published widely on communist and post-communist political development.

'...there is much here to recommend this book to the reader interested both in Poland and processes of post-Communist change - Paul G. Lewis, Seer 79, 1, 2001

• 1 Poland and the ‘transition to democracy’ 2 The practice of government 3 Institution-building and the constitutional settlement 4 Civil liberties and the rule of law 5 Elections and the emerging party system 6 Political participation and civil society 7 The political role of the Catholic Church 8 The politics of economic and social policy 9 Conclusion: The character of Polish democratization