Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Acknowledgments XI
4. Acronyms Used in Text and Notes XIII
5. 1. Civil Society and Democratization in the East Central European Context 1
6. 2. Why Poland? The Fatal Link Between Legitimation and Stability 24
7. 3. Workers I: The Events of June 1976 46
8. 4. Enter the Intellectuals: KOR (The Workers’ Defense Committee) 76
9. 5 KOR’s Waging of the Workers’ Amnesty Struggle 100
10. 6. The Extension of the Public Space 131
11. 7. Workers II: Oppositional Politics 151
12. 8. KOR and Solidarity 193
13. Notes 209
14. Bibliography 257
15. Index 285