Privatizing the Police-State
Los, Maria W.; Zybertowicz, Andrzej
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Description for Privatizing the Police-State
Hardback. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 521.
This is the first book that documents and analyses the paramount role of secret services in the decomposition of the communist system and the conversion of its elites into new capitalists. The surge of civil society in 1980s Poland prompted a parallel expansion of the police-state apparatus. The book traces the subsequent reconstruction and privatization of social, political and material resources of the police-state and shows how these covert operations shaped other, more visible aspects of the East/Central European transformation. A Note from the Authors: Since the publication of this book, the events in Poland and elsewhere have demonstrated the ... Read more
This is the first book that documents and analyses the paramount role of secret services in the decomposition of the communist system and the conversion of its elites into new capitalists. The surge of civil society in 1980s Poland prompted a parallel expansion of the police-state apparatus. The book traces the subsequent reconstruction and privatization of social, political and material resources of the police-state and shows how these covert operations shaped other, more visible aspects of the East/Central European transformation. A Note from the Authors: Since the publication of this book, the events in Poland and elsewhere have demonstrated the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
Number of Pages
270
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312231507
SKU
V9780312231507
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About Los, Maria W.; Zybertowicz, Andrzej
MARIA LOS is Professor of Criminology at the University of Ottawa and an Adjunct Research Professor at the Institute of European and Russian Studies and the Department of Legal Studies, Carleton University. Before coming to Canada in 1979, she taught and conducted research at the University of Sheffield, University of Warsaw and the Polish Academy of Sciences. Her publications include ... Read more
Reviews for Privatizing the Police-State
'This study is a model of what scholarship on secrecy-enshrouded topics should be.' - from the Foreword by Gary T. Marx '...a fascinating and troubling book...[the authors] raise important questions about the nature of privatized Poland.' - Choice 'It is a well-done piece of research that integrates a wealth of information and makes visible ... Read more