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The Chernobyl Effect: Antinuclear Protests and the Molding of Polish Democracy, 1986-1990

The Chernobyl Effect: Antinuclear Protests and the Molding of Polish Democracy, 1986-1990

Borewicz, Tomasz
Szulecki, Kacper
Waluszko, Janusz

Hardcover

Series: Protest, Culture & Society, Book 32

General European HistoryGeneral Political ScienceGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1800736193
ISBN13: 9781800736191
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: Sep 13 2022
Pages: 228
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe was not only a human and ecological disaster, but also a political-ideological one, severely discrediting Soviet governance and galvanizing dissidents in the Eastern Bloc. In the case of Poland, what began as isolated protests against the Soviet nuclear site grew to encompass domestic nuclear projects in general, and in the process spread across the country and attracted new segments of society. This innovative study, combining scholarly analysis with oral histories and other accounts from participants, traces the growth and development of the Polish anti-nuclear movement, showing how it exemplified the broader generational and cultural changes in the nation's opposition movements during the waning days of the state socialist era.

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