Maciej Tymiński
Biographic Data
| ID | 4191647 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maciej Tymiński |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maciej |
| FAMILY NAME | Tymiński |
| SIGNATURE | TYMIŃSKI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warsaw |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7267-4595 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reinventing socialism
The Role of Polish United Workers’ Party (PZPR) Officials in the Investment Process
In the 1960s and 1970s, Soviet bloc countries launched a number of automotive projects in cooperation with Western companies. One such initiative was the Small-Engine Car Factory (FSM) in Bielsko and Tychy, Poland. This article explores the involvement of regional party officials and an interest group formed around provincial party leaders in the implementation of the FSM project in the early 1970s. The analysis focuses on the role of this group …
Bargaining for investment funds during the ‘economic boom’ in communist Poland (1971–1974)
Rozwój regionalny w warunkach centralnego planowania. Przypadek Polski w latach 1960–1973
Artykuł koncentruje się na wpływie polityki inwestycyjnej na konwergencję regionalną w Polsce w latach 1960–1973. Na podstawie oficjalnych statystyk dotyczących regionalnego produktu materialnego netto i brutto oraz struktury zawodowej (sektor materialny/niematerialny) zrekonstruowano poziom PKB dla poszczególnych regionów Polski. Przeprowadzona analiza wykazała brak konwergencji regionalnej zarówno typu sigma, jak i beta. W rezultacie przeprowad…
Dyrektorzy i sekretarze. Relacje kierowników przedsiębiorstw z regionalnymi władzami PZPR w okresie boomu inwestycyjnego (1971–1974)
Artykuł dotyczy relacji pomiędzy dyrektorami przedsiębiorstw a nadzorującymi ich komitetami wojewódzkimi PZPR w latach 1971–1974. Badanie opiera się na analizie dokumentów czterech komitetów wojewódzkich PZPR (katowickiego, warszawskiego, lubelskiego i Komitetu Warszawskiego). Wychodząc z założeń teorii agencji, zdefiniowano główne problemy i koszty występujące w stosunkach pomiędzy sekretarzami komitetów wojewódzkich i dyrektorami w kontekście r…
Provincial Apparatchiks as Investment Supervisors
In Poland the early 1970s were characterised by a huge number of investments in industry, infrastructure and housing. An important role in the supervision of these projects was played by the leaders of provincial party committees. This study examines the documents of four provincial party committees in the years 1971–1974. The results show that apparatchiks’ strategies differed, depending on whether the provincial party leadership was strong or w…
Managers in the command economy
In the Soviet-type centrally planned economies the enterprise was an element of a centralised hierarchical structure, where managers faced pressures for the fulfilment of the plan. The plan could be interpreted as a kind of contract inside the hierarchical organisation; therefore, this study applies the contractual approach to examine the strategies of socialist managers in Poland, showing that their behaviours were similar to those of mid-level …
Sozialistische Ökonomie im Spannungsfeld der Modernisierung
The Rise and Decline of Polish Revisionist Marxist Economics
The paper deals with the history of Polish revisionist Marxist political economy, which flourished between 1956 and 1968, mostly in the academic institutions of Warsaw. The fate of Polish revisionism in Marxist economics is presented in parallel to the intellectual biography of Włodzimierz Brus (one of its leaders) and the fate of the Faculty of Political Economy ( Wydział Ekonomii Politycznej [WEP]), which he co-established at the University of …
Zmiany zaangażowania Komitetu Warszawskiego PZPR w sprawy gospodarki i przemysłu w latach 1950–1975
The article focuses on quantitative analysis of the involvement of the Warsaw Committee of the Polish United Workers’ Party in economic matters (with particular emphasis on industry) in the years 1950–1975. After introducing and commenting on source material, the author discusses changes in the Committee’s general level of activity estimated on the basis of the number of items discussed during executive meetings (annually) and uses the same metho…
Apparatchiks and Enterprises
In the period 1950–1970, the Polish United Workers’ Party (PUWP) managed the economy and all enterprises. However, the party central authorities were unable to manage every single plant directly. One of the most important elements of the governing system was the local communist party apparatus, which supervised factories in the regions. This article examines the strategies of local apparatchiks in their relations with the factory managers. Using …
Urbanization and GDP per capita
Polish lands in 19th century are usually located in the economic peripheries of Europe. However there are no usable datasets of Polish GDP for this period to verify this hypothesis. The main problem is lack of reliable and comparable macroeconomic data from country divided between Russia, Austria and Prussia. The main goal of this research was to propose the method based on the urbanization data set to estimate the GDP of Polish territories and t…
Local Nomenklatura in Communist Poland
The nomenklatura system granted Poland’s communist party the opportunity to control key recruitment processes. This article analyses the rules whereby party authorities, between 1956 and 1970, introduced and implemented the nomenklatura system locally. The main goal is to examine how the system functioned, focusing on the strategy pursued by local party structures. The article shows that the agents manipulated the system and modified its rules. A…
Local Nomenklatura in Communist Poland
The nomenklatura system granted Poland’s communist party the opportunity to control key recruitment processes. This article analyses the rules whereby party authorities, between 1956 and 1970, introduced and implemented the nomenklatura system locally. The main goal is to examine how the system functioned, focusing on the strategy pursued by local party structures. The article shows that the agents manipulated the system and modified its rules. A…
Apparatchiks and Enterprises
In the period 1950–1970, the Polish United Workers’ Party (PUWP) managed the economy and all enterprises. However, the party central authorities were unable to manage every single plant directly. One of the most important elements of the governing system was the local communist party apparatus, which supervised factories in the regions. This article examines the strategies of local apparatchiks in their relations with the factory managers. Using …
Provincial Apparatchiks as Investment Supervisors
In Poland the early 1970s were characterised by a huge number of investments in industry, infrastructure and housing. An important role in the supervision of these projects was played by the leaders of provincial party committees. This study examines the documents of four provincial party committees in the years 1971–1974. The results show that apparatchiks’ strategies differed, depending on whether the provincial party leadership was strong or w…
Managers in the command economy
In the Soviet-type centrally planned economies the enterprise was an element of a centralised hierarchical structure, where managers faced pressures for the fulfilment of the plan. The plan could be interpreted as a kind of contract inside the hierarchical organisation; therefore, this study applies the contractual approach to examine the strategies of socialist managers in Poland, showing that their behaviours were similar to those of mid-level …
The Rise and Decline of Polish Revisionist Marxist Economics
The paper deals with the history of Polish revisionist Marxist political economy, which flourished between 1956 and 1968, mostly in the academic institutions of Warsaw. The fate of Polish revisionism in Marxist economics is presented in parallel to the intellectual biography of Włodzimierz Brus (one of its leaders) and the fate of the Faculty of Political Economy ( Wydział Ekonomii Politycznej [WEP]), which he co-established at the University of …
Urbanization and GDP per capita
Polish lands in 19th century are usually located in the economic peripheries of Europe. However there are no usable datasets of Polish GDP for this period to verify this hypothesis. The main problem is lack of reliable and comparable macroeconomic data from country divided between Russia, Austria and Prussia. The main goal of this research was to propose the method based on the urbanization data set to estimate the GDP of Polish territories and t…
Local Nomenklatura in Communist Poland
The nomenklatura system granted Poland’s communist party the opportunity to control key recruitment processes. This article analyses the rules whereby party authorities, between 1956 and 1970, introduced and implemented the nomenklatura system locally. The main goal is to examine how the system functioned, focusing on the strategy pursued by local party structures. The article shows that the agents manipulated the system and modified its rules. A…
Urbanization and GDP per capita
Polish lands in 19th century are usually located in the economic peripheries of Europe. However there are no usable datasets of Polish GDP for this period to verify this hypothesis. The main problem is lack of reliable and comparable macroeconomic data from country divided between Russia, Austria and Prussia. The main goal of this research was to propose the method based on the urbanization data set to estimate the GDP of Polish territories and t…
Zmiany zaangażowania Komitetu Warszawskiego PZPR w sprawy gospodarki i przemysłu w latach 1950–1975
The article focuses on quantitative analysis of the involvement of the Warsaw Committee of the Polish United Workers’ Party in economic matters (with particular emphasis on industry) in the years 1950–1975. After introducing and commenting on source material, the author discusses changes in the Committee’s general level of activity estimated on the basis of the number of items discussed during executive meetings (annually) and uses the same metho…
Apparatchiks and Enterprises
In the period 1950–1970, the Polish United Workers’ Party (PUWP) managed the economy and all enterprises. However, the party central authorities were unable to manage every single plant directly. One of the most important elements of the governing system was the local communist party apparatus, which supervised factories in the regions. This article examines the strategies of local apparatchiks in their relations with the factory managers. Using …
Sozialistische Ökonomie im Spannungsfeld der Modernisierung
The Rise and Decline of Polish Revisionist Marxist Economics
The paper deals with the history of Polish revisionist Marxist political economy, which flourished between 1956 and 1968, mostly in the academic institutions of Warsaw. The fate of Polish revisionism in Marxist economics is presented in parallel to the intellectual biography of Włodzimierz Brus (one of its leaders) and the fate of the Faculty of Political Economy ( Wydział Ekonomii Politycznej [WEP]), which he co-established at the University of …
Dyrektorzy i sekretarze. Relacje kierowników przedsiębiorstw z regionalnymi władzami PZPR w okresie boomu inwestycyjnego (1971–1974)
Artykuł dotyczy relacji pomiędzy dyrektorami przedsiębiorstw a nadzorującymi ich komitetami wojewódzkimi PZPR w latach 1971–1974. Badanie opiera się na analizie dokumentów czterech komitetów wojewódzkich PZPR (katowickiego, warszawskiego, lubelskiego i Komitetu Warszawskiego). Wychodząc z założeń teorii agencji, zdefiniowano główne problemy i koszty występujące w stosunkach pomiędzy sekretarzami komitetów wojewódzkich i dyrektorami w kontekście r…
Provincial Apparatchiks as Investment Supervisors
In Poland the early 1970s were characterised by a huge number of investments in industry, infrastructure and housing. An important role in the supervision of these projects was played by the leaders of provincial party committees. This study examines the documents of four provincial party committees in the years 1971–1974. The results show that apparatchiks’ strategies differed, depending on whether the provincial party leadership was strong or w…
Managers in the command economy
In the Soviet-type centrally planned economies the enterprise was an element of a centralised hierarchical structure, where managers faced pressures for the fulfilment of the plan. The plan could be interpreted as a kind of contract inside the hierarchical organisation; therefore, this study applies the contractual approach to examine the strategies of socialist managers in Poland, showing that their behaviours were similar to those of mid-level …
Rozwój regionalny w warunkach centralnego planowania. Przypadek Polski w latach 1960–1973
Artykuł koncentruje się na wpływie polityki inwestycyjnej na konwergencję regionalną w Polsce w latach 1960–1973. Na podstawie oficjalnych statystyk dotyczących regionalnego produktu materialnego netto i brutto oraz struktury zawodowej (sektor materialny/niematerialny) zrekonstruowano poziom PKB dla poszczególnych regionów Polski. Przeprowadzona analiza wykazała brak konwergencji regionalnej zarówno typu sigma, jak i beta. W rezultacie przeprowad…
The Role of Polish United Workers’ Party (PZPR) Officials in the Investment Process
In the 1960s and 1970s, Soviet bloc countries launched a number of automotive projects in cooperation with Western companies. One such initiative was the Small-Engine Car Factory (FSM) in Bielsko and Tychy, Poland. This article explores the involvement of regional party officials and an interest group formed around provincial party leaders in the implementation of the FSM project in the early 1970s. The analysis focuses on the role of this group …
Bargaining for investment funds during the ‘economic boom’ in communist Poland (1971–1974)
Reinventing socialism
Political science (9 works) · Polish Historical and Cultural Studies (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition (5 works) · Eastern European Communism and Reforms (4 works) · Economy (4 works) · Law (4 works)