Tony Kemp‐Welch
Biographic Data
| ID | 6561311 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tony Kemp‐Welch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tony |
| FAMILY NAME | Kemp‐Welch |
| SIGNATURE | WELCH T K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of East Anglia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Perspectives on Triggering Communism's Collapse
Marjorie Castle's volume in the Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series, Triggering Communism's Collapse: Perceptions and Power in Poland's Transition, discusses events in the late 1980s that induced the leaders of the Polish Communist party to open negotiations with senior opposition figures, including the head of the still-banned Solidarity trade union. Preliminary talks in 1988 led to agreement on the holding of Round Table talks, which formally …
Dethroning Stalin
This contribution examines the Polish experience of de-Stalinisation and its consequences. In 1956, Polish communists first acknowledged that society could no longer be ruled without listening to its voice. Khrushchev's ‘secret speech’ denouncing aspects of Stalin's rule was published in full. During the ensuing October crisis, Gomułka persuaded the Soviet leadership to restore the outward semblances of national sovereignty. The Polish Party admi…
Khrushchev's ‘secret speech’ and polish politics
STALIN'S PHYSICAL DEMISE had little immediate impact on Poland. Since deities do not die, the 'Stalin cult'l might have ended in 1953, but its embodiment in political practices and social structures of the Polish state meant that the euphemistic 'cult of the individual' could not be eliminated so easily.2 Its real demise followed Stalin's second death, the political one, at the XX Congress of the CPSU (14-25 February 1956). In one sense, Poland h…
Soviet historiography today
Khrushchev's ‘secret speech’ and polish politics
STALIN'S PHYSICAL DEMISE had little immediate impact on Poland. Since deities do not die, the 'Stalin cult'l might have ended in 1953, but its embodiment in political practices and social structures of the Polish state meant that the euphemistic 'cult of the individual' could not be eliminated so easily.2 Its real demise followed Stalin's second death, the political one, at the XX Congress of the CPSU (14-25 February 1956). In one sense, Poland h…
Dethroning Stalin
This contribution examines the Polish experience of de-Stalinisation and its consequences. In 1956, Polish communists first acknowledged that society could no longer be ruled without listening to its voice. Khrushchev's ‘secret speech’ denouncing aspects of Stalin's rule was published in full. During the ensuing October crisis, Gomułka persuaded the Soviet leadership to restore the outward semblances of national sovereignty. The Polish Party admi…
Soviet historiography today
Khrushchev's ‘secret speech’ and polish politics
STALIN'S PHYSICAL DEMISE had little immediate impact on Poland. Since deities do not die, the 'Stalin cult'l might have ended in 1953, but its embodiment in political practices and social structures of the Polish state meant that the euphemistic 'cult of the individual' could not be eliminated so easily.2 Its real demise followed Stalin's second death, the political one, at the XX Congress of the CPSU (14-25 February 1956). In one sense, Poland h…
Dethroning Stalin
This contribution examines the Polish experience of de-Stalinisation and its consequences. In 1956, Polish communists first acknowledged that society could no longer be ruled without listening to its voice. Khrushchev's ‘secret speech’ denouncing aspects of Stalin's rule was published in full. During the ensuing October crisis, Gomułka persuaded the Soviet leadership to restore the outward semblances of national sovereignty. The Polish Party admi…
Perspectives on Triggering Communism's Collapse
Marjorie Castle's volume in the Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series, Triggering Communism's Collapse: Perceptions and Power in Poland's Transition, discusses events in the late 1980s that induced the leaders of the Polish Communist party to open negotiations with senior opposition figures, including the head of the still-banned Solidarity trade union. Preliminary talks in 1988 led to agreement on the holding of Round Table talks, which formally …
Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Eastern European Communism and Reforms (3 works) · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Polish Historical and Cultural Studies (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Politics (3 works)