Why Is There No Christian Democracy in Poland — and Why Should We Care
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6315201 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tim Bale (0000-0001-5917-1312, University of Sussex), Aleks Szczerbiak (0000-0003-4389-9557, Sussex European Institute, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RG, UK) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 479-500 |
| Publication date | 2008-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Party Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-0688 • E-ISSN: 1460-3683 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1354068808090256 |
| OpenAlex | W1986365464 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 16 |
Despite the fact that almost all Poles are Roman Catholics and that religion has played an important part in contemporary Polish politics, no self-declared Christian Democratic party has been successful in post-1989 Poland. None of the currently successful Polish centre—right parties profile themselves as Christian Democratic, nor can they be labelled as such objectively. While, superficially, Poland looks like fertile ground for Christian Democracy, the factors that were crucial to the formation and success of Christian Democratic parties in post-war Western Europe were largely absent during the emergence of democratic, multiparty politics in post-1989 Poland. Of course, parties are never simply produced and sustained by `cleavages', they are more than institutional responses to some kind of social demand. The formation and success, or otherwise, of Christian Democratic parties owes much to the interplay between social realities and sponsors, on the one hand, and the institutional and ideological crafting of entrepreneurial politicians, on the other
Democracy · Ideology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Law · Polish Historical and Cultural Studies
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| Unique citing works | 17 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |