Démocratisation en Pologne : la première loi sur les partis (1989-1990)
Jérôme Heurtaux
Far from naturally imposing itself as self-evident, party
dominance over political competition in post-communist Poland is the product of a long and contentious process. The study of the conditions under
which the first law on political parties was passed in 1990 retraces the symbolic battles that marked the genesis of party democracy, which opposed
politicians with different interests who each struggled to impose a legitimate
vision of political sparring. This contest arises more from the state of the
political checkerboard than from legal necessity. This is why the law, at first
tabled by communist members of parliament, encountered hostility on the
part of Solidarnosc elites, who in the end were won over to it. The study of
political codes during a regime change reveals how high the stakes were in
defining the actors entitled to participate in democratic representation and in
blocking out the contours of the political space.
• Le droit comme ressource pour le personnel communiste
• Défiance et ralliement des élites de Solidarité
• Qu’est-ce qu’un parti politique en 1990 ?