By all accounts, the case of Poland and its segue to market economy and democracy is a success story: 30 years of uninterrupted growth and development, infrastructure expansion, and modernization of the economy and society. Epochal changes have unfolded in a timespan of merely three decades. Change has taken place so fast that children born in late 1980s and onwards cannot remember what life in Poland under communism was like and cannot relate to it. Also, many elderly people, easy victims of romanticizing their own youth, tend to forget. As a result, the uniqueness of Polish transition and transformation, the boldness and efficiency of reforms, and the success that Polish society mastered together, tend to be undermined today both domestically and internationally.

Poland has now been a member of the EU for more than 15 years. During that time, Poland's image on the EU scene evolved from newcomer, through 'model child', champion of growth, to – in some respects – a maverick. This volume's objective is to remind society, old and young, researchers, scholars and practitioners, that Poland's success is an outcome of well-thought out and bold structural reforms implemented in a swift and timely manner, of society's support for these reforms, and of third actors' benign assistance. Looking back on the 30 years since the collapse of communism, and at the over 15 years of EU membership, this book offers an interdisciplinary, comprehensive and critical insight into factors and processes that have led to today's Poland.

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Information

Publisher

Routledge

Year

2020

ISBN

9781000228533

Edition

Topic

Economía

Subtopic

Economía política

Cover
Half Title
Series
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of contributors
Preface
Foreword: The Polish (non)miracle
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction – Poland and the 30 years of transition (1989–2019)
2 Transition and transformation: the case of Poland
3 Trade and the financial openness of the Polish economy in the context of economic growth – the perspective of EU membership
4 Poland’s competitive position between 2005 and 2017 – a road to success?
5 The social effects of Poland’s membership of the European Union: emigration in focus
6 Poland and the middle-income trap
7 State aid in Poland following accession to the EU
8 Unemployment in Poland after EU accession: a success story?
9 Poland during the Global Financial Crisis: factors behind the positive rate of growth
10 Euro area reforms and Poland – the state of the game
11 Poland and the EU budget: what to make of it?
12 Catching up: a case for cohesion policy and regional development in Poland
13 Interreg CBC funds and cross-border markets at the Polish borders
14 The Polish banking sector in the European Union – commonalities and differences
15 The Single Market and Poland’s competitiveness: the case of German-Polish economic collaboration
16 From dependence to complementarity? Poland’s economic relations with Germany
17 Brexit and its potential consequences for Poland – the perspective of Single Market principles
18 Poland and the energy sector under transition: imperatives, actors, issues
19 Poland 30 years after transition: looking ahead
Index