Table of Contents

Preface; 1. The concept of ideology and Western sociology; 2. Approaches to the study of ideology in a socialist state; 3. The Polish road: fact and fable, 1956–59; 4. Little stabilisation and great upheaval, 1960–70; 5. Prosperity and political style in the second Poland, 1971–75; 6. Propaganda of success and prognoses of failure, 1976–80; 7. Interlude I: solidarity, 1980–81; 8. Interlude II: martial law, 1981–82; 9. Operative ideology, fundamental principles and social reality; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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This book describes the changes in the ideology of Poland's rulers from the October events of 1956 to the lifting of martial law in 1983.