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ARTICLES published under pseudonym JAN POWIÓRSKI:

“Polacy '84: Opinia publiczna w dwa i pół roku po wprowadzeniu stanu wojennego” [The Poles of '84: Public Opinion Two and a Half Years after the Imposition of Martial Law], Krytyka, No. 27/1988 (in Polish)

“Powtórka z rozgrywki” [The Game Re-played], Krytyka, No. 17/1984 (in Polish).

“Polacy ’81: Opinia publiczna w przededniu stanu wojennego” [The Poles of '81: Public Opinion on the Eve of Martial Law"], Krytyka, No. 13-14/1983 (in Polish).

—Reprinted in Poland Watch, No. 3 (Spring-Summer 1983), (in English).

 

BOOK REVIEWS (in English, unless noted otherwise)

Review of George Sanford, Democratic Government in Poland. Constitutional Politics Since 1989, Canadian-American Slavic Studies, v 41 n 2, Summer 2007.

Review of Sarah Birch, Frances Millard, Marina Popescu & Kieran Williams, Embodying Democracy: Electoral System Design in Post-Communist Europe and Frances Millard, Elections, Parties, and Representation in Post-Communist Europe, Europe-Asia Studies, v 58 n 6, September 2006.

Review of Charles Bukowski and Barnabas Racz (eds.), The Return of the Left in Post-communist States, Canadian-American Slavic Studies, v 38 n 1-2, Winter-Spring 2004.

Review of Aleks Szczerbiak, Poles Together? Emergence and Development of Political Parties in Post-Communist Poland, Europe-Asia Studies, v 56 n 5, July 2004.

Review of Padraic Kenney, A Carnival of Revolution: Central Europe 1989, Nationalities Papers, v 31 n 3, Summer 2003.

Review of R. D. Petersen, Resistance and Rebellion.  Lessons from Eastern Europe, Nationalities Papers, v 30 n 2, Spring 2002.

Review of W.L. Miller, Å.B. Grødeland, T.Y. Koshechkina, A Culture of Corruption? Coping with Government in Post-communist Europe, Europe-Asia Studies, v 54 n 2, March 2002.

Review of A. Agh Emerging Democracies in East Central Europe and the Balkans, Canadian-American Slavic Studies, v 35 n 4, Winter 2001.

Review of H. Kitschelt et al. Post-Communist Party Systems, The Journal of Politics, v 63 n 2, 2000.

Review of G. Sanford Poland. The Conquest of History, Europe-Asia Studies, v 52 n 1, Winter 2000.

“The Churchill Hypothesis,” a review of Democracy and Its Alternatives.  Understanding Post-Communist Societies by R. Rose, W. Mishler, C. Haerpfer, Journal of Democracy, v 10 n 3, July 1999, Internet: 

Review of J. Kurczewski, The Resurection of Rights in Poland, Political Science Quarterly, v 109 n 3, Fall 1994 (i.

Review of S. Berglund and J.A. Dellenbrant (eds.) The New Democracies in Eastern Europe.  Party Systems and Political Cleavages, Slavic Review, v 52 n 1, Spring 1993.

“A History of the Bear's Pursuit,” a review of Z.A.B. Zeman The Making and Breaking of Communist Europe, Contemporary Sociology, v 21 n 3, May 1992.

Review of T. Garton Ash The Polish Revolution: Solidarity, Sisyphus. Sociological Studies, Vol. V (1989).

“Szczebel po szczeblu” [Rung after Rung], review of M. Halamska Napięcia w funkcjonowaniu produkcji rolniczej.  Studium na przykładzie gminy. [Tensions in Functioning of Agricultural Production.  A Case Study of a Commune] Więź, No. 6/1984 (in Polish).

“W dawnym stylu” [In Old Style], review of A. Siciński (ed.) Styl życia, obyczaje, etos w Polsce lat siedemdziesiątych – z perspektywy roku 1981 [Life-styles, customs, ethos in Poland in the 1970s – As assessed in 1981], Więź, No. 5/1984 (in Polish).  

 

MISCELLANEA (in English, unless noted otherwise):  

“Challenges to Democracy in Poland” America.gov October 27, 2009

“The October 2007 Elections: A Victory for Liberal Poland?” Central Europe Digest November 15, 2007, Center for European Policy Analysis

“Poland,” chapter for Europe’s Next Generation of Leaders: How Does It See the World?, expert analysis for CENTRA Technology, Inc., 2006.

“Reluctantly European?” Transitions On Line, 1 March 2002.

—this article published simultaneously in EUMAP.

“Twenty Years After.  Discussion on the History of the Solidarity Movement” Central Europe Review, Vol. 3, No. 27, October 8, 2001, conveyer and panelist.

“Pocketbook or Rosary? Economic and Identity Voting in the 2000 Presidential Election in Poland” NCEEER topical paper, 2001.

“The 2000 Presidential Election In Poland,” NCEEER short topical paper, 2000.

“Back to Square One?  The Re-polarization of Polish Politics in the Late 1990's,” NCEEER topical paper, 1998.

“Polish Politics After the 1997 Parliamentary Election: Back to a Polarized Polity?” NCEEER short topical paper, 1998.

“NATO Expansion Moves East,” opinion article, The Washington Times, December 26, 1997.

“Prawa i swobody obywatelskie oraz ich granice” [Civil rights and freedoms and their limitations], CBOS Research Report No. 19/96 (in Polish).

“Elektoraty partii politycznych wobec wyborów prezydenckich” [Voting preferenc­es of political parties' constituencies in presidential election], CBOS Research Report No. 182/95 (in Polish).

“Elektoraty w wyborach prezydenckich 1990: preferencje wyborcze 1995” [The 1990 presidential election constituencies and their 1995 voting preferences], CBOS Research Report No. 150/95 (in Polish).

“Przypływy i odpływy” [Inflows and outflows: voters' volatility in presidential elections in Poland, 1990-95], Polityka, No. 40/1995 (in Polish).

“Poland” video on social and political change, BBC/Open University production, 1992, researcher.

“In memoriam of Jacek Tarkowski, 1939-1991” Krytyka, No. 39/1992 (in Polish).

“A Strong Move Toward the Center,” opinion article, Los Angeles Times, April 12, 1989

“Festiwal w cieniu wąsów” [Festival in the Shadow of a Moustache], review of feature films on Stalinism, Krytyka, No. 17/1984 (in Polish).

“Społeczeństwo w podróży” [Society in transition], Polityka, No. 40/1979 (with E. Skalski, in Polish).