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 Polandâs image on the EU scene evolved from newcomer through âmodel childâ champion of growth to â in some respects â a maverick. This volumeâs objective is to remind society old and young researchers scholars and practitioners that Polandâs success is an outcome of well-thought out and bold structural reforms implemented in a swift and timely manner of societyâs support for these reforms and of third actorsâ 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 todayâs Poland. . Language: English