TY - BOOK
T1 - The Chernobyl effect
T2 - Antinuclear protests and the molding of Polish democracy, 1986-1990
AU - Szulecki, Kacper
AU - Waluszko, Janusz
AU - Borewicz, Tomasz
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/9/13
Y1 - 2022/9/13
N2 - The 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe was not only a human and ecological disaster, but also a political-ideological one, severely discrediting Soviet governance and galvanizing dissidents in the Eastern Bloc. In the case of Poland, what began as isolated protests against the Soviet nuclear site grew to encompass domestic nuclear projects in general, and in the process spread across the country and attracted new segments of society. This innovative study, combining scholarly analysis with oral histories and other accounts from participants, traces the growth and development of the Polish anti-nuclear movement, showing how it exemplified the broader generational and cultural changes in the nation's opposition movements during the waning days of the state socialist era.
AB - The 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe was not only a human and ecological disaster, but also a political-ideological one, severely discrediting Soviet governance and galvanizing dissidents in the Eastern Bloc. In the case of Poland, what began as isolated protests against the Soviet nuclear site grew to encompass domestic nuclear projects in general, and in the process spread across the country and attracted new segments of society. This innovative study, combining scholarly analysis with oral histories and other accounts from participants, traces the growth and development of the Polish anti-nuclear movement, showing how it exemplified the broader generational and cultural changes in the nation's opposition movements during the waning days of the state socialist era.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85139301176&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3167/9781800736191
DO - 10.3167/9781800736191
M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:85139301176
SN - 9781800736191
BT - The Chernobyl effect
PB - Berghahn Books
ER -