Open AccessThe Impact of Democratic Changes in Poland Upon the Political Transformation and Breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Author(s) -
Redžep Škrijelj
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
studia środkowoeuropejskie i bałkanistyczne
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2543-733X
pISSN - 2451-4993
DOI - 10.4467/2543733xssb.21.011.13804
Subject(s) - communism , syndicate , political science , politics , independence (probability theory) , democracy , eastern bloc , solidarity , economic history , fall of man , political economy , development economics , law , sociology , economics , statistics , mathematics
The fall of the deeply rooted communism in the countries of the Eastern Bloc in the 1980s has differed according to the level of achieved rights and freedoms, especially in Poland, as it was finalized with the breakup of the Soviet Union. The changes announced with the foundation of “Solidarity” – the first independent syndicate – which spread to the factories and enterprises across Poland beginning in the Lenin Shipyard. The staunch national pride and freedoms, empowered with the strength of the Catholic Church effectively eliminated the weak Soviet-imposed communism. The foundation of the first independent and free Polish syndicate in the strong Soviet Bloc catalyzed the initiation of abrupt and serious reforms in the countries of the Eastern Bloc. The fall of the Berlin Wall intensified the initiated processes of reintegration and independence from external political torture and poverty. The initiated processes intensified amplified changes in SFR Yugoslavia even though the breakup of this country in the early 1990s cost more than its establishment.