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Democratic Institutions and Economic Reform: The Polish Case

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 December 2002

JOHN E. JACKSON ,
JACEK KLICH  and
KRYSTYNA POZNAŃSKA
JOHN E. JACKSON
Affiliation:
Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
JACEK KLICH
Affiliation:
Business School, Jagiellonian University, Kraków
KRYSTYNA POZNAŃSKA
Affiliation:
Warsaw School of Economics
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Abstract

Analyses of the economic transformation of the Polish economy and of the 1993 elections to the parliament suggest it is possible to proceed with pro-market and democratic reforms simultaneously. As demonstrated by the Polish case, the key to this process is the rate at which new enterprises are created. These enterprises, not the privatization of existing ones, are primarily responsible for the creation of a growing private economy. This evolving new economy, securely based and growing, creates a pro-reform constituency in the regions where it occurs. This constituency supports pro-reform parties. The Polish case offers important lessons about the reform process and about the way economies and political constituencies co-evolve.

Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Political Science , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , January 2003 , pp. 85 - 108
Copyright
© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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