Instytucjonalne ramy polskiej polityki – ćwierć wieku porządkowania zamętu
The Institutional Framework of Polish Politics: Tiding-Up the Mess for 25 Years

Summary/Abstract: The article is an attempt to interpret the developments of Polish politics after 1989 from an institutionalist perspective. In order to understand the current state of Polish politics the narrative on the institutional framework of politics has to be presented on two levels. On the first level, constitutional rules structure political conflict and make Poland a consolidated democracy. The main line of development of this narrative of the last 25 years is a successful attempt to make the government the dominating pole of taking binding political decisions. However, constitutional rules are weakened by the rules at the second level – operating rules of administration and lawmaking. This level of the institutional framework of politics, analyzed in the article as an example of the governmental legislative process, is responsible for the quality of Polish democracy. This is the level where the constitutionally powerful government loses the capacity to make strategic policy choices, strategically allocate resources or coordinate the activities of its sub-units.

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