Polish state policy on industry between 1918 and 2018
Polish state policy on industry between 1918 and 2018

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the Polish industrial policies and the development of Polish industry during the last hundred years. In the interwar period, the turn towards the state's active policy in the industry took place under Deputy Prime Minister Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski. The most intensive state-sponsored industrialization took place. However, under the communist rule, especially the three decades between 1948 and 1978 the situation changed radically along with the systemic transformation. The end of communist-era dogmas associated with central planning was accompanied by a universal tendency towards industrial restructuring, lasting in developed countries since the 1970s. Despite heavy losses in industrial employment, the restructuring process can be viewed as successful, especially in terms of international competitiveness.

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