Determinants of a system transformation from the perspective of Polish experiences in 1989
Determinants of a system transformation from the perspective of Polish experiences in 1989

Summary/Abstract: Comparative analysis as a research method to study the proces of system transformation in the countries of Central-Eastern Europe often overlooks the fact that the transition from market economy to planned economy was effected in this parrt of the continent more than once after 1945. The aim of the paper is to recall and specify the research problem of a reverse phenomenon, namely transition from the omnipotence of the state in economy to consent to the operation of the market laws. Yhe main hypothesis is that Poland can justifiably be considered not only a forerunner of such changes (which is a distinction in its own right), but first and foremost the laboratory guinea pig (not a very gratifying status). Regardless of how one assesses either of the above prospects, one thing is beyond doubt: the impact of external factors on the course of the transformation.

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