POL 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Acquis Communautaire, European Commission, European Parliament
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Electoral volatility: a very large change in support for a party from election to election. Dla president (kwasniewski) and former communists in sejm do not reverse shock therapy. They do not want to because their goal is to increase economic performance to support provision of social services. Liberalization of prices and control of inflation, implemented early, created the basis for investment and growth. Former communists delay privatization of state property -- they are accountable to voters. Third competitive election in poland is a contest between the left and the right (ideologically) In russia, ideological differences are softening, competition is not as intense. In 1997, many voters switch sides to vote out former communists and vote in two liberal democratic market reform parties. They rejected the former communist parties that oversaw growth. Eu committed to admit ten post-communist nations. Poland was doing the best, so it was one of three that was admitted as a fast track to democratization.
