Table of Contents

Preface -- Addendum to the Preface -- Introduction -- Policy and Politics in Gierek's Poland -- The Party, Institutions, Participation, and the Policy Process -- The Sejm as Symbol: Recent Polish Attitudes Toward Political Participation -- Subnational Policy in Poland: The Dilemma of Vertical Versus Horizontal Integration -- Recruitment Policy, Elite Integration, and Political Stability in People's Poland -- Group Activity and Attitudes: Their Impact on Policy -- Polish Student Attitudes and Ideological Policy -- Polish Journalists in the Policy-Making Process -- Citizen, Voluntary Associations, and the Policy Process -- The Polish Military and the Policy Process -- Church and State in Gierek's Poland -- Issues in Economic and Foreign Policy -- Victim or Villain: Polish Agriculture Since 1970 -- Growth, Reform, and Inflation: Problems and Policies -- Policy Alternatives in Polish Foreign Economic Relations -- Poland, the Socialist Community, and East-West Relations -- Conclusion -- Poland Enters the Eighties