{"product_id":"polands-constitutional-breakdown-9780198840503","title":"Poland's Constitutional Breakdown","description":"Since 2015, Poland's populist Law and Justice Party (PiS) has been dismantling the major checks and balances of the Polish state and subordinating the courts, the civil service, and the media to the will of the executive. Political rights have been radically restricted, and the Party has\u003cbr\u003ecaptured the entire state apparatus. The speed and depth of these antidemocratic movements took many observers by surprise: until now, Poland was widely regarded as an example of a successful transitional democracy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePoland's anti-constitutional breakdown poses three questions that this book sets out to answer: What, exactly, has happened since 2015? Why did it happen? And what are the prospects for a return to liberal democracy? These answers are formulated against a backdrop of current worldwide trends towards\u003cbr\u003epopulism, authoritarianism, and what is sometimes called 'illiberal democracy'. As this book argues, the Polish variant of 'illiberal democracy' is an oxymoron. By undermining the separation of powers, the PiS concentrates all power in its own hands, rendering any democratic accountability illusory.\u003cbr\u003eThere is, however, no inevitability in these anti-democratic trends: this book considers a number of possible remedies and sources of hope, including intervention by the European Union.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wojciech Sadurski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/16\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198840503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWojciech Sadurski, \u003cem\u003eChallis Professor of Jurisprudence, The University of Sydney\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWojciech Sadurski is Challis Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Sydney and Professor at the University of Warsaw Centre for Europe. \u003cbr\u003eHe has written extensively on the philosophy of law, political philosophy, and comparative constitutional law. His most recent books include \u003cem\u003eConstitutionalism and the Enlargement of Europe\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP 2012) and \u003cem\u003equality and Legitimacy\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP 2008).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39822010450035,"sku":"9780198840503","price":43.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_b7480b41-c416-48d4-8d3b-1e37ce773381.jpg?v=1644519245","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/polands-constitutional-breakdown-9780198840503","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}