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Let's Agree on Poland de Maciej Kisilowski

Let's Agree on Poland

Editat de Maciej Kisilowski, Anna Wojciuk
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 9 sep 2025

Credibilitatea acestui volum derivă din natura sa fără precedent: o colaborare între juriști și politologi de pe întregul spectru ideologic, de la progresiști la conservatori, reuniți de Maciej Kisilowski și Anna Wojciuk în momentul de vârf al crizei democratice din Polonia. Spre deosebire de analizele pur teoretice, descoperim aici o propunere de reformă instituțională ancorată în date dure, care nu se limitează la principii juridice, ci integrează modele financiare riguroase pentru a evalua sustenabilitatea bugetară a noului stat. Ca și Wojciech Sadurski în Poland's Constitutional Breakdown, autorii distilează experiența reală a declinului democratic în principii acționabile, însă aleg o cale constructivă, orientată spre viitor și reconciliere națională. Suntem de părere că elementul cu adevărat distinctiv este utilizarea „imaginației constituționale” prin intermediul literaturii; cinci scriitori de ficțiune ilustrează modul în care aceste schimbări macro-sistemice ar influența viața cotidiană a cetățeanului obișnuit. Ritmul lecturii este susținut de alternanța între rigoarea academică, comentariile experților americani și europeni și narativa speculativă, oferind un diagnostic original asupra crizei globale a democrației. Recomandăm acest volum celor care caută soluții dincolo de blocajele ideologice, fiind o lucrare ce transformă dreptul constituțional dintr-o disciplină aridă într-un proiect de management public eficient.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780198979562
ISBN-10: 0198979568
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 165 x 240 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.66 kg
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

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Recomandăm această carte liderilor politici, juriștilor și cetățenilor implicați care vor să înțeleagă cum poate fi reformat un stat polarizat. Cititorul câștigă acces la un plan concret de restructurare instituțională, validat financiar și explicat pe înțelesul tuturor prin studii de caz narative. Este un ghid esențial pentru a trece de la critica sistemului la construcția unei democrații reziliente, aplicabil mult peste granițele Poloniei.

Despre autor

Maciej Kisilowski este profesor asociat de drept și management public la Central European University, fiind recunoscut pentru expertiza sa în strategia instituțională și reforma constituțională. Anna Wojciuk este profesor de științe politice la Universitatea din Varșovia, specializată în relații internaționale și dinamici politice. Împreună, acești editori au reușit să coordoneze un colectiv divers de experți, demonstrând o capacitate rară de a media dialogul între facțiuni ideologice opuse pentru a genera soluții pragmatice de guvernare într-un context politic marcat de tensiuni profunde.

Descriere

At a time when constitutional democracy is under increasing strain, Let's Agree on Poland offers a bold exploration of how divided societies can break through ideological deadlock and reform their institutions. While rooted in the case of Poland, the book offers both academic insight and practical solutions for addressing democratic challenges worldwide.Born from an extraordinary cross-partisan initiative launched at the height of Poland's constitutional crisis, the book presents a comprehensive constitutional reform proposal by legal and political thinkers across the ideological spectrum, from progressives to staunch conservatives. Detailed political and constitutional analysis is complemented with sophisticated financial models that demonstrate the real-world budgetary impact of the proposed reforms, as well as public-management perspectives on improving the efficiency and decisiveness of the reformed state. In addition to offering rigorous political analysis, book revives storytelling as a tool for constitutional imagination. Through collaboration with award-winning fiction writers, Let's Agree on Poland presents five short stories that illustrate how its proposed new constitutional system would work in practice, shaping the everyday lives of ordinary people. Adapted from a 2023 Polish non-fiction bestseller, this international edition features a new introduction and conclusion that deliver an original diagnosis of today's global democratic crisis and the institutional mindset needed to overcome it. Short commentaries by leading American and European legal and political thinkers complement the other writings that comprise this unique volume.

Recenzii

The most important book on Polish politics since 1989.
This book marks a decisive step forward in the reconstruction of Polish democracy - demonstrating that rival political movements can engage in a serious effort to find common ground in their struggle against the threat of demagogic dictatorship.
This is a book for our times. Brilliant, inspiring, and defiant, Let's Agree on Poland sounds a clarion call for a more collaborative, more accommodating, and more hopeful tomorrow. Hard-hitting and innovative, it recovers the forgotten past, confronts the precarious present, and plants the seeds for patience, accommodation, and respect for all.
Written at a critical moment for Poland, the book has the spirit and determination of Alexander Hamilton, who persuaded Americans to accept the separation of powers in the US Constitution.
The dysfunctions of modern democracies, both old and new, are increasingly obvious and disturbing. Hence, debates on how to remodel traditional democratic institutions in order to deepen their representativeness, efficiency, and inclusiveness are becoming a pressing necessity. The analyses and proposals of the Social Contract Incubator are an important and courageous voice in these discussions. The authors have proposed original and innovative ideas on how not only to improve the functioning of democracy but also to adapt the institutions of democracy to the expectations and needs of increasingly diverse societies.
This is an absolutely extraordinary book, unlike anything I know of in the legal, political, or sociological literature in Poland today. The authors propose that we 'agree on Poland' - a Poland that is wise, rational, and rich in its diversity, knowledge, talents, and other resources. Agreement, not domination - a beautiful idea. In the cacophony of daily disputes, it is worth accepting and implementing. Regardless of their views, every Pole should read and work through this wonderful book.
Unlike political essays by historians of ideas, this book proposes, within the framework of democracy, to rebuild the rules of the game by which politicians are selected and held accountable. These far-reaching proposals locate the source of the problems with Poland's democracy not in corrupt politicians, but in institutions that are not adapted to the diversity that characterizes Poland and Poles. Every scholar, politician, and every citizen who cares about democracy in Poland should read this volume.
Poland is in a state of confusion today and there is an ongoing dispute about its sources. This book brilliantly shows that democratic power cannot be the exclusive attribute of the state, because most problems are also local or transnational. We need a 'governance plan from the municipality all the way up to Brussels,' and the outline of such a plan is sketched by a group of serious analysts representing different political backgrounds. The book is a starting point for discussions on a better Poland.
This book brings to life a wonderful idea: it is possible to differ and yet act together within an institutional order. The book represents the best traditions of civic republicanism, in its approach to citizenship, recognition of the role of institutions, unconventional constitutionalism, and respect for fellow citizens. The book not only distinguishes itself from other proposals, but outshines them with its holistic approach, depth of analysis, boldness, and clarity. There is hope!
Do we achieve a true community in a winner-takes-all logic, or in a system based on institutions that allow multiple voices to be heard? Polish constitutional practice has so far favored the former option, often with disastrous results and without clear paths out of recurring crises. Until now, however, we have lacked concrete alternative visions. This book presents such a pluralistic alternative. It is a rich resource for discussion and, hopefully, implementation.
This is a beautiful example of intellectuals' participation in public debate. Its primary intention is to ease tensions in our diverse country. To this end, [the authors] create a common ground for democratic discussion about power sharing and propose a series of concrete systemic reforms. Poland is not an island, and citizens are closer to their local governments than to those in Warsaw or Brussels. At all levels of government, different views must come to the fore so that social polarization can be avoided.

Notă biografică

Maciej Kisilowski is an Associate Professor of Law and Strategy at Central European University in Vienna. His research spans public law, management, and political economy. His academic work has appeared in Business and Society and Law and Social Inquiry, among others. He holds a JSD and LLM from Yale Law School, an MPA from Princeton, and an MBA from INSEAD. His commentary on populism, democracy, and the rule of law has been featured in Project Syndicate, The Financial Times, Politico, and leading Austrian and Polish media outlets.Anna Wojciuk is an Associate Professor at the University of Warsaw, specializing in international relations with a focus on populist foreign policy. Her work has appeared in Review of International Studies, Chinese Journal of International Politics, and European Political Science. In 2018, she published the book Empires of Knowledge in International Relations with Routledge. She was a Fernand Braudel Fellow at the EUI(2017/18, 2024) and has held visiting positions at Harvard, Columbia, Cornell, and Sciences Po. She also contributes to leading media outlets, including Foreign Policy and Politico.