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The Social Composition of Polish United Workers’ Party Leadership

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  • Marcin Wronski

    (SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Warszawa, Poland)

  • Olga Zaleska

    (SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Warszawa, Poland)

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In this article, the authors discuss the social standing of the members of central party bodies and regional leaders of the Polish United Workers Party. For this purpose, a database was created, including 1677 individuals holding 3148 offices. The communist elite was strongly positively selected on the basis of genealogical ties to the prewar social elite, as well as occupation and education. The central authorities of the PZPR were most “elite” during the Stalinist period, while their ties to the prewar elite weakened in the 1970s. Kinship ties between the democratic opposition leaders and the pre-war social elite were more pronounced than those observed among the communist party leadership.

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  • Marcin Wronski & Olga Zaleska, 2025. "The Social Composition of Polish United Workers’ Party Leadership," Proceedings of the Centre for Economic History Research, Centre for Economic History Research, vol. 10, pages 52-66, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:ceh:journl:y:2025:v:10:p:52-66
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    1. Marcin Wroński, 2024. "Intergenerational Educational Mobility in Poland in the Long Run: Education as a Positional Good," Eastern European Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 62(3), pages 317-339, May.
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      JEL classification:

      • N34 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Europe: 1913-
      • N44 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - Europe: 1913-
      • P30 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - General

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