IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/ers/journl/vxxivy2021i2p1227-1242.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Principles of Economic Transformation in Poland after 1989 According to President Lech Wałęsa: A Research in Economics and Security Studies

Author

Listed:
  • Cezary Smuniewski
  • Ilona Urych
  • Andrea Zanini

Abstract

Purpose: The objective of this paper is to present the principles underlying the economic transformation in Poland after 1989 according to the President of the Republic of Poland, Lech Wałęsa. Design/Methodology/Approach: The research method applied was analysis and synthesis of materials from the Archives of the President of the Republic of Poland in Warsaw. This approach is located in research in the field of economics, with appropriate references to social issues, and thus is related to the subject matter of security studies. Findings: The empirical results show that the main principles underlying the economic transformation in Poland after 1989 included: the consistency of political and economic reforms, rapid privatisation and reprivatisation, internationalisation of trade, establishment of state institutions to support economic transformation, promotion and protection of the national character of the economy, protective measures for the economically weakest groups. In the process of systemic transformation, little reference was made to the power of national memory. Practical Implications: With the fall of communism in Poland and the political transformation in 1989, an economic transformation was needed – a transition from a centrally controlled economy to a market economy. In the course of political and economic reforms, one of the greatest obstacles in the process of transformation turned out to be the mentality of a society oscillating around a totalitarian system, the inefficacy of legislative processes and the application of foreign, not Polish solutions. Originality/value: Selected unique and unpublished sources were used for this study. These are texts summarising the activities of the President and the circles surrounding the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland and the Presidentʼs Political Services Office.

Suggested Citation

  • Cezary Smuniewski & Ilona Urych & Andrea Zanini, 2021. "The Principles of Economic Transformation in Poland after 1989 According to President Lech Wałęsa: A Research in Economics and Security Studies," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(2), pages 1227-1242.
    • Handle: RePEc:ers:journl:v:xxiv:y:2021:i:2:p:1227-1242
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://ersj.eu/journal/2185/download
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Vladimer Papava, 2005. "On the theory of post-Communist economic transition to market," International Journal of Social Economics, Emerald Group Publishing, vol. 32(1/2), pages 77-97, January.
    2. Hunter Richard J & Ryan Leo V., 2011. "Reflections in Twenty Years of Political and Economic Change in Poland," Global Economy Journal, De Gruyter, vol. 11(1), pages 1-18, March.
    3. Jeffrey D. Sachs, 1991. "Accelerating Privatization in Eastern Europe: The Case of Poland," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-1991-092, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    4. Piotr Koryś, 2018. "Poland From Partitions to EU Accession," Springer Books, Springer, number 978-3-319-97126-1, December.
    5. Antoni Chawluk & Rod Cross, 1997. "Measures Of Shortage And Monetary Overhang In The Polish Economy," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 79(1), pages 105-115, February.
    6. Sachs, Jeffrey, 1993. "An update on reform in Eastern Europe and Russia," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 4(2), pages 85-87.
    7. Hunter Richard J. & Ryan Leo V., 2005. "A Transitional Analysis of the Polish Economy: After Fifteen Years, Still a "Work in Progress"," Global Economy Journal, De Gruyter, vol. 5(2), pages 1-19, June.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Deslatte, Aaron & Szmigiel-Rawska, Katarzyna & Tavares, António F. & Ślawska, Justyna & Karsznia, Izabela & Łukomska, Julita, 2022. "Land use institutions and social-ecological systems: A spatial analysis of local landscape changes in Poland," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 114(C).
    2. ALBULESCU, Claudiu Tiberiu & Pepin, Dominique, 2018. "Monetary Integration, Money-Demand Stability, and the Role of Monetary Overhang in Forecasting Inflation in CEE Countries," Journal of Economic Integration, Center for Economic Integration, Sejong University, vol. 33(4), pages 841-879.
    3. Blangiewicz, Maria & Charemza, Wojciech W., 1999. "East European Economic Reform: Some Simulations on a Structural Vector Autoregressive Model," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 21(5), pages 535-557, September.
    4. Blangiewicz, Maria & Charemza, Wojciech W., 2001. "East European economic reform: Some simulations on a structural VAR model," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 23(2), pages 147-160, February.
    5. Ichiro Iwasaki & Taku Suzuki, 2016. "Radicalism Versus Gradualism: An Analytical Survey Of The Transition Strategy Debate," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(4), pages 807-834, September.
    6. Kim, Byung-Yeon, 1999. "The Income, Savings, and Monetary Overhang of Soviet Households," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 27(4), pages 644-668, December.
    7. Emanuel Kulczycki & Tim C. E. Engels & Janne Pölönen & Kasper Bruun & Marta Dušková & Raf Guns & Robert Nowotniak & Michal Petr & Gunnar Sivertsen & Andreja Istenič Starčič & Alesia Zuccala, 2018. "Publication patterns in the social sciences and humanities: evidence from eight European countries," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 116(1), pages 463-486, July.
    8. Richard J. Hunter Jr. & Leo V. Ryan & C.S.V., 2015. "Ten Years of Polish Membership in the European Union: An Update and an Appraisal," Quarterly Journal of Business Studies, Research Academy of Social Sciences, vol. 1(4), pages 130-140.
    9. Pasquale Tridico, 2012. "Varieties of Capitalism and Development in Transition Economies Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall," Challenge, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(3), pages 90-128.
    10. Marzena Tambor & Jacek Klich & Alicja Domagała, 2021. "Financing Healthcare in Central and Eastern European Countries: How Far Are We from Universal Health Coverage?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(4), pages 1-26, February.
    11. Ardo H. Hansson, 1991. "The Importance of Being Earnest: Early Stages of the West German Wirtschaftswunder," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-1991-094, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    12. Martha Starr, 2006. "Growth and conflict in the developing world: Neo-liberal narratives and social-economy alternatives," Review of Social Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 64(2), pages 205-224.
    13. Ana Iolanda Vodă & Alina-Petronela Haller & Alexandru Anichiti & Gina Ionela Butnaru, 2020. "Testing Entrepreneurial Intention Determinants in Post-Transition Economies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(24), pages 1-26, December.
    14. J. Brandon Bolen & Claudia R. Williamson, 2019. "The Path of Reform: The Consequences of Institutional Volatility," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 72(3), pages 400-425, August.
    15. Selim Demez, 2021. "Validity of Wagner’s Law in EU Member Transition Economies: Panel Causality Analysis," Journal of Economic Policy Researches, Istanbul University, Faculty of Economics, vol. 8(2), pages 199-210, July.
    16. Mondschean, Thomas & Oppenheimer, Margaret, 2011. "Regional Long-term and Short-term Unemployment and Education in Transition: The Case of Poland," The Journal of Economic Asymmetries, Elsevier, vol. 8(2), pages 23-48.
    17. Tseng Shoiw-Mei, 2015. "Poland’s Trade with East Asia: An Outlier Approach," Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia, Sciendo, vol. 15(2), pages 81-100, December.
    18. Antoni Chawluk, 2000. "Estimates of Demand for Money and Consumption Functions for the Household Sector in Poland, 1967-1999," Economics Series Working Papers 42, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
    19. Andreja Bohm & Joze P. Damijan & Boris Majcen & Marko Rems & Matija Rojec & Marko Simoneti, 2001. "Secondary Privatization in Slovenia: Evolution of Ownership Structure and Company Performance Following Mass Privatization," CASE Network Reports 0046, CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research.
    20. Byung‐Yeon Kim & Yoshisada Shida, 2017. "Shortages and the informal economy in the Soviet republics, 1965–89," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 70(4), pages 1346-1374, November.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    Economic transformation in Poland; privatisation; Lech Wałęsa; fall of communism; economic history; security studies.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • E65 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Studies of Particular Policy Episodes
    • N14 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Europe: 1913-
    • P30 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - General

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ers:journl:v:xxiv:y:2021:i:2:p:1227-1242. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Marios Agiomavritis (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://ersj.eu/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.