Dysfunctional democracy and political polarisation: the case of Poland.

IF 1.4 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Zeitschrift fur Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Epub Date: 2022-08-05 DOI:10.1007/s12286-022-00536-6

Sonia Horonziak

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The aim of this article is to analyse the dysfunctionalities of Polish democracy that has seen the stability of the power-opposition system disturbed; and society left suffering under the totality of political polarisation. Considering the fact that within a polarised society only one solution can be the leading one, the society and the state, both internally and externally, have become extremely divided, which has not only impacted Polish society's image of itself, but also Poland's standing and relations on the international stage. The observed phenomena can be traced to multiple events that started years before Poland became beset by a crisis of democracy. This article will analyse political and legal changes in Poland within the democratic frames, which no longer fulfil the previously assigned tasks. It will also make a connection between affective political polarisation and dysfunctions of democracy that might lead to a worsening of the stability of the democratic system. Finally, it will show the consequences of the country's dysfunctionality on both national and international stages.

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功能失调的民主与政治两极分化：以波兰为例

本文的目的是分析波兰民主的功能失调，这种失调已经使权力-反对派体系的稳定受到干扰；整个社会在政治两极分化的影响下痛苦不堪。考虑到在一个两极分化的社会中，只有一种解决方案可以成为主导方案，社会和国家在内部和外部都变得极其分裂，这不仅影响了波兰社会的自身形象，也影响了波兰在国际舞台上的地位和关系。这些观察到的现象可以追溯到波兰被民主危机困扰前几年发生的多个事件。本文将分析波兰在民主框架内的政治和法律变化，这些变化不再履行以前分配的任务。它还将把政治两极分化与民主功能失调联系起来，后者可能导致民主制度的稳定性恶化。最后，它将在国内和国际舞台上展示该国功能失调的后果。

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Zeitschrift fur Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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