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ABSTRACT:
The 1989 Eastern European revolutions produced systematic failures in which various social, economic, and political players to coordinate on mutually beneficial solutions. The old institutional grid--political, economic, and social--was destroyed and the new institutions were still in the making. The collective action problems born in this institutional vacuum contributed to political instability, economic under-performance, and social inefficiencies. This paper examines the cooperation and lack of cooperation among Polish political parties in the 1990s as examples of the failure to reach agreement among political actors.

SUGGESTED CITATION:
Marek Kaminski, "The Collective Action Problems of Political Consolidation: Evidence from Poland" (February 1, 2003). Center for the Study of Democracy. Paper 03-03.
http://repositories.cdlib.org/csd/03-03