by Brendan Strok | Oct 14, 2022 | Ohio State University
Since the fall of communism in Poland in 1989, no single party has won an outright majority of seats in parliamentary elections – until the PiS (Law and Justice) Party became the first in 2015. With the presidency occupied by fellow PiS member Andrzej Duda, the...
by nzachew1@binghamton.edu | Oct 14, 2022 | SUNY-Binghamton
On July 12, 2020 incumbent Polish President Andrzej Duda won the second round of the presidential elections with 51.0% of the popular vote (BBC, 2020). Duda had first been elected to office in 2015 and was a rising star in the Polish political party Prawo i...
by Justin Velarde | Jun 10, 2022 | University of California, San Diego
Poland’s treatment of migrants at its border with Belarus are symptomatic of the country’s turn away from democracy that has taken place over the past few years. Many countries across Europe have been forced to cope with a global migration crisis with people arriving...
by Allison Elmer | Jun 5, 2022 | University of California, San Diego
There have been concerns about Poland’s democracy since the party of Law and Justice (PiS) came to power in 2015. The party has introduced legislation that restricts the rights of women, migrants, and the LGBT+ community, but the main concerns about democratic...
by Noah Waters | Apr 28, 2022 | University of Georgia
As Russia has gained worldwide attention in recent months through engaging in inflammatory and aggressive authoritarian action, it has brought to light the important role that democracy has in global peace. Democratic institutions have long been cited as being...
