Paper

The Middle East in Transition: Clues from Poland

April 2012

Abstract

Patrycja Sasnal analyses the features of the Polish transition to democracy particularly relevant to the changes unfolding in Egypt and Tunisia. These include similar initial conditions, a relatively short time span between the waves of change, a religious background and economic hardship.

The paper underlines good practices and deficiencies of the transition period in Poland and provides a comparative framework to evaluate recent experiences in Southern Mediterranean countries.

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