Human Rights and Political Dissent in Central Europe

This volume examines to what extent the positive atmosphere created by the Helsinki Accords contributed to the change in political circumstances seen in the countries of Central Europe, under Soviet domination.

Autorentext

Jakub Tyszkiewicz is Professor of History at the University of Wroc aw, Poland.

Inhalt

Introduction - Human Rights and Political Dissent in Central Europe: between the Helsinki Accords and the Fall of the Berlin Wall 1. U.S. Policy toward Political Opposition in Poland (1975-1981) 2. Human Rights in British Policy on Poland (1975-1979) 3. Basket III Provisions in French and the Federal Republic of Germany policy toward the Polish People's Republic (1975-1980): A Comparative Approach 4. Human Rights in the Policy of Sweden toward Poland (1975-1981) 5. Between Human Rights and National Opposition: Polish Opposition (1976-1989) 6. Exit, Voice, Duplicity: Human Rights in Romanian Understanding (1975-1989) 7. The Catholic Church, Human Rights and the Democratic Opposition in Communist Poland: The Case of Father Ludwik Wi niewski 8. The Role of Human Rights in the Situation of Slovak Church and Persecution of Christians in Slovakia in (1975-1989) 9. John Paul II on Human Rights in Poland 10. Political Opposition, Human Rights and Political Changes in Czechoslovakia in 1989 11. Resistance, Dissent and Opposition Movements-Antecedents of the Hungarian Regime Change 12. Revisiting the Revolution of 1989: The End of the Communist Rule in Romania 13. The United States and Hungary (1956-1990) 14. The Polish American Congress, Polish Diaspora and Human Rights Movement in Poland 15. The Ideas of Human Rights and Their Impact during and after Soviet Rule