Development of the concept of democratic parliamentarism in Poland

Abstract

The presented monograph discusses a popular approach to the development of the concept of parliamentary democratism in the Polish political culture since the last quarter of the 19th century until the present day. It contains characteristics of visions and projects concerning the system developed mainly by democratic circles, which consistently formed and safeguarded the democratic-parliamentary model of a political system. It presents both expectations and reflections of representatives of political and academic arena, whose participation in the creation of the Polish statehood ideology and the shaping of modern-day political and legal culture has not been duly appreciated, as the said circles persistently expressed concern (oftentimes independently of each other) as to whether the Polish State would be given a modern political system, i.e. parliamentary democracy, as the best and the most reliable path towards civilizational progress and advancement of Poland.