Yaroslav H. The activity of democratic opposition in Poland during the 70th of the 20th century.

The activity of democratic opposition in Poland during the 1970th is being studied. The dissertation undertakes a complex analysis of basic forms and methods to which the Polish oppostion resorted in its struggle for democratization in all spheres of social and political life of the country, its pace towards a true sovereignity. To study the activities of different oppositional groups a comparative analysis is being applied. The dissertation shows the ways in which the oppositional social and political thought has been developing in Poland, democratic opposition's main goals and role in building out the fundamentals of Civil Society. The processes of structurization and a gradual radicalization of oppositional movement, which were characteristic of the second half of the 1970th, were also the subject for the thesis analysis.