Abstract
This paper looks at various civic organizations in Poland during the period of transition from communism. It offers an analysis of representative groups of Civil society Organizations (CSOs), proving that they bear features of the socialist past. The paper demonstrates that the popularity of the re-legalized Solidarno ść has been steadily declining since 1989. In fact, no former dissident movement plays an important role in contemporary Poland. Moreover, the revitalization of organizations dissolved during the communist period cannot be read as a success story. Administrative dissolution and repression turned out to be effective tools in dismantling CSOs. The renewal of Catholic organizations has also largely failed. However, organizations established during the communist period still play a leading role in civil society. The communist era, in short, was decisive in shaping contemporary CSOs. Associational life after 1989 displays considerable inertia and while it is difficult to determine whether it actually retards the process of systemic change, it surely is not the sphere of social life that can currently accelerate it.
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