Abstract
During the 1980s in Poland, three events led to the demise of communism (1989): the Gdańsk agreement between the Party and Solidarity; the martial law thanks to which the regime outlawed Solidarity and reestablished the socialist order; and the agreement between the Party and the restored Solidarity, establishing the Round Table to reform the system. I account for these three events through the framework of historical sociology. The explanatory model I use is based on the Coleman-Boudon diagram, integrated through strategic games based on the theory of moves. Such a model, inspired by sociological structural individualism, a) connects macro and micro aspects, and b) considers the strategic dimension at the heart of the events, thanks to game theoretical matrices embedded in social situations. While the failure of communism in Poland was a sort of structural necessity, the kind of historical sociology I draw on unveils the actions and mechanisms underlying this epochal macro change.
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