Abstract
Political narratives formulated by the conservative Law and Justice party, which came into power in 2015, put into question most of the democratic achievements in Poland since 1989. This opened up a widespread political legitimation crisis. We explore this crisis at the individual level. An ‘unfinished transformation’ hypothesis assumes that the weakness of civil society and low civic skills in Poland may have resulted in the withdrawal of support for the political system. According to the second hypothesis, the ‘neoliberal economy’ in which neoliberalism may be perceived as a proactive anti-crisis measure as well as lack of social security contributed to the significant share of Polish society denying legitimation to political system. We find that both streams of argument have its merits.
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