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Democratic Transition of Poland and Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia and Poland are two countries that share a similar past. Each country participated in WWII and both came under the leadership of Stalin and his socialist party system. These countries were ruled by the communist party for over three decades, but Czechoslovakia was ruled differently then Poland was. Each countries transition to democracy was plagued by some misfortune or another. Communist reforms, opposition to the regime and the violence of the transition to democracy played a critical role in the shaping of these two countries before and after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
By the 1980's Czechoslovakia was beginning to realize that they were not as well off as people in the west. Much of the economy was controlled by the communist party and much of trade occurred only between the soviet bloc countries. In the 80's Gustav Husak ruled Czechoslovakia with an iron fist. Husak followed the system of central......

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