Poland and the Role of Solidarity Marisa Saldana and Sofia Venegas Overview What is Solidarity? (August 14‚ 1980) ● Independent self-governing trading union ● It was a broad anti-communist social movement ● Used the methods of civil resistance to advance the causes of workers’ rights and create social change. ● Contributed to the fall of communism and sparked the later Revolutions of 1989 Critical figures Lech Walesa ● ● ● ● ● Most prominent leader of the Solidarity movement Persistent activism
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Introduction of Poland Poland officially known as Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska) is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine‚ Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast‚ a Russian exclave‚ to the north. The total area of Poland is 312‚679 square kilometers (120‚726 sq mi)‚ making it the 69th largest country in the world and 9th in Europe. Poland has a population of over
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The Solidarity movement in Poland was one of the most dramatic developments in Eastern Europe during the Cold War. It was not a movement that began in 1980‚ but rather a continuation of a working class and Polish intelligentsia movement that began in 1956‚ and continued in two other risings‚ in 1970 and 1976. The most significant of these risings began in the shipyards of the ’Triple City’‚ Gdansk‚ Sopot and Gdynia in 1970. The first and by far the most violent and bloody of the workers revolts came
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Polish work market would favour development of women’s promotion prospects. Since becoming a full European Union member Poland has made headway in promoting gender equality into national policies and in gender discrimination in the workplace. However‚ this country still lags far behind the other countries of an old continent breaching women’s’ rights not openly. Poland is a country that cultivates its tradition and keep its values. Stereotypes regarding the model of Polish traditional family
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Intermediate Acct410B Research Paper Common and Preferred Stock How do Corporations raise capital? All of the large corporations could not have grown to their present size without being able to find innovative ways to raise capital to finance ultimate expansion. There are many ways this can be accomplished‚ but this review will take a look at just two ways: the issuance of Preferred Stock and selling of Common Stock. What exactly is a stock‚ anyway? Basically‚ stock is ownership‚ simple
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF POLAND Copyright 1994 - AngloPol Corporation -- Distributed by the Polonia Media Network |Part 1 | | | |The Polish State Emerges | |10th-12th
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something less than the ideal distribution of talents could compensate for shortcomings by recognising a latent weakness and deciding to do something about it. They key teams roles identified by Belbin are: Preferred Team Roles – Questionnaire This questionnaire‚ based on the work of Belbin‚ was developed to provide group members with a simple means of assessing the way they like to contribute to a project. Directions: For each question distribute
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Related Studies PREFERRED ENVIRONMENTS IN HUMAN The elements of the built environment which have been discussed up to this point all contribute to and affect preferred environments. Such environments are places that people seek out. In these places‚ people feel competent and confident and are able to make sense of the environment while also being engaged with it. Research in environmental psychology has expanded the theory of preferred environments to include the notion of coherence within a space
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Lec-2 Understanding Communication Styles Dr.Attaullah Shah Communication Style Personality—thoughts‚ feelings‚ and actions that characterize someone Communication style—patterns of behavior that others can observe Communication style is an important aspect of personality Total Person Insight By knowing our own communicating style‚ we get to know ourselves better. And we get along with others better as we develop the ability to recognize— and respond—to their styles. Paul Mok and Dudley
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in the future. I love to learn about my own family history and for the two trips im going to go on are going to be from my maternal and paternal sides of the family. First my maternal side of the family is from Poland and I will plan a ten-day trip to the many various places to see in Poland. I also have family still there and would plan a side trip one of my days to go visit them. My paternal side of the family s Irish and I will visit Ireland. I will start my travel of a lifetime on July 1st in
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