%0 Journal Article
%T The parties on the political scene of Poland of the interwar period, 1918–1939
%A Sokołowski, Jacek K.
%J Cracow Studies of Constitutional and Legal History
%V 2013
%R 10.4467/20844131KS.13.005.1160
%N Volume 6, Issue 1
%P 51-62
%K history of Poland, interwar period, political parties, Parliament, Socialists, People’s Party, National Party, Communists, national minorities, legal history
%@ 2084-4115
%D 2013
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/kshpp/article/the-parties-on-the-political-scene-of-poland-of-the-interwar-period-1918-1939
%X The article contains a brief overview of the main political parties of the Second Republic of Poland. It outlines the genesis of the most important groups operating in each of the partitions, showing the impact of the political activity of Poles in the occupant countries on the shape of Polish political scene in later years. A particular emphasis is placed on presenting the groups active during the “sovereignty of the Parliament,” i.e. in the years 1919–1926. The Polish Socialist Party (PPS) and National Democracy (ND), portrayed as the main political antagonists, are discussed, as well as the peasants’ parties, acting as the political centre. In addition, the author presents the main political currents representing the Jewish and Ukrainian minorities, and describes the special place of the Polish Communist Party in the political system of that time.