Privatizing the Police-State

' This study is a model of what scholarship on secrecy-enshrouded topics should be. ' - from the Foreword by Gary T. Marx

' . . . a fascinating and troubling book. . . [the authors] raise important questions about the nature of privatized Poland. ' - Choice

' It is a well-done piece of research that integrates a wealth of information and makes visible some major trends in the transformation process. ' - Nils Christie in Slavic Review

' Privatizing the Police-State examines the privatization of the state control apparatus and the impact this has had on post-socialist property relations and on the possibilities for a full break with the authoritarian system. [The authors] use sources gained through years of reading and careful field research. ' - Louise Shelley in Demokratizatsiya

' This is a very important book for those who are interested in communism and in the structures of social domination in post-communism. It is important as an attempt to combine contemporary history, political science and institutional/political sociology. It is an important challenge to the prevailing understanding of communist rule, transition and current social and political structures in Poland. ' - Andras Sajo in Law and Politics Book Review