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Christian Democracy beyond Christian Democracy: The Case of Stanisław Grocholski

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Łukasiewicz rounds out the book’s three biographical case studies with a portrait of the London-based émigré activist Stanisław Grocholski. A life-long activist in Catholic organizations, both in pre-World War II Poland and in post-World War II Western Europe, Grocholski never joined a Christian Democratic party, yet he advanced an agenda that shaped the social activism of Christian Democrats on both sides of the Iron Curtain. By testing the boundaries of Christian Democracy as a political affiliation, Grocholski’s case demonstrates how the transnational success of East-Central European Christian Democracy failed to translate either into long-term national success or strong European commitments.

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Łukasiewicz, S. (2018). Christian Democracy beyond Christian Democracy: The Case of Stanisław Grocholski. In: Kosicki, P., Łukasiewicz, S. (eds) Christian Democracy Across the Iron Curtain. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64087-7_13

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