Special Episode: Dominik Stecula and Ben Stanley on Poland's Elections and the Future of Polish Democracy

The Periphery from the Pulaski Institution

This episode is guest hosted by Pulaski fellow Dr. Dominik Stecula. Dominik is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Colorado State University. His research interests encompass the intersection of political communication, political behavior, and science communication, in the American, but also in a comparative context. He was also born in Brzeg, Poland and writes about American politics for Polish publications like Polityka, Gazeta Wyborcza, and Kultura Liberalna.
Dominic interviews Dr. Ben Stanley, of SWPS University in Warsaw. Dr. Stanley is a sociologist and political scientist. He researches voting behavior, political parties, populism, and the state of democracy in Central and Eastern Europe.
They talk about the recent elections in Poland, why Law and Justice stumbled, and the near-term prospects for pro-democracy forces in Poland.