@misc{Przeperski_Michał_(1986–_)_Partia_2026,
 author={Przeperski, Michał (1986– )},
 editor={Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences},
 copyright={Creative Commons Attribution BY 4.0 license},
 address={Warszawa},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2026},
 language={pol},
 abstract={The article reconstructs the model of membership of the Polish United Workers’ Party (PZPR) as a set of duties and privileges that shaped party identity in communist Poland. It distinguishes three categories of members – rank-and-file members, activists, and functionaries – and traces their evolution from a revolutionary to a bureaucratic model. Key turning points include the Stalinist period, the political thaw of 1956, the 1970s, and the post-1980 crisis. The study demonstrates the transition from totalitarian mobilisation to post-totalitarian authoritarianism, in which party membership gradually lost its ideologi-cal dimension and became an instrument of social adaptation and career advancement. The article focuses on the relationship between ideological declarations and social practice, highlighting the role of rituals, discipline, and mechanisms of control.},
 title={Partia i jej ludzie. Powinności i przywileje członków PZPR 1948–1989},
 type={Text},
 URL={http://www.rcin.org.pl/Content/263304/WA303_300379_A507-DN-R-58-2_Przeperski.pdf},
 volume={58},
 number={2},
 journal={Dzieje Najnowsze : [kwartalnik poświęcony historii XX wieku]},
 publisher={Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk},
 keywords={communism, nomenklatura, bolshevism, Stalinism, bureaucracy, Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza (Polish United Workers' Party), Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza - history, communism - Poland - history - 20th century, Poland - 1944-1989 (Polish People's Republic), Poland - history - 1945-},
}