2020
DOI: 10.32872/spb.v14i4.2321
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Examining the Round Table Talks from the perspective of the Needs-Based Model of Reconciliation: Observations and insights

Abstract: This commentary analyzes the democratization process triggered by the Polish Round Table Talks using the framework of the Needs-Based Model of Reconciliation, which conceptualizes reconciliation as a social exchange transaction in which perpetrators gain moral-social acceptance, whereas victims gain power. I argue that the talks allowed the restoration of communists’ moral-social identity, and Solidarity’s power and voice. I further argue that to complete such a transaction, both parties must believe that they… Show more

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