Machine derived contents note: Preface -- 1. The concept of ideology and Western sociology -- 2. Approaches to the study of ideology in a socialist state -- 3. The Polish road: fact and fable, 1956-59 -- 4. Little stabilisation and great upheaval, 1960-70 -- 5. Prosperity and political style in the second Poland, 1971-75 -- 6. Propaganda of success and prognoses of failure, 1976-80 -- 7. Interlude I: solidarity, 1980-81 -- 8. Interlude II: martial law, 1981-82 -- 9. Operative ideology, fundamental principles and social reality -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index