The Polish cooperative elite at the beginning of the Second Republic

Abstract

The article draws a collective portrait of the leaders of the Polish cooperative movement in the 1920’s. Departing from its leaders, who took part in a konference in Warsaw in June 1919, which was central to the emerging Polish cooperative law, the article analyzes origin, professional career and the factual role of these leaders

Keywords

• agrarianism
• cooperatives
• elites
• elite research
• Bohemia
• Poland, 20th century