Persistent unemployment and passive policies: Politics and institutional change in post-communist Poland
以路径依赖理论解释后共产主义波兰的失业政策为何长期被动且依赖福利，指出政策选择在政权更迭的关键时期形成并持续至今，尽管公认政策低效。
This article explains Poland's approach to unemployment in the postcommunist era as a case of path dependency, driven by institutionalized practices and cultures in key domestic policy-making organizations. The roots of Poland's passive and benefits-based unemployment policy are traced to the period immediately following regime change, which is defined as a critical juncture in social and economic policy-making. Policy choices in this period reflected the predominant reliance on market mechanisms to improve welfare. These choices have been reproduced over time despite widespread agreement that unemployment policies in Poland are failing both in terms of efficiency and effectiveness.