Henryk Szlajfer (born 7 November 1947,

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, in the years 1993–2008, director of the Department of Strategy and Policy Planning, then of the American Department and

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at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, appointed by then

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Biography

In 1968 Szlajfer and

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, at that time students of the

, were expelled from the university for their opposition activity. On March 8, 1968, a rally took place in their defence, which marked the beginning of mass student protests called the

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. He was sentenced to 2 years in

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. Editor-in-chief of the quarterly magazine " Sprawy Międzynarodowe" (since 1992) and its English version "The Polish Quarterly of International Affairs". Member of the editorial board of the " Studia Polityczne" magazine (ISP PAN). In the 1990s in the Editorial Council of the "

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" (Cambridge University Press).

Selected publications

*
Economic Nationalism and Globalization: Lessons from Latin America and Central Europe
', Brill, Leiden 2012 *
Western Europe, Eastern Europe and World Development 13th-18th Centuries: Collection of Essays of Marian Małowist
' (co-editor Jean Batou), Brill, Leiden 2009 *''The Faltering Economy. The Problem of Accumulation under Monopoly Capitalism'' (współredaktor John B. Foster), Monthly Review Press, New York 1984 *''From the Polish Underground. Selections from "Krytyka", 1978-1993'' (współredaktor Michael Bernhard), The Pennsylvania State University Press 1995 *''Europa Środkowo-Wschodnia i Ameryka Południowa 1918-1939: szkice o nacjonalizmie ekonomicznym'' (Redakcja), PWN, Warszawa 1992 *''Dezintegracja przestrzeni eurazjatyckiej a bezpieczeństwo Europy Środkowej i Wschodniej'', PISM, Warszawa 1993 *''Polacy – Żydzi: zderzenie stereotypów:esej dla przyjaciół i innych'', Wydawnictwo Naukowe SCHOLAR, Warszawa 2003 *''Droga na skróty: nacjonalizm gospodarczy w Ameryce Łacińskiej i Europie Środkowo-Wschodniej w epoce pierwszej globalizacji: kategorie, analiza, kontekst porównawczy'', ISP PAN, Warszawa 2005 *''Modernizacja zależności: kapitalizm i rozwój w Ameryce Łacińskiej'', Osollineum, Wrocław 1984 *''Nineteenth century Latin America: two models of capitalism: the case of Haiti and Paraguay''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Szlajfer, Henryk Living people 1947 births Permanent Representatives of Poland to the United Nations Polish economists 20th-century Polish Jews 21st-century Polish Jews Diplomats from Wrocław University of Warsaw alumni Academic staff of the University of Warsaw