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2021 | 1(83) | 19-36

Article title

Social Councils – Responsible Actors in Collaborative Local Governance or Silent Information-Providers? Empirical Evidence from Selected Cities

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Title variants

PL
Społeczne rady – odpowiedzialni aktorzy lokalnego współrządzenia czy milczący informatorzy? Rezultaty badań empirycznych z wybranych polskich miast

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Abstracts

PL
Rady społeczne (RS) to podmioty kolegialne, formalnie powoływane przez władze lokalne jako organy konsultacyjne w różnych politykach publicznych. Głównym celem artykułu jest zdefiniowanie roli RS w lokalnym współrządzeniu (collaborative governance – CG). Artykuł opiera się na badaniach ilościowych przeprowadzonych w 65 polskich miastach. Badania koncentrują się na członkach rad młodzieżowych, rad seniorów oraz rad ds. osób niepełnosprawnych. Wyniki badań wskazują, że RS realizują wiele założeń CG, jednak ich potencjał wpływania na decyzje i osiągania konsensusu nie został w pełni udowodniony.
EN
Social councils (SCs) are local collegial actors formally created by local authorities as consultative bodies for different policy issues. The main objective of this article is to define the role of SCs in collaborative governance (CG). The paper is based on the quantitative research conducted in 65 Polish cities. The research is focused on the members of youth, senior citizen councils, and councils for residents with disabilities. The research results indicate that SCs meet many of the prerequisites of CG, however their potential to influence decisions and consensus seeking has not been entirely proven.

Contributors

  • University of Rzeszów, College of Social Sciences
  • University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska, Faculty of Political Science and Journalism

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