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Election selection of political elites in Poland
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Abstracts
Free and fair elections are the method used to select from among the people who have hold specified elective position or public office. In this context, elections are a way of implementing the selection process of the political elite, allowing procedural participation of citizens in shaping political representation. As a result of their execution decisions are made about the distribution of power, which depends on the direction in the act of voting revealed political preferences resulting from translating the achievements of individual votes mandated. Selection of the representatives of the society and subjectivity attributing their decision-making assumes that voters will be able to choose from among themselves those who possess the desired skills, and those who are elected, they will make decisions in the interest of the whole community. The article treats the selection of political elites as a basic function of elections, acting on the issues of creating the political leadership in the parliamentary election, the President of Poland, local governments and the European Parliament.
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Year
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Pages
153-171
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Dates
published
2013
Contributors
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- Instytut Nauk Politycznych i Dziennikarstwa, Uniwersytet Śląski
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Document Type
Publication order reference
Identifiers
Biblioteka Nauki
2159412
YADDA identifier
bwmeta1.element.ojs-doi-10_15804_athena_2013_38_09
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