ANAMORPHIC IMAGES OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT. COMMUNITIES AND SELF-GOVERNMENT IN MUNICIPALITIES OF PODLASKIE VOIVODESHIP (REGION) AFTER THE SYSTEM TRANSITION - FROM OFFICIAL DATA TO INDIVIDUAL NARRATIONS (...obrazy lokalnego rozwoju...)

• Authors: Sadowski Ireneusz
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article is based on the results of the study which aimed to show the picture of institutional change on the local level after the system transition in Poland. There are at least two kinds of pictures that can be drawn: one coming from official data and the other from in-depth interviews with local leaders. Although those pictures are in large part consistent, they seem anamorphic - giving the perspectives of somewhat different angles. One of the main conclusions of the study is that there are significant signs of the relationship between social characteristics of community and local development. This finding is consistent with social capital theory. Other conclusions concern the perception of local development and its impact on the perception of the whole system transition in Poland.

Keywords

EN

INSTITUTIONAL PERFORMANCE; LOCAL COMMUNITY; LOCAL DEVELOPMENT; SELF-GOVERNMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Journal: Pogranicze. Studia Społeczne
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 15
• Pages: 238-69
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Sadowski Ireneusz

• Ireneusz Sadowski, Uniwersytet w Bialymstoku, Instytut Socjologii, pl. Uwersytecki 1, 15-420 Bialystok, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA06233