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CAN A CIVIL SOCIETY BE LAZY? SOME REMARKS ON ELECTORAL PARTICIPATION IN THE WEST POMERANIAN VOIVODESHIP (Czy spoleczenstwo obywatelskie moze byc leniwe? Uwagi o poziomie partycypacji wyborczej na Pomorzu Zachodnim na tle Polski)

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Drzonek M.
Management and Business Administration. Central Europe
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2012
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vol. 20
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issue 2(115)
126-154
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1. Purpose The main purpose of this paper is to show the influence of electoral participation on the civil society in Poland, based on the example of the West Pomeranian voivodeship. 2. Methodology In the paper different views on civil society are expressed. Special attention is given to the two main electoral systems and attendance in a number of Polish elections. In the last part of the paper the researches discuss the conference entitled 'Man and business in a civil society'. 3. Findings There are two main conclusions. Firstly, electoral participation is one of the elements of a modern civil society. Secondly, the attendance in the West Pomeranian voivodeship is lower in comparison to the attendance in the whole of Poland. 4. Originality The value of the paper is the analysis of the research results on the attendance during Polish elections and presenting these general research studies in comparison to studies that were conducted among 32 respondents - the participants of the above-mentioned conference.
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Participation and Voting Behavior of Poles Abroad in Home Country Elections. The Case of Poles in the US and Canada in Comparative Perspective

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Lesińska M.
Studia Migracyjne - Przegląd Polonijny
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2018
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vol. 44
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issue 4 (170)
97–117
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The article offers an analysis of an important aspect of trans-national politics: the electoral participation of Polish citizens abroad in the national elections in Poland. The author presents a comparative analysis of the data regarding the elections (both parliamentary and presidential) that took place in Poland in the last two decades (1990–2015), together with major trends, distribution of votes and their possible impact on general election results. The analysis reveals interesting dynamics of electoral mobilization of Polish emigrants, points out possible factors contributing to the level of electoral participation and shows political preferences of Polish voters in the US and Canada in comparative perspective.
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ELECTORAL PARTICIPATION AND ATTITUDES TOWARD THE POLITICAL SYSTEM (Uczestnictwo wyborcze a postawy wobec systemu politycznego)

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Chmielewski T.
Studia Polityczne (Political Studies)
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2008
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issue 21
7-42
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The article concerns the relation between electoral participation and attitudes toward the political system. The main thesis postulates that the relationship between these variables is not a simple one. The text refers to the debate on the factors which influence the extent of electoral participation and in particular, electoral turnout in Poland. Attitudes were defined following M. Fishbein and I. Ajzen's approach, the model of the political system was taken from D. Easton, while the concept of participation was borrowed from S. Verba and N. Nie. The research hypotheses were verified on the basis of empirical material collected by means of 500 direct interviews carried out with the inhabitants of the city of Wroclaw. Analysis of the material makes it possible to reject a hypothesis that electoral participation is unrelated to the attitudes held by the inhabitants of the City of Wroclaw toward the political community and the political regime. A relation between electoral participation and attitudes toward those in power turned out to be problematic. As a result, the author suggests that four categories of citizens may be identified when the appraisal of the political system and their electoral passivity or participation are crossreferenced.
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MYCANDIDATE.EU – THE VOTER ADVICE APPLICATION FOR THE LONDON MAYORAL AND ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS IN 2012

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Dziewulska A., Wojdełko K.
Yearbook of Polish European Studies
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2012
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vol. 15
371-402
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In 2011 and 2012 the Centre for Europe, University of Warsaw implemented an online tool, a Voter Advice Application (VAA), with a view to support voters in making an informed choice in the local elections in the UK. The aim of tools like VAA is to foster electoral participation by delivering information about the opinions of the candidates and propose a candidate-to-voter matching scheme. This particular VAA was targeted mainly at the Polish and Lithuanian communities in the UK, as one of the objectives of the European Commission, which co-sponsored the project, was to stimulate EU citizens living outside of their countries to take part in local elections in the place they currently reside. This article shares the findings of the second year of the project, makes some observations and proposals, and concludes by recommending further actions, both to the academic environment as well as to politicians and the European Commission.
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