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Big cities in Poland as well as abroad are the focus of many scientists of different disciplines. The authors of this study join these researchers and concentrate on a previously neglected segment of the Polish big cities’ political actors – city councillors. The aim of this paper is a socio-demographic description of the big city elite. The authors analyze its main characteristics: gender, age, occupational position, and local government experience. They also try to compare the big city elite with other parts of the political elite, especially with the simultaneously studied medium city elite. The paper is based on survey research conducted by the authors in the 12 biggest Polish cities.
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The labour market policy in Poland is carried out by both government and self-government authorities. However, actual responsibility for situation on regional and local labour markets lies on self-government administration. The aim of the paper is to identify main problems in the field of creation and implementation of the active labour market policy (ALMP) from the poviat's perspective. It presents the structure of ALMP expenditures in 2005-2008 and main factors which make the proportions between the instruments of supply-side ALMP and these of the demand-side ALMP disadvantageous. In the conclusions, key actions aimed at changing this proportion were listed. They include the change of the measurements of ALMP's effectiveness and creation of methods and procedures of skills needs' diagnosis on the local labour market.
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Over time, many types of communities have crystallised in society, which have been regulated by the law and which participate more or less politically in governance in the broadest sense. These are various associations of persons and associations of assets. The basic prerequisite for the contemporary view of civil society is (i.a.) (i) the existence of diverse associations of persons and assets and (ii) their willingness to cooperate with the state, with other public entities and their will to participate in governance - to influence and participate in it, because the hallmark of such „extra-state“ entities is voluntariness, also in their activities, also self-governing and autonomous character and separateness from the state. The author discusses the development of civil society in our country (from the second half of the 19th century to the present) and points out that the legal aspects of the formation of civil society are related to the democratisation of society and the promotion of the concept of deriving the source of state power from the citizens. Associations of persons have contributed to the achievement of civic equality in the political sense and have influenced various areas of public affairs and their administration, as well as contributing to the emergence and development of a relatively young institution - that of interest self-government. The author points out that civil society can also be shaped restrictively. For the favourable development of the democratic organisation of the state and society and for the observance of the rule of law, it is necessary to preserve a free environment for the development of civil society in all its forms, including associations.
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Any government intervention in the economy disrupts the natural market mechanism. One such intervention is the political cycle, which is based on maximizing the benefits of government politicians. Such interventions can be perceived not only at the national level but also in relation to local self - government. The aim of the paper is to evaluate the impact of the political cycle on the financial management of local self - governments in a set of 69 district towns. The results of the analysis showed that it is not possible to clearly determine the political cycle in self-government, no to demonstrate the impact of the political cycle on the financial management of district towns in the Slovak Republic.
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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.
Annales Scientia Politica
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2018
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vol. 7
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issue 2
50 – 55
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The paper focuses on the presentation and analysis of activities aimed at improving the situation of the Romani community in Spišský Hrhov. We point out and explain that the conditions faced by local Roma cannot be perceived as ideal; that the whole situation must be analysed in a complex plane in order to understand the real picture. Why, despite many years of community activities, most Roma continue to live in a separate settlement, and why the local majority still perceives the Roma as different.
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This article describes recent understanding of the advocate in the law-governed state in several historical examples, where positive and also negative experiences of history of Slovakia emphasize relationship between the advocate and the law-governed state and his role there.
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The lecture is focused on the relationship between state administration, self-government and so-called other public administration. The author points out that on the one hand, from a theoretical meaning public administration consists of three relatively independent components which are built especially in the case of selfgovernment on the principle of decentralization. On the other hand state administration maintains its dominant position. The influence of state to the components of public administration mentioned above is demonstrated in three areas. The first area is devoted to the specifics of the position of central state administration bodies in relation not only to the government but also to the self-government and other public administration. Within the second area the author points out concrete interferences of the state to the activities of self-government and other public administration through the bodies of state administration. In the third area, the author analyzes damoage compensation for the performance of public administration by Act No. 514/2003 Coll. on liability for damage caused by performing of public power and amending certain acts as amended. The lecture is completed with the conclusion in which the views and proposals of the author are formulated.
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This article is a contribution to the debate on specific and interrelated problems of regional government, regional development and the electoral success of radical political forces in post-socialist Europe in the late transition times and during the financial and economic crisis and its aftermath. We document these issues based on the case of Banská Bystrica region, which is perceived as one of the most problematic territories in Slovakia in terms of socio-economic development. We attempt to explain the political success of the radical far-right political party Kotleba – Ľudová strana Naše Slovensko, observable since 2013, through an assessment of socio-economic data, in-depth interviews, as well as statistical analysis. We suggest that the persistently difficult social and economic situation, the contradictory population structure and processes (ageing, migration, multi-ethnicity), less successful regional development policies of central state and EU cohesion policy goals and implementation, as well as the weaker position and capacities of regional self-government have contributed to growing apathy and disillusionment in mainstream political parties, rising Euroscepticism and finally the electoral success of the far-right in this region.
Mesto a dejiny
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2019
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vol. 8
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issue 1
80 – 109
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The extension of totalitarian and authoritarian regimes in the first half of the twentieth century, which hit most European states, required political interferences within the highest legislative and executive authorities of states as well as in local administrations and bodies of self-government. Legislative interventions resulted in the formation of new local political elites whose representatives, mostly recruited by the criterion of political reliability, held the defining positions and played the significant role in implementing anti-Jewish policy during the Holocaust era. The main aim of this contribution is the analysis of the mechanisms of legislative interventions into the creation of new local political elites in selected examples of Nazi-occupied countries (General Government, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia) and allied regimes (Slovak State and Hungary).
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The goal of the paper is to indicate similarities and differences between strategic priorities of socio-economic development on the basis of research conducted in two local communities: Tymbark and Slopnice. The paper is based on a methodological approach called the AHP method, which is used to evaluate the benefits and costs of the basic criteria of socio-economic development and prioritizing models of development. The research indicates key factors of local development in the framework of the endogenous development paradigm. Moreover, the preferred development models have been chosen in the compared communities.
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The aim of this paper is to outline the legal expression of the concept of civil society. The paper is based both on the sources of the idea of the formation of civil society and on the current knowledge of legal science, legal regulations and strategic documents at the level of the Slovak Republic, the EU and others. The concept of civil society is a broad and internally structurable concept with its own history and dynamics. From a legal perspective, it is important that the content of the concept of civil society includes persons, both natural persons and legal entities. Of course, it also includes their activities. The classification of civil society can take into account the dimension of the state, the dimension of the European Union, the dimension of an otherwise international one. The legal expression of the content of the concept of civil society depends more or less on the purpose for which the term is used and on the „author“ who uses it. Civil society can be expressed in a range from the narrowest to the broadest meaning. A democratic and rule of law state requires an independent civil society.
Sociológia (Sociology)
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2019
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vol. 51
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issue 2
95 – 114
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The transformation of rural communities in Slovakia was also reflected in the architectural and urban design of rural settlements. Changes in the architectural and urban design of rural settlements reflect the ongoing socio-structural changes in rural communities. However, these socio-structural and architectural-urbanistic changes have different intensity and different forms in various regions of Slovakia. At present, local development transformations are not only conditional on the needs and ambitions of the local population, but also on the new "players" of development processes - the new homeowners, the stakeholder groups in the manufacturing sector and the service sector, such as investors (developers) in the area of housing. This is particularly intense in suburbanized areas of large cities. It brings a whole range of positive but also problematic social and spatial processes, forming rural space. In a number of cases, this also significantly changes the character and expression of rural settlements and rural landscapes.
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Promotion of towns (as the research topic presented in the article) has become in recent years a key element of management. Analysis of towns’ promotion covers usually the following issues: the prestige of the city, its attractiveness for inhabitants and touristic and a cultural potential. In this context often the term ‘city brand is used. It should be implemented based on coherent promotion strategy. All the promotion activities in order o be effective should refer not only to proper goals and tools but also clearly refer to the particular city and its socio-political capital and potential development directions. The second element analyzed in the article is governance, understood as management model that invites to public managements other stakeholders such as nongovernmental organizations, professional associations, media, etc. Implementation of governance means using social capital present in local society. In this sense, local government promotes cities by coordination of other stakeholders activities by inviting them to be actively involved in management processes.
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