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2016 | 32(1) | 67-84

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Discursive construction of local social citizenship — between claims of universal provision and demands of more civic duties

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Celem artykułu jest analiza konstrukcji obywatelstwa społecznego w lokalnym dyskursie politycznym. Przedmiotem badania jest sposób w jaki radni dwóch polskich miast zróżnicowanych pod względem poziomu wydatków na politykę społeczną postulują szeroko rozumiane prawa społeczne oraz obywatelskie obowiązki mieszkańców miasta. Przyjęta hipoteza zakłada, że w mieście o bardziej hojnej lokalnej polityce społecznej będzie dominowała narracja uniwersalistyczna, a w mieście o niskich wydatkach na zadania własne polityki społecznej — narracja warunkująca dostęp do świadczeń i usług spełnianiem przez mieszkańców określonych kryteriów. Analiza stenogramów z posiedzeń rady miejskiej pokazuje jednak, że w mieście o wysokich wydatkach znacznie silniej obecne są narracje zarówno uniwersalistyczne, paternalistyczne, jak i postulujące warunkowość. Proponuję wniosek nawiązujący się do koncepcji social constructions of target populations, że kompleksowej lokalnej polityce społecznej towarzyszy różnorodność często sprzecznych lokalnych narracji obywatelstwa społecznego. Natomiast odnosząc się do teorii obywatelstwa społecznego formułuję wniosek że na poziomie lokalnym uniwersalizm i warunkowość oparta na spełnianiu „obywatelskich obowiązków” mogą współwystępować w komunitariańskich narracjach polityki społecznej.
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The goal of this article is to analyse the manner in which social citizenship is constructed in local (municipal) political discourse. It analyses how in two Polish municipalities, vary- ing in terms of social policy expenditures level, council members attribute social rights (in a broad meaning) and civic duties to the inhabitants of the city and to local target populations. According to the main research hypothesis, the universalist narrative of social citizenship will dominate in the municipality with a more generous local social policy, whereas in the city with a more stringent social policy, discourse promoting conditionality in social policy will be more visible. Analysis of council sessions transcripts shows, however, that it is the city with a relatively generous social policy in which universalistic and paternalist narratives, as well as those promoting conditionality, coexist. The conclusion linked to social construction of target populations approach states that the more generous and complex local social policy is, the higher the variety of often contradictory discourse in social citizenship. The conclusion linked to social citizenship theories states that at the local level universalism and conditionality based on the idea of civic contribution coexist in communitarian narratives.

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  • Institute of Social Policy, Warsaw University

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