Intra-Municipal Units in Urban Political Systems in Poland: Vicious Roundabout of Marginalization or Dead-End Street ?

• Authors: Paweł Swianiewicz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Neighbourhood / district councils exist in most big Polish cities. But their position in city politics is very weak, although differences among individual cities may be easily identified. There is also a low citizen interest in neighbourhood councils. The article tests a model to explain the variation among the cities and discusses the negative feedback between the dis-engagement of citizens and the narrow set of functions delegated to neighbourhoods. It asks the question if breaking that negative feedback is possible.

Keywords

EN

neighbourhood; participation; decentralization; public services

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 173-198

Dates

published

2014-12-01

online

2015-03-04

Contributors

author

Paweł Swianiewicz

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/nispa-2014-0008