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

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

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 variati...

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Main Author: Swianiewicz Paweł
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2014-12-01
Series:NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy
Subjects:
neighbourhood
participation
decentralization
public services
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2014-0008
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spelling doaj-71c43a1a2243439795c812f5441f420d2021-09-06T19:22:39ZengSciendoNISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy1337-90381338-43092014-12-017217319810.2478/nispa-2014-0008nispa-2014-0008Intra-Municipal Units in Urban Political Systems in Poland: Vicious Roundabout of Marginalization or Dead-End Street ?Swianiewicz PawełNeighbourhood / 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.https://doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2014-0008neighbourhoodparticipationdecentralizationpublic services
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Intra-Municipal Units in Urban Political Systems in Poland: Vicious Roundabout of Marginalization or Dead-End Street ?
NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy
neighbourhood
participation
decentralization
public services
author_facet Swianiewicz Paweł
author_sort Swianiewicz Paweł
title Intra-Municipal Units in Urban Political Systems in Poland: Vicious Roundabout of Marginalization or Dead-End Street ?
title_short Intra-Municipal Units in Urban Political Systems in Poland: Vicious Roundabout of Marginalization or Dead-End Street ?
title_full Intra-Municipal Units in Urban Political Systems in Poland: Vicious Roundabout of Marginalization or Dead-End Street ?
title_fullStr Intra-Municipal Units in Urban Political Systems in Poland: Vicious Roundabout of Marginalization or Dead-End Street ?
title_full_unstemmed Intra-Municipal Units in Urban Political Systems in Poland: Vicious Roundabout of Marginalization or Dead-End Street ?
title_sort intra-municipal units in urban political systems in poland: vicious roundabout of marginalization or dead-end street ?
publisher Sciendo
series NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy
issn 1337-9038
1338-4309
publishDate 2014-12-01
description 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.
topic neighbourhood
participation
decentralization
public services
url https://doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2014-0008
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