Das politische System Polens

Ziemer, Klaus; Matthes, Claudia-Yvette

doi:10.1007/978-3-322-93461-1_5

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“…This lays the legal groundwork for a political decisionmaking process that endows several different political organs with veto rights. The second chamber (Senate), the president and the Constitutional Tribunal in Poland can veto the political rulings made in the Sejm, the first chamber of the Polish Parliament 5 (Raciborski and Wiatr, 2005;Ziemer and Matthes, 2004). This is not only troublesome, because it curtails the enforcement of political decisions, but it is also problematic because it consolidates mindsets that prefer obstructing political processes over making compromises.…”

Section: Policy-making Capacity With Boundariesmentioning

confidence: 96%

Science policy and public accountability in Poland: the case of embryonic stem-cell research

Kulawik

2009

Sci. and Pub. Pol.

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This article examines how exercises of public involvement in science policy, which have been transported to the new member states via EU regulations, function in post-socialist democracies. Given Poland's agonistic and non-transparent policy style, the public consultation process in the case of embryonic stem-cell research stands out as an exemplary model of ensuring public awareness and highquality communication. When taking a closer look at the applied accountability criteria, however, the overall assessment becomes more critical. Still, an important result of this case study is that deliberative exercises based on face-to-face forums facilitate communication and contribute to mutual understanding even within highly polarized and antagonistic constellations. The findings of the case study suggest that exercises of public involvement need more precise institutional rules to have an impact on advancing public accountability in consolidating democracies.

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Section: Policy-making Capacity With Boundariesmentioning

confidence: 96%

Science policy and public accountability in Poland: the case of embryonic stem-cell research

Kulawik

2009

Sci. and Pub. Pol.

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“…The second chamber (Senate), the president and the Constitutional Tribunal in Poland can veto the political rulings made in the Sejm, the first chamber of the Polish Parliament (Raciborski andWiatr 2005, Ziemer andMatthes 2004). Ironically Poland's constitution entails a separation of powers, the main purpose of which is to limit the government's power of decree rather than to ensure the capability to govern in the public interest.…”

Section: A Limited Policy-making Capacitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Central and Eastern Europe’s Biotechnology Landscape

Robbins¹,

Huzair²

2012

The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology

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“…Second, two months before the referendum the Sejm passed a bill that extended the referendum over two days and allowed the electoral participation rates of the first day to be publicly announced. Nevertheless, the pro-European government of Leszek Miller was sceptical about holding the referendum (Ziemer and Matthes 2004). This was, in part, due to the fact that the post-communist government was highly unpopular at that time.…”

Section: The Polish Accession Referendummentioning

confidence: 99%

When `No' Means `Yes, But'

Kemmerling

2008

Rationality and Society

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In situations where an electoral boycott is feasible, both voters and party leaders sometimes exhibit apparently irrational behavior. We argue that in some cases this can be explained by a strategic rationale. To exemplify this claim we use an empirical puzzle: the Polish accession referendum only passed the turnout threshold because of people who voted `no'. This is puzzling, since these people could easily have stayed at home without hurting the collective interest of their group. Conventional wisdom argues that the `no'-campaign fought an uphill battle and made tactical errors. In addition, voters were supposedly not aware of their strategic situation. We argue that some of these people did not oppose enlargement, but the terms of the negotiation process between the EU and Poland. Microeconometric evidence depicts the common characteristics of these moderately Eurosceptic voters. Moreover, a stylized game-theoretic model shows that Eurosceptic party leaders have behaved in an optimal way that produced benefits for these voters. We deduce a mixed equilibrium which fits the politicians' behavior best.

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Das politische System Polens

Cited by 8 publications

References 5 publications

Science policy and public accountability in Poland: the case of embryonic stem-cell research

Science policy and public accountability in Poland: the case of embryonic stem-cell research

Exploring Central and Eastern Europe’s Biotechnology Landscape

When `No' Means `Yes, But'

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