2014
DOI: 10.2478/nispa-2014-0008
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Intra-Municipal Units in Urban Political Systems in Poland: Vicious Roundabout of Marginalization or Dead-End Street ?

Abstract: 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 … Show more

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“…These sub-municipal units not only have their own village gatherings, village heads (in rural municipalities) or directly elected councils (in urban municipalities) but also limited budgets. Nevertheless, the units still cannot be treated as very important players on local scene [see: Swianiewicz 2014], their presence undoubtedly influences the way municipalities are governed. Additionally, in many municipalities the main council is surrounded by other bodies (councils) that represent interest of NGOs, seniors, youth or other parts of society.…”
Section: Legal and Institutional Arrangements Of Councils' Operation mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These sub-municipal units not only have their own village gatherings, village heads (in rural municipalities) or directly elected councils (in urban municipalities) but also limited budgets. Nevertheless, the units still cannot be treated as very important players on local scene [see: Swianiewicz 2014], their presence undoubtedly influences the way municipalities are governed. Additionally, in many municipalities the main council is surrounded by other bodies (councils) that represent interest of NGOs, seniors, youth or other parts of society.…”
Section: Legal and Institutional Arrangements Of Councils' Operation mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In North America, Montreal's strongly decentralized system of boroughs is a unique case (Hamel, ) . In Europe, however, many cities have experimented with sub‐local decentralization to different extents (Bäck, Gjelstrup, Helgesen, Johansson, & Klausen, ; Hacek & Grabner, ; Lõhmus, ; Ostaaijen, Gianoli, & Coulson, ; Röber & Schröter, ; Swianiewicz, ).…”
Section: Metropolitan Governance and Sub‐local Decentralizationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…On trouve plus souvent ces unités dans les grandes villes ou les grandes capitales (Lefèvre, 2010), mais il est également possible d'en trouver dans des villes de plus petite taille (Bäck et al, 2005 ;Swianiewicz, 2013). La première étape de cette recherche consiste à repérer des villes en Amérique qui comportent des unités décentralisées.…”
Section: Mesurer La Décentralisation Inframunicipaleunclassified
“…Cette décentralisation inframunicipale apparaît souvent comme singulière aux yeux des experts et des décideurs politiques locaux, mais l'est-elle vraiment ? Même s'il existe une littérature sur le sujet en Europe centrale, en Europe du Nord (Bäck et al, 2005 ;Van Assche et Derickx, 2007 ;Van Ostaaijen et al, 2012) et dans les pays de l'Europe de l'Est (Lõhmus, 2008 ;Hacek et Grabner, 2013 ;Swianiewicz, 2013), le thème de la décentralisation inframunicipale est presque totalement absent de la littérature scientifique traitant des grandes villes d'Amérique. Cette forme de décentralisation, bien que moins présente sur le continent américain, y a tout de même été implantée dans plusieurs villes au cours des dernières décennies.…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
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