Professional paper

Local Self-Government in Poland

Mateja Crnković ; scientific researcher on the project financed by the Ministry of Science, Education, and Sports of the Republic of Croatia Europeanisation of the Croatian Public Administration: Influence on Development and Identity )

Abstract

The paper contains an analysis of the components of local self-government
in Poland: territorial structure (with an overview of self-government
below municipal level and special status of Warsaw), local affairs, local
politics (local bodies and institutions of direct democracy), cooperation
between territorial units, central-local relations, and the financing of local
self-government. Each component has been dealt with separately. Special
emphasis is put on the processes, trends, and key moments of decentralisation.

Keywords

local self-government – Poland; territorial structure; local affairs; local politics and administration; inter-municipal cooperation; central-local relations; financing of local self-government; decentralisation

Hrčak ID:

135293

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/135293

Publication date:

7.12.2010.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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