Local government dimension of Polish foreign policy 2012–2022. Part II: International activity of local government on the example of city of Łódź Cover Image

Samorządowy wymiar polskiej polityki zagranicznej 2012–2022. Część II: Aktywność międzynarodowa samorządu na przykładzie Łodzi
Local government dimension of Polish foreign policy 2012–2022. Part II: International activity of local government on the example of city of Łódź

Author(s): Krzysztof Babij, Rafał Jaśkowski
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Public Administration, Public Law, Economic policy, Environmental and Energy policy, International relations/trade, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza KA AFM
Keywords: local government; foreign policy (after 1989); international cooperation; refugees; twin cities; European Union; Expo 2022;

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the article concerns the role and participation of the Polish local government in the foreign policy of the Republic of Poland in 2012–2022. In part I of the article describes the legal acts and program documents on the basis of which the local government can pursue its external policy. The goal of part I is to analyze the diversification of activities in foreign policy, with particular emphasis on the interests of local government. The part 2 concentrates on a specific local government (the city of Łódź) that tries to pursue an active international policy. The main goal of the article is to examine the activity of local governments in the foreign policy of the state in the aspect of broadly understood reflection on the international environment of the Republic of Poland. This type of analysis may be used to organize the knowledge about the possibilities, conditions and benefits, or possible losses of conducting elements of foreign policy by Polish local governments.

  • Issue Year: XIX/2022
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 161-202
  • Page Count: 42
  • Language: Polish