Tworzenie systemu władzy terytorialnej w Drugiej i w Trzeciej Rzeczypospolitej. Analiza porównawcza
Creating a System of Territorial Authority in the Second and the Third Republic of Poland. A Comparative Analysis

Summary/Abstract: In the second half of the nineteenth century, many European countries introduced public administration systems based on territorial self-government in a form similar to that of today. In the Polish territories under partitions, the creation of such a self-governance system was practically impossible. Immediately after Poland regained independence, legislative work was undertaken in the so-called Second Republic of Poland to introduce a uniform and mod- ern concept of local government units. These works, due to political changes, lasted almost two decades. A similar situation Poland faced after the political transformations of 1989. The false-front and wholly subordinated to the central regime territorial self-government had to be completely rebuilt, which took almost a decade. The article presents the process of creating local government structures of the Second and the Third Republic of Poland in terms of legislation. A comparative analysis of the described legal regulations and the pace of their introduction (along with limitations and conditions) made it possible to assess and compare the processes of change in these two periods of Polish history. On this basis, conclusions were drawn about the similarities, differences and achieved goals.

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