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Działalność profrekwencyjna jako przejaw samoorganizacji społeczeństwa na przykładzie Polski i Czech
Turnout-boosting activities as a sign of self-organization of society in Poland and the Czech Republic

Author(s): Stella Strzemecka
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie we współpracy z Wydawnictwem Naukowym Scholar
Keywords: NGOs; Poland; Czech Republic; public awareness; local elections 2010; voter turnout; civic mobilization; qualitative research

Summary/Abstract: The paper addresses the role of NGOs in stimulating the need to communicate and collaborate in the Polish social campaign “Masz głos, masz wybór”, and the activity of Czech associations – Změň politiku i Vyměňte polityki. The paper is also an attempt to explain the earlier phenomenon of the election “boom” of Czech citizens.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 21
  • Page Range: 56-65
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish