Electoral contract or articulation of interest? Dilemmas of forming of economic policy on the local level Cover Image

Kontrakt wyborczy czy artykulacja interesów? Dylematy kształtowania polityki gospodarczej na szczeblu lokalnym
Electoral contract or articulation of interest? Dilemmas of forming of economic policy on the local level

Author(s): Marcin Kalinowski
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: economic policy; electoral contract; articulation of interests

Summary/Abstract: The article presents two opposing models of forming of economic policy on the local level. The pluralist model exposes the integration of organized interests with the regional and local public administration. Electoral contract is the expression of acceptance of local community for the autonomous moves of administration. The author argues, referring to the economic analysis of political process, that the articulation of interests, which result is the reorientation of economic policy instrumentarium, generates social costs as the consequences of breaking down electoral contract

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 320
  • Page Range: 38-45
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish