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Partycypacja mieszkańców w tworzeniu strategii rozwoju gminy jako przejaw kapitału społecznego na obszarach wiejskich
Participation of inhabitants in building commune development strategy as a manifestation of social capital in rural areas

Author(s): Agnieszka Wojewódzka-Wiewiórska
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: social capital; inhabitants activity; rural areas; local development strategy; commune

Summary/Abstract: Commune development strategy is a plan for long-term, deliberate and systematic control of socio-economic development. The article presents community as an important actor in the creation of strategic documents at local level. Inhabitants activity is a behavioral component of social capital, the level of which is relatively low in Poland. In the empirical part of the aricle the results of the survey were presented. They were carried out in the offices of rural communes and concerned the organization of work on the strategy, forms of participation of inhabitants and their involvement. Low level of social capital in the behavioral dimension was found in the examined communities.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 401
  • Page Range: 577-586
  • Page Count: 10