(A)political City: On Pragmatism and Ideologism of the Local Politics Cover Image

Miasto (a)polityczne: rzecz o pragmatyczności i ideologiczności polityki lokalnej
(A)political City: On Pragmatism and Ideologism of the Local Politics

Author(s): Magdalena Ozimek, Szymon Pytlik
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Civil Society, Public Administration, Sociology, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski
Keywords: city;pragmatism;ideology;local politics; city movements

Summary/Abstract: The main purpose of this article is to look at local politics from political sciences perspective and topropose the understanding of local politics as, quite opposite to the dominating political narratives,a field of ideological character. We divide the text into two main parts: in the first one we focusmainly the theoretical side of the whole issue with its specifics and the issues of the political and ideological character of this level of political scene. In the second part it is our intention to closelyexamine the current political practices in this matter – basing, most of all, on the phenomenon ofpolish „urban movements”, and draw conclusions on the actual essence of (non)political characterof Polish local politics.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 97-110
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish