Administrative trialism in Poland after the Second World War. Example of the Lublin Province (1944–1950) Cover Image

Trializm administracyjny w Polsce po II wojnie światowej. Przykład województwa lubelskiego (1944–1950)
Administrative trialism in Poland after the Second World War. Example of the Lublin Province (1944–1950)

Author(s): Waldemar Kozyra
Subject(s): Public Administration, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza KA AFM
Keywords: The Second World War;state administration;administrative trialism;Communist Poland;Lublin Province;national councils;government administration;local government;Polish Workers’ Party;

Summary/Abstract: In the first years of post-war Poland (1944–1950) the ruling communist fraction represented by the PPR/PZPR (Polish Workers’ Party / Polish United Workers’ Party) did not explicitly reveal its political vision but referred to selected state institutions of pre-war Poland. Therefore, in the local administration a complex administrative system was created, named an administrative trialism (the three-part system). Its first component was the national councils, as the structures of state authority and administrative supervision. The second were the general and special government administration organs. The third component was the local government with national councils as resolution-providing organs. It should be emphasized that the administrative trialism proved to be one of the most effective tools for building in 1944 the structures of the communist state, an example of which is the Lublin Province from 1944 to 1950.

  • Issue Year: XXI/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 365-388
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish