More self-government or state? Analysis of the election programs of Polish political parties Cover Image

Więcej samorządu czy państwa? Analiza programów... wyborczych polskich partii politycznych
More self-government or state? Analysis of the election programs of Polish political parties

Author(s): Magdalena Danek
Subject(s): Politics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: self government; decentralization; content analysis political parties

Summary/Abstract: The restitution of self-government in Poland is considered to be one of the key foundationsof the political transformation. In recent years, and in particular during the local electioncampaign in autumn 2018, we could observe the clash of various concepts related to theassessment of the current territorial self-government activity. Their authors were, on the onehand, the Law and Justice party ruling in Poland since 2015 (within the United Right), and onthe other, opposition groups, in particular the Civic Platform, Modern Party and Polish People’sParty. Therefore, the given article compares the views presented by the above-mentionedpolitical parties regarding the evaluation of the current activity of self-governments andthe vision of their further role in the polish political system. For this purpose, a qualitativeanalysis of the content of their electoral programs prepared for the local elections in autumn2018 was carried out

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 21
  • Page Range: 83-94
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish