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From Introduction:
"Our initial group of research questions comprised a description of political
leadership in the six counties. What characterizes the county elite? How
is diffrent from its higher level counterparts? Can we talk of political
society at the middle tier? What is the compositio and shape ofthe local
elite? Is it a power elite as depicted by Mills, Dahl's pluralist elite,
or perhaps Keller's strategic elite? What are the main resources available
to the particular sections of the local elites? To what extent are the
local elites autonomous?
The second group of questions pertains to issues of political representation.
How do the representatives understand representation? How do they learn
of the actual interests and preferences they are supposed to be representing
(the issue of responsiveness)? Is political representation understood
by council members elected from party lists and independent council members
in the same way?
The third group of questions refers to internal relations between the members
of the elite, as their relations with the general public. Do the local
elites cooperate or compete? What are the relations between the local leaders
and civil organisation?" (Jacek Wasilewski)
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Political
leadership in Polish counties - (Jacek Wasilewski - ed.)
Spis treści
| Jacek
Wasilewski |
Introduction |
7
|
| Jacek
Wasilewski |
Sociological
portrait of the political elite in six counties |
29
|
| Irena
Pańków |
Family
capital in local democracy |
55
|
| Witold
Betkiewicz |
Self-governing
body or agent of state bureaucracy?
Status
of county in the Polish administrative system |
83
|
| Ewa
Nalewajko |
County
branches of political parties - a difficult adjustment |
121
|
Agnieszka
Dudzińska,
Barbara
Post |
Political
representation at the local level |
151
|
Zofia
Kinowska,
Anna
Radiukiewicz |
Civic
activity as seen by residents and local authorities |
179
|
| References |
|
211
|
| Notes
on the authors |
|
223
|
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