Reforming Local Governments in a New Democracy: Poland as a Case Study

Abstrakt

The aim of this article is to study the development of local government in Poland after 1989. Acknowledging the fact that the evolution of Polish self-government is quite comlicated and lenghty, I study this process regarding all political, social, economic and other circumstances.

I first follow up this proces and then analyze the reform of self-government as a political problem vis-a-vis the professional and political experiences of the reformers.

Klíčová slova

• Poland
• local government
• local politics
• reform of local government