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It should be noted that Mariusz Popławski is a specialist in local government, the third sector, and decentralization issues. He received his PhD at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, based on paper, translation of which is the subject of this review. He is the author of many articles relating to local government, public administration, and NGOs. However, above all, he is truly interested in decentralization issues, which is proven in his book. Th e book, what is unique, focuses on the problem of public decentralization in the context of two types of local actors and their relationship to each other: municipalities and local associations. Th e author’s main purpose is the attempt to answer three research questions: (1) what is the character of the relationship between municipalities and local associations?; (2) what are the differences between municipalities and local Th e self-government and public administration researchers in Poland know that there are not many books focused on public power decentralization. Perhaps, because it is a complex and diffi cult issue. It requires great courage and caution, because of connection between legal, economic, and administrative issues. Th ere are even less publications based on empirical research. Th e public power decentralization descriptions usually end on theoretical considerations, which – although important – oft en do not show the complexity of the issue and do not relate to a specifi c reality. Th erefore, and even more, Mariusz Popławski, the author of the reviewed book, should be congratulated. Not only because of the “research courage” in undertaking such a diffi cult issue, but also for its eff ects.

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Mariusz Popławski, Municipalities and Local Associations as Subjects of Public Power Decentralization: On the Example of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region in Poland, Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, Toruń 2014, pp. 246