Open AccessPublic Consultation as Manifestation of Civil Participation in Local Social Life. An example of Katowice/ Konsultacje społeczne jako przejaw obywatelskiej partycypacji w lokalnym życiu publicznym na przykładzie miasta Katowice
Author(s) -
Sebastian Kubas
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annales universitatis mariae curie-skłodowska. sectio k, politologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2300-7567
pISSN - 1428-9512
DOI - 10.1515/curie-2015-0009
Subject(s) - democracy , praxis , local government , subject (documents) , political science , public administration , law , government (linguistics) , civil society , public participation , sociology , politics , library science , linguistics , philosophy , computer science
Public consultation, as one of direct democracy form, is the subject of the article. This problem is presented regarding theoretical, law and practical basis. As theory, I underlined the most important direct democracy qualities and then linked this form of democracy with local government. This is how I tried to understand public consultation as one of direct democracy form. As law, I analysed Polish municipal law and then local Katowice law regarding public consultation. As praxis, public consultation was presented as a tool used by the local authorities to communicate local society and the level of local society interest in taking part in public consultation