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Papers by Lucyna Rajca

Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, Dec 3, 2023

Środkowoeuropejskie Studia Polityczne

Celem artykułu jest zbadanie sposobów zarządzania kryzysem wywołanym pandemią COVID-19 w czasie j... more Celem artykułu jest zbadanie sposobów zarządzania kryzysem wywołanym pandemią COVID-19 w czasie jej pierwszej fali w wybranych państwach europejskich i udzielenie odpowiedzi na pytanie: Jaki wpływ na zastosowane podejście w zarządzaniu kryzysem (centralizacja versus decentralizacja) miał system administracji publicznej? Przeprowadzona analiza pokazuje, że strategie zarządzania kryzysem w dużej mierze zależały od cech instytucjonalnych i kultur administracyjnych danego państwa, odziedziczonych i zakorzenionych w przeszłości.

Kwartalnik naukowy. Studia Regionalne i Lokalne, 2008

Środkowoeuropejskie Studia Polityczne

The aim of the paper is to present forms of involving citizens, their groups, and organisations i... more The aim of the paper is to present forms of involving citizens, their groups, and organisations in the sphere of local administration activity and to answer the question whether a participatory model of public management is present in the Polish local government. The article presents the evolution of relationship between public administration and citizens, and forms of citizen involvement in decision-making, provision of public services, and governance enabling citizens to have a real impact on public affairs. Results of the analysis indicate that Poland has a formal-institutional base for public participation, but the social reality does not support a thesis that a participatory model of local governance is actually used. The article employs an institutional and legal approach and an analysis of the literature.

Samorząd Terytorialny, 2004

Studia Europejskie - Studies in European Affairs

The aim of the paper is to present issues related to the approach to the integration of immigrant... more The aim of the paper is to present issues related to the approach to the integration of immigrants in Poland in the last three decades. The article is seeking an answer to the question of how the approach to immigrant integration has evolved? Does the evolving approach reflect the rising tide of change taking place in Europe? First, the article discusses the issues of migration to Poland. It is essential to consider cultural conditions related to the national identity and migration history of a given country in an attempt to explain the evolution of the integration policy. The subsequent parts analyze the Polish integration policy until 2015 and the integration policy after 2015. The results of the research show that in Poland, the approach to the integration of immigrants has evolved in a short time: from the “strategy of abandonment” to “integration” understood as a two-way process of adaptation to the concept of assimilation.

The reforms driven by New Public Management (NPM) led to the introduction of management principle... more The reforms driven by New Public Management (NPM) led to the introduction of management principles in local governments, marketisation and outsourcing. They made the greatest impact in the United Kingdom, but were also put in place in other European countries such as Ireland, Sweden, Germany, and – to the least degree – in France (compared to other countries discussed in this paper). There is a risk that NPM-inspired reforms may come to lose sight of the underlying social purpose of public services. NPM has not however become a new, universal model for public sector management. Issues tackled in the debate concerning the reform of public services have moved (mostly in the UK) beyond the concerns of NPM towards the emerging concept of networked community governance.

WEuropieZachodniejnastepujezmianamodelusamorządulokalnego:�odmodelukomitetowe- goradyprzechodzisi... more WEuropieZachodniejnastepujezmianamodelusamorządulokalnego:�odmodelukomitetowe- goradyprzechodzisie�dobardziej�"wykonawczozorientowanych"�modeli,�takichjakparlamentar- neczyprezydenckie.�Przywodztwopolitycznestanowirdzen�wieluostatnichreforminstytucjonal- nychsamorządulokalnego.�Wyraźnymcelemtychreformjestwzmocnieniewladzywykonawczej� izapewnieniesilnego,�widocznegoiefektywnegoprzywodztwa.�Zmianieuleglanaprzykladpo- zycjaburmistrzawWielkiejBrytaniiiNiemczechorazzarząduwHolandii.�Jednymzesposobow� wzmocnieniaprzywodztwapolitycznegojestwprowadzeniebezpośrednichwyborowburmistrza.� Niewewszystkichpanstwachdokonujesie�tegorodzajutransformacja,�wniektorychzmianyzo- stalyograniczonedoniewielugmin.�Innesą�relatywnieodpornenamiedzynarodową�tendencje� reforminstytucjonalnych. WPolscerozwazanejestobecniewzmocnieniepozycjistarostyimarszalka,� glowniepoprzezichbezpośredniwybor.�Interesującewydajesie�zatemzbadanie,� jakiesą�aktualnetrendywEuropiewkwestiiprzywodztwapolitycznegonapo- ziomi...

The years 1997-2010 were a period of changes and political reforms in the United Kingdom. The ini... more The years 1997-2010 were a period of changes and political reforms in the United Kingdom. The initial years saw some important reforms, such as the ratification of the European Convention on Human Rights and the creation of elected assemblies in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Devolution has consolidated and augmented differences in the practices of local governments and in legal regulations amongst different parts of Britain. The Labour government has laid strong emphasis on modernization of English local government. Apart from reforms of structures of representative democracy, the government promoted forms of participatory and deliberative democracy. Under New Labour the reforms of local government introduced in England were predominantly implemented according to the concept of local governance. The basic objective of practical implementation of this concept was to reach the two main purposes, i.e. democratic renewal and improvement of services. The New Labour have displayed...

Przywództwo PolityczNe w zachodNioeuroPejskim samorządzie lokalNym W Europie Zachodniej następuje... more Przywództwo PolityczNe w zachodNioeuroPejskim samorządzie lokalNym W Europie Zachodniej następuje zmiana modelu samorządu lokalnego: od modelu komitetowego rady przechodzi się do bardziej "wykonawczo zorientowanych" modeli, takich jak parlamentarne czy prezydenckie. Przywództwo polityczne stanowi rdzeń wielu ostatnich reform instytucjonalnych samorządu lokalnego. Wyraźnym celem tych reform jest wzmocnienie władzy wykonawczej i zapewnienie silnego, widocznego i efektywnego przywództwa. Zmianie uległa na przykład pozycja burmistrza w Wielkiej Brytanii i Niemczech oraz zarządu w Holandii. Jednym ze sposobów wzmocnienia przywództwa politycznego jest wprowadzenie bezpośrednich wyborów burmistrza. Nie we wszystkich państwach dokonuje się tego rodzaju transformacja, w niektórych zmiany zostały ograniczone do niewielu gmin. Inne są relatywnie odporne na międzynarodową tendencję reform instytucjonalnych.

Lucyna Rajca* koncepcja new puBlic management a ReFoRmy samorządu terytorialnego wyBranych państw... more Lucyna Rajca* koncepcja new puBlic management a ReFoRmy samorządu terytorialnego wyBranych państw euRopy zachodniej Reformy inspirowane New Public Management (NPM) przyczyniły się do wprowadzenia zasad zarządzania w samorządzie terytorialnym oraz urynkowienia i outsourcingu. Reformy te przyniosły największe zmiany w Wielkiej Brytanii, ale wprowadzono je też w innych państwach europejskich, na przykład w: Irlandii, Szwecji, Niemczech, w najmniejszym zakresie zaś we Francji (spośród krajów opisanych w tym artykule). Istnieje ryzyko, że reformy inspirowane NPM doprowadzą do utraty z pola widzenia ukrytego, społecznego celu usług publicznych. Nowe zarządzanie publiczne nie stało się jednak nowym, uniwersalnym modelem zarządzania sektorem publicznym. Tematyka debaty na temat reformy usług publicznych przesunęła się (zwłaszcza w Wielkiej Brytanii) poza kwestie NPM w kierunku wyłaniającej się koncepcji sieciowego zarządzania wspólnotą. * Instytut Nauk Politycznych, Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego. 1 Ze względu na jeszcze nieustabilizowaną pozycję samorządu w państwach Europy Środkowej i Wschodniej stwierdzenie to może mieć tylko tymczasowy charakter (Swianiewicz 2002).

The article analyzes the reforms and centralization trends in Hungary and Poland in recent years.... more The article analyzes the reforms and centralization trends in Hungary and Poland in recent years. Its aim is to compare the scale of this phenomenon in both countries and to indicate its causes. The results of the analyses show a clearly different scale of recentralization in Poland and Hungary. The main reason for recentralization in Hungary was the inefficiency of the local government system, while in Poland the reason for centralization trends in recent years was the desire of the central authority to create better conditions for the implementation of centrally-made decisions and to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of public services provision.

Środkowoeuropejskie Studia Polityczne

The study aims to compare the position of Hungarian and Polish mayors in horizontal relations of ... more The study aims to compare the position of Hungarian and Polish mayors in horizontal relations of power, considering the changes taking place in this area over the last few years. The article presents the institutional and legal conditions of local leadership in Hungary and Poland, as well as the role of councils with regard to the executive body. It also describes the systems of election to legislative bodies, which is one of the factors influencing the status of councils and relations within a local authority. The results of the analyses show that there are differences in the positions of Hungarian and Polish mayors and that the relations within local authorities in both countries have been affected by convergent and divergent trends. The study uses the comparative method and an institutional-legal approach, as well as the historical method.

Studia Europejskie - studies in European Affairs

In the era of migration, cities play an important role in integrating immigrants and promoting so... more In the era of migration, cities play an important role in integrating immigrants and promoting social cohesion. Sometimes they create and implement integration policies different from these at a national level. The state-run civic integration programs question the thesis of the growing role of cities as these programs have resulted in centralizing integration policies and reducing their role. In recent years, large European cities have been implementing a cultural diversity management model referred to as “intercultural integration”. They have also adopted mainstream policies targeted at the entire population. In terms of immigrant integration policy Polish large cities have recently been following a pattern set by their Western European counterparts. This results from the availability of European funds and trends towards cultural diversity rather than challenges.

Środkowoeuropejskie Studia Polityczne

The study aims to compare management reforms in the Hungarian and Polish local government structu... more The study aims to compare management reforms in the Hungarian and Polish local government structures which were introduced at the beginning of the transformation of the socio-political system and during the first two decades of the 21st century. The analyses show that local governments in both countries have implemented solutions derived from different management paradigms, which are in many respects contradictory. In the process of implementing management reforms in the local governments of the two countries there have been both convergent and divergent trends. The public administration reforms in Hungary after 2010 reflect a coherent vision of a strong and centralized state and are intended to ensure effective resolution of social problems. The market and civil society have been given a subordinate role. As far as the Polish local government model is concerned, currently it is difficult to indicate one organizational model constituting a coherent whole.

Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, Dec 3, 2023

Środkowoeuropejskie Studia Polityczne

Celem artykułu jest zbadanie sposobów zarządzania kryzysem wywołanym pandemią COVID-19 w czasie j... more Celem artykułu jest zbadanie sposobów zarządzania kryzysem wywołanym pandemią COVID-19 w czasie jej pierwszej fali w wybranych państwach europejskich i udzielenie odpowiedzi na pytanie: Jaki wpływ na zastosowane podejście w zarządzaniu kryzysem (centralizacja versus decentralizacja) miał system administracji publicznej? Przeprowadzona analiza pokazuje, że strategie zarządzania kryzysem w dużej mierze zależały od cech instytucjonalnych i kultur administracyjnych danego państwa, odziedziczonych i zakorzenionych w przeszłości.

Kwartalnik naukowy. Studia Regionalne i Lokalne, 2008

Środkowoeuropejskie Studia Polityczne

The aim of the paper is to present forms of involving citizens, their groups, and organisations i... more The aim of the paper is to present forms of involving citizens, their groups, and organisations in the sphere of local administration activity and to answer the question whether a participatory model of public management is present in the Polish local government. The article presents the evolution of relationship between public administration and citizens, and forms of citizen involvement in decision-making, provision of public services, and governance enabling citizens to have a real impact on public affairs. Results of the analysis indicate that Poland has a formal-institutional base for public participation, but the social reality does not support a thesis that a participatory model of local governance is actually used. The article employs an institutional and legal approach and an analysis of the literature.

Samorząd Terytorialny, 2004

Studia Europejskie - Studies in European Affairs

The aim of the paper is to present issues related to the approach to the integration of immigrant... more The aim of the paper is to present issues related to the approach to the integration of immigrants in Poland in the last three decades. The article is seeking an answer to the question of how the approach to immigrant integration has evolved? Does the evolving approach reflect the rising tide of change taking place in Europe? First, the article discusses the issues of migration to Poland. It is essential to consider cultural conditions related to the national identity and migration history of a given country in an attempt to explain the evolution of the integration policy. The subsequent parts analyze the Polish integration policy until 2015 and the integration policy after 2015. The results of the research show that in Poland, the approach to the integration of immigrants has evolved in a short time: from the “strategy of abandonment” to “integration” understood as a two-way process of adaptation to the concept of assimilation.

The reforms driven by New Public Management (NPM) led to the introduction of management principle... more The reforms driven by New Public Management (NPM) led to the introduction of management principles in local governments, marketisation and outsourcing. They made the greatest impact in the United Kingdom, but were also put in place in other European countries such as Ireland, Sweden, Germany, and – to the least degree – in France (compared to other countries discussed in this paper). There is a risk that NPM-inspired reforms may come to lose sight of the underlying social purpose of public services. NPM has not however become a new, universal model for public sector management. Issues tackled in the debate concerning the reform of public services have moved (mostly in the UK) beyond the concerns of NPM towards the emerging concept of networked community governance.

WEuropieZachodniejnastepujezmianamodelusamorządulokalnego:�odmodelukomitetowe- goradyprzechodzisi... more WEuropieZachodniejnastepujezmianamodelusamorządulokalnego:�odmodelukomitetowe- goradyprzechodzisie�dobardziej�"wykonawczozorientowanych"�modeli,�takichjakparlamentar- neczyprezydenckie.�Przywodztwopolitycznestanowirdzen�wieluostatnichreforminstytucjonal- nychsamorządulokalnego.�Wyraźnymcelemtychreformjestwzmocnieniewladzywykonawczej� izapewnieniesilnego,�widocznegoiefektywnegoprzywodztwa.�Zmianieuleglanaprzykladpo- zycjaburmistrzawWielkiejBrytaniiiNiemczechorazzarząduwHolandii.�Jednymzesposobow� wzmocnieniaprzywodztwapolitycznegojestwprowadzeniebezpośrednichwyborowburmistrza.� Niewewszystkichpanstwachdokonujesie�tegorodzajutransformacja,�wniektorychzmianyzo- stalyograniczonedoniewielugmin.�Innesą�relatywnieodpornenamiedzynarodową�tendencje� reforminstytucjonalnych. WPolscerozwazanejestobecniewzmocnieniepozycjistarostyimarszalka,� glowniepoprzezichbezpośredniwybor.�Interesującewydajesie�zatemzbadanie,� jakiesą�aktualnetrendywEuropiewkwestiiprzywodztwapolitycznegonapo- ziomi...

The years 1997-2010 were a period of changes and political reforms in the United Kingdom. The ini... more The years 1997-2010 were a period of changes and political reforms in the United Kingdom. The initial years saw some important reforms, such as the ratification of the European Convention on Human Rights and the creation of elected assemblies in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Devolution has consolidated and augmented differences in the practices of local governments and in legal regulations amongst different parts of Britain. The Labour government has laid strong emphasis on modernization of English local government. Apart from reforms of structures of representative democracy, the government promoted forms of participatory and deliberative democracy. Under New Labour the reforms of local government introduced in England were predominantly implemented according to the concept of local governance. The basic objective of practical implementation of this concept was to reach the two main purposes, i.e. democratic renewal and improvement of services. The New Labour have displayed...

Przywództwo PolityczNe w zachodNioeuroPejskim samorządzie lokalNym W Europie Zachodniej następuje... more Przywództwo PolityczNe w zachodNioeuroPejskim samorządzie lokalNym W Europie Zachodniej następuje zmiana modelu samorządu lokalnego: od modelu komitetowego rady przechodzi się do bardziej "wykonawczo zorientowanych" modeli, takich jak parlamentarne czy prezydenckie. Przywództwo polityczne stanowi rdzeń wielu ostatnich reform instytucjonalnych samorządu lokalnego. Wyraźnym celem tych reform jest wzmocnienie władzy wykonawczej i zapewnienie silnego, widocznego i efektywnego przywództwa. Zmianie uległa na przykład pozycja burmistrza w Wielkiej Brytanii i Niemczech oraz zarządu w Holandii. Jednym ze sposobów wzmocnienia przywództwa politycznego jest wprowadzenie bezpośrednich wyborów burmistrza. Nie we wszystkich państwach dokonuje się tego rodzaju transformacja, w niektórych zmiany zostały ograniczone do niewielu gmin. Inne są relatywnie odporne na międzynarodową tendencję reform instytucjonalnych.

Lucyna Rajca* koncepcja new puBlic management a ReFoRmy samorządu terytorialnego wyBranych państw... more Lucyna Rajca* koncepcja new puBlic management a ReFoRmy samorządu terytorialnego wyBranych państw euRopy zachodniej Reformy inspirowane New Public Management (NPM) przyczyniły się do wprowadzenia zasad zarządzania w samorządzie terytorialnym oraz urynkowienia i outsourcingu. Reformy te przyniosły największe zmiany w Wielkiej Brytanii, ale wprowadzono je też w innych państwach europejskich, na przykład w: Irlandii, Szwecji, Niemczech, w najmniejszym zakresie zaś we Francji (spośród krajów opisanych w tym artykule). Istnieje ryzyko, że reformy inspirowane NPM doprowadzą do utraty z pola widzenia ukrytego, społecznego celu usług publicznych. Nowe zarządzanie publiczne nie stało się jednak nowym, uniwersalnym modelem zarządzania sektorem publicznym. Tematyka debaty na temat reformy usług publicznych przesunęła się (zwłaszcza w Wielkiej Brytanii) poza kwestie NPM w kierunku wyłaniającej się koncepcji sieciowego zarządzania wspólnotą. * Instytut Nauk Politycznych, Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego. 1 Ze względu na jeszcze nieustabilizowaną pozycję samorządu w państwach Europy Środkowej i Wschodniej stwierdzenie to może mieć tylko tymczasowy charakter (Swianiewicz 2002).

The article analyzes the reforms and centralization trends in Hungary and Poland in recent years.... more The article analyzes the reforms and centralization trends in Hungary and Poland in recent years. Its aim is to compare the scale of this phenomenon in both countries and to indicate its causes. The results of the analyses show a clearly different scale of recentralization in Poland and Hungary. The main reason for recentralization in Hungary was the inefficiency of the local government system, while in Poland the reason for centralization trends in recent years was the desire of the central authority to create better conditions for the implementation of centrally-made decisions and to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of public services provision.

Środkowoeuropejskie Studia Polityczne

The study aims to compare the position of Hungarian and Polish mayors in horizontal relations of ... more The study aims to compare the position of Hungarian and Polish mayors in horizontal relations of power, considering the changes taking place in this area over the last few years. The article presents the institutional and legal conditions of local leadership in Hungary and Poland, as well as the role of councils with regard to the executive body. It also describes the systems of election to legislative bodies, which is one of the factors influencing the status of councils and relations within a local authority. The results of the analyses show that there are differences in the positions of Hungarian and Polish mayors and that the relations within local authorities in both countries have been affected by convergent and divergent trends. The study uses the comparative method and an institutional-legal approach, as well as the historical method.

Studia Europejskie - studies in European Affairs

In the era of migration, cities play an important role in integrating immigrants and promoting so... more In the era of migration, cities play an important role in integrating immigrants and promoting social cohesion. Sometimes they create and implement integration policies different from these at a national level. The state-run civic integration programs question the thesis of the growing role of cities as these programs have resulted in centralizing integration policies and reducing their role. In recent years, large European cities have been implementing a cultural diversity management model referred to as “intercultural integration”. They have also adopted mainstream policies targeted at the entire population. In terms of immigrant integration policy Polish large cities have recently been following a pattern set by their Western European counterparts. This results from the availability of European funds and trends towards cultural diversity rather than challenges.

Środkowoeuropejskie Studia Polityczne

The study aims to compare management reforms in the Hungarian and Polish local government structu... more The study aims to compare management reforms in the Hungarian and Polish local government structures which were introduced at the beginning of the transformation of the socio-political system and during the first two decades of the 21st century. The analyses show that local governments in both countries have implemented solutions derived from different management paradigms, which are in many respects contradictory. In the process of implementing management reforms in the local governments of the two countries there have been both convergent and divergent trends. The public administration reforms in Hungary after 2010 reflect a coherent vision of a strong and centralized state and are intended to ensure effective resolution of social problems. The market and civil society have been given a subordinate role. As far as the Polish local government model is concerned, currently it is difficult to indicate one organizational model constituting a coherent whole.