Ethnic Diversity and Local Governance Quality : The Case of Opole Province in Poland /

Ethnic Diversity and Local Governance Quality : The Case of Opole Province in Poland /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Czepil, Bartosz, 1981- author.
Imprint:Frankfurt a.M. : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2020.
Description:1 online resource (240 pages).
Language:English
Series:Studies in politics, security and society ; v. 29
Studies in politics, security and society ; v. 29.
Subject:
Cultural pluralism -- Poland -- Opole (Powiat)
Cultural pluralism.
Government policy.
Opole (Poland : Powiat) -- Government policy.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13426380
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Other authors / contributors:Opioła, Wojciech, author.
ISBN:3631817088
9783631817087
3631812930
9783631812938
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
Summary:The book is devoted to relations between the ethnic diversity and the quality of governance at the local level. Opolskie province in Poland is a case for explaining this interdependence. Authors assumed, that the quality of governance would be higher in communes characterized by ethnic diversity.
Other form:Print version: Opiola, Wojciech Ethnic Diversity and Local Governance Quality : The Case of Opole Province in Poland Frankfurt a.M. : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften,c2020 9783631812938
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Copyright information
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • I Research methodology
  • 1 The meaning of the project
  • 2 Literature review
  • 3 The concept and the main research stages
  • II Ethnic diversity and quality of governance. Conceptualization and measurement at the commune level
  • 1 Commune in the Polish political system
  • 2 Ethnic diversity
  • The number of groups
  • A group differentiation basis
  • Group size ratios
  • Dynamics of changes
  • Cultural distance
  • Method of measurement
  • 3 Quality of governance
  • III A characterization of the Opolskie province. Cultural diversity as a distinctive feature
  • 1 The Opolskie province as a region
  • 2 The place of the Opolskie province in the European Governance Quality Index
  • 3 The Opolskie province's history of multiculturalism
  • 4 The present state of multiculturalism in Opole Silesia
  • IV Quantitative analysis: the results of measurements and their interpretation
  • 1 General characteristics of selected communes
  • 2 Results of the governance quality measurement
  • 3 Correlation analysis
  • 4 Interpretation
  • V. Qualitative analysis. Case studies of selected communes
  • 1 Kolonowskie
  • Governance quality profile
  • Geographic and demographic position
  • Economy
  • Specific features in the material, symbolic, and identity-related areas
  • Political life
  • Attempt to explain the governance quality profile
  • 2 Walce
  • Governance quality profile
  • Geographic and demographic position
  • Economy
  • Specific features in the material, symbolic, and identity-related areas
  • Political life
  • Attempt to explain the governance quality profile
  • 3 Paczk ó w
  • Governance quality profile
  • Geographic and demographic position
  • Economy
  • Specific features in the material, symbolic, and identity-related areas
  • Political life
  • Attempt to explain the governance quality profile
  • 4 Domaszowice
  • Governance quality profile
  • Geographic and demographic position
  • Economy
  • Specific features in the material, symbolic, and identity-related areas
  • Political life
  • Attempt to explain the governance quality profile
  • Conclusions
  • Annex 1A table of the governance quality indexes
  • Annex 2A detailed description of the particular governance quality indexes
  • Annex 3The CAWI questionnaire (sent on 7 July 2017)
  • List of figures
  • List of maps
  • List of tables
  • List of interviews
  • Literature

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