Między współpracą, grą o niezależność a świadomą opozycją. Polityka historyczna w relacjach rządowo-samorządowych – wybrane aspekty
Between cooperation, the game of independence as a conscious opposition. Historical policy in government-selfgovernment relations – selected aspects

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to analyse the role of the local historical policy in the context of government/self-government relations. Referring to Max Weber’s category of ideal types, it is assumed that three types of relations can be discerned in the relations between government and self-government in the context of the above-mentioned policy: cooperation, striving for independence on the part of self-government and conscious opposition. I have assumed that it has an integrative, legitimising, ideological promotional character. It can also be used as one of the factors limiting the omnipotence of the central government. Drawing conclusions is made more difficult by the fact of the diverse activities undertaken by self-governments and the dynamically changing interactions between central government and self-government. The analysis of legal acts, selected examples of the policy of remembrance pursued by local authorities and the journalism leads to the conclusion that local historical policies are carried out in cooperation with the state administration. Recently, however, the dispute over sites of remembrance has been used to emphasise the independence of the self-government. Conscious opposition exists at the ideological level and is connected to a different vision of the past presented by self-governments dominated by political parties opposed to the government.

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