Ocena spójności województw Polski w latach 2005-2014 w kontekście ładu instytucjonalnego
Assessment of cohesion of Polish Voivodeships in terms of institutional development between 2005 and 2014

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to assess the regional diversification of institutional development of Polish voivodeships in 2005-2014. The assessment of territorial diversification of institutional level is conducted by using sigma convergence analysis which depends on evaluating the dispersion of a researched phenomenon in time and by means of multidimensional comparative analysis methods. To rank ordering voivodeships modified formula of variable aggregations based on zero unitarization method is used and Ward method, procedure of forming the clusters of similarities between objects, is applied. The study shows a relatively high level of diversification of voivodeships as regards their institutional order, as well as a lack of stability of rankings which are obtained by means of synthetic measures. The study also presents the variability of regional delimitation obtained through Ward’s method. Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodeship is the leader in the context of institutional order in the studied period, while Łódzkie Voivodeship closes the ranking.

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