Wspólnota lokalna i samorządność
Local community and self-government

Summary/Abstract: The article consists of two parts, combining the sociological reflection with the preliminary report of the sociological research conducted in 2016 in municipalities neighboring with Opole. In the first part, the author provides an analysis of the most recent publications about the relationships linking local communities with changes and challenges of the world in the computerization era, placing them in the framework of the functioning of self-government in Poland and Opole in the late 20th and early 21st century. The report of the research, which the author carried out together with Katarzyna Widera, relates to various bonds and needs of those among the municipalities adjacent to Opole which were planned for partial incorporation into Opole in 2016.

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