Local Self-Government as a Problem of Political Theory
Local Self-Government as a Problem of Political Theory
Author(s): Łukasz ŚwięcickiSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Political Theory, Public Administration
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: political theory; local government; sovereignty; legitimacy; Carl Schmitt; Charles Taylor;
Summary/Abstract: The article aims at restoring local self-government as a research problem of political theory. In contemporary political science literature, local self-government is not treated as one of its normal, standard research problems. The main obstacle of its ambiguous position within political theory is, as I argue, the forced and imposed apolitical character of local self-government considered as a part of public administration. Despite some degree of organizational, especially institutional and legal, self-determination, the local self-government is not a political, i.e. sovereign entity. However, its non-sovereign status, which is legally established, does not exclude the existence of political potency in it.
Journal: Polish Political Science Yearbook
- Issue Year: 48/2019
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 531-542
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English