Area-Based Partnerships in Rural Poland: The Post-Accession Experience

Autor/inn/en	Furmankiewicz, Marek; Thompson, Nicola; Zielinska, Marta
Titel	Area-Based Partnerships in Rural Poland: The Post-Accession Experience
Quelle	In: Journal of Rural Studies, 26 (2010) 1, S.52-62 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-0167
DOI	10.1016/j.jrurstud.2009.05.001
Schlagwörter	Human Capital; Private Sector; Citizen Participation; Foreign Countries; Rural Areas; Poland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Humankapital; Privater Sektor; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Ausland; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Polen
Abstract	The paper examines the characteristics of area-based partnerships in rural Poland. It is based on the study of partnerships created after the accession to the European Union in 2004. Partnership structures have been rapidly adopted in rural Poland due to opportunities provided by the LEADER+ Pilot Programme. However, the research showed that partnerships are frequently subject to elite domination by local authorities and hence fail to fully engage a range of community and private sector actors. Funding rules for LEADER, most notably the condition that money will only be paid on the completion of projects, has been particularly significant in perpetuating the domination of partnerships by organisations with existing access to financial and human capital. Hence funding arrangements can undermine the ability of Polish partnerships to operate in ways which harness the endogenous capacities of local communities. To date power differentials between notional "partners" have been experienced to a greater extent than in advanced liberal democracies. The research found that overt domination of partnership structures by state agencies limited the possibilities for community led development initiative in rural Poland. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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