UID:
kobvindex_HPB1223088813
Format:
1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:
3631817088
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9783631817087
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9783631817094
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3631817096
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9783631817100
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363181710X
Series Statement:
Studies in politics, security and society ; v. 29
Content:
The book is devoted to relations between the ethnic diversity and the quality of governance at the local level. Opolskie province in Poland is a case for explaining this interdependence. Authors assumed, that the quality of governance would be higher in communes characterized by ethnic diversity.
Note:
Cover -- Copyright information -- Contents -- Introduction -- I Research methodology -- 1 The meaning of the project -- 2 Literature review -- 3 The concept and the main research stages -- II Ethnic diversity and quality of governance. Conceptualization and measurement at the commune level -- 1 Commune in the Polish political system -- 2 Ethnic diversity -- The number of groups -- A group differentiation basis -- Group size ratios -- Dynamics of changes -- Cultural distance -- Method of measurement -- 3 Quality of governance
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III A characterization of the Opolskie province. Cultural diversity as a distinctive feature -- 1 The Opolskie province as a region -- 2 The place of the Opolskie province in the European Governance Quality Index -- 3 The Opolskie province's history of multiculturalism -- 4 The present state of multiculturalism in Opole Silesia -- IV Quantitative analysis: the results of measurements and their interpretation -- 1 General characteristics of selected communes -- 2 Results of the governance quality measurement -- 3 Correlation analysis -- 4 Interpretation
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V. Qualitative analysis. Case studies of selected communes -- 1 Kolonowskie -- Governance quality profile -- Geographic and demographic position -- Economy -- Specific features in the material, symbolic, and identity-related areas -- Political life -- Attempt to explain the governance quality profile -- 2 Walce -- Governance quality profile -- Geographic and demographic position -- Economy -- Specific features in the material, symbolic, and identity-related areas -- Political life -- Attempt to explain the governance quality profile -- 3 Paczk ó w -- Governance quality profile
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Geographic and demographic position -- Economy -- Specific features in the material, symbolic, and identity-related areas -- Political life -- Attempt to explain the governance quality profile -- 4 Domaszowice -- Governance quality profile -- Geographic and demographic position -- Economy -- Specific features in the material, symbolic, and identity-related areas -- Political life -- Attempt to explain the governance quality profile -- Conclusions -- Annex 1A table of the governance quality indexes -- Annex 2A detailed description of the particular governance quality indexes
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Annex 3The CAWI questionnaire (sent on 7 July 2017) -- List of figures -- List of maps -- List of tables -- List of interviews -- Literature
Additional Edition:
Print version: Opiola, Wojciech. Ethnic Diversity and Local Governance Quality : The Case of Opole Province in Poland. Frankfurt a.M. : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, ©2020 ISBN 9783631812938
Language:
English
