Democratic Audit of Poland 2014

The book is a study of the state of contemporary Polish democracy. As other similar initiatives across the world, it aims at portraying detailed aspects of performance of the Polish democracy. It covers all dimensions and components of democracy, depicts and evaluates it from three different methodological angles.

The book is a study of the state of the Polish democracy and focuses on the years 2012 and 2013. It explores available documents and statistical data, offers a collection of experts' judgments, and analyses public opinion research. Ten domains of democracy are covered, some of them as fundamental as the rule of law, the political community or public administration. The study evaluates contemporary Polish democracy as consolidated and assesses it as reasonably effective, although a number of clear shortcomings call for improvements.

Autorentext

Rados aw Markowski is Head of the Comparative Politics Department at the Polish Academy of Sciences and Chair of the Center for the Study of Democracy at the Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities. Michä Kotnarowski is Researcher at the Polish Academy of Sciences (Warsaw). Michä Wenzel is Researcher at the Center for the Study of Democracy (Warsaw). Marta erkowska-Balas is Researcher at the Center for the Study of Democracy (Warsaw).

Inhalt
Contents: Democratic Audit of Poland Assessment of the quality of democracy Political community Political process Quality of the media Public administration Corruption Party system Democratic citizen Public responsibility Political responsiveness and accountability.