Habersack, Sabine - Puşcaş, Vasile - Ciubotă, Viorel (szerk.): Democraţia in Europa centrală şi de Sud-Est - Aspiraţie şi realitate (Secolele XIX-XX) (Satu Mare, 2001)

Jan Wendt: Territorialization of Authority in Poland

Jan Wendt

Podlaskie

20 180

1 223

17

Pomorskie

18 293

2 192

19

Slqskie

12 309

4 865

36

Swietokrzyskie

11 672

1 323

14

Warminsko

Mazurskie

24 202

1 465

19

Wielkopolskie

29 942

3 355

35

Zachodniopomo

rskie

23 032

1 733

20

Source: Informacia o svtuacii spoleczno-gospodarczei woiewództw, 2000, GUS, Warsaw.

Although all mean values describing provinces such as their area and population are as all statistical data burdened with inaccuracy, but if compared, appears very uneven administrative division of the land, which refers to both provinces and districts. In the ne administrative division there are plain disproportion’s of area between provinces Mazowieckié and Wielkopolskie as opposed to Opolskie, Swiçtokrzyskie, Slqskie and Lubuskie. The same applies to the number of population, which is the greatest in provinces: Mazowiecki, and Slqski, whereas the population of others (Lubuskie, Opolskie, Podlaskie, Swietokrzyskie and WarmiDsko- Mazurskie) comprises only 40% to 60% of statistical example. Number of inhabitants and economic potential ennobles province Slqskie to face its economical tasks but 3 others (Opolskie, Swietokrzyskie and Lubuskie) will be forced to deal with serious economical problems or what is more probable count on central authorities assistance and informal party links because of which such economically weak provinces appeared. These informality of party connections is more stressed by the fact that thanks to the reform the authority was split between the voivod (wojewoda) and provincial government. This structure however does not prevent doubly services submitted to the voivod and provincial parliament. Lack of differentiation of competencies attributed to these 2 authorities: this of state and that of province can lead to diminishing responsibility for goals not achieved. This arrangement can be the first step to reshaping municipal authority into quasi-political power and to forming political and municipal relations called territorialization of the power.

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