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O umundurowaniu urzędników administracji ogólnej w Polsce międzywojennej

Janusz Mierzwa

Cracow Studies of Constitutional and Legal History, Volume, 9 Issue 4, Volume 9 (2016), pp. 525 - 545

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844131KS.16.027.6327

The interwar period brought with it a wider interest in the question of uniforms, especially in the context of services acting in the interests of public order and safety. Uniforms for civilian clerks received less attention. The first attempts to introduce uniforms for civil clerks were taken by the temporary administration in the Eastern Borderlands. The move came about as an effort at building respect for Polish government officials among the local people, above all, members of the national minorities, in consideration of the frequent contact between the clerks and the military. In central Poland, where the positions of the first starostas were filled by representatives of the local elites, the introduction of separate uniforms served to show the difference between governmental officials (including local) and civil society. The civil service law of 1922 aimed to settle the question of uniforms. It allowed for the introduction of separate uniforms for clerks, but left the details to subsequent regulation. As a result, regulations governing civil clerks’ uniforms (e.g. railwaymen, customs officials, diplomats, etc.) were left to successive administrations. Talk of uniforms for clerks in the general administration continued, though up until the end of the Second Republic the problem remained unsolved. Among the biggest problems was a lack of money, whether in the state budget or the clerks’ own pockets.

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Nieprofesjonalna profesjonalizacja (Piotr Górski, Profesjonalizacja administracji państwowej w Polsce 1918–1939. Uwarunkowania społeczne i kulturowe)

Janusz Mierzwa

Cracow Studies of Constitutional and Legal History, Volume 4, Volume 4 (2011), pp. 141 - 152

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Sprawozdanie z ogólnopolskiej konferencji naukowej pt. Wokół postaci Edwarda Śmigłego-Rydza. W siedemdziesiątą rocznicę śmierci trzeciego marszałka Polski Niepodległej

Janusz Mierzwa

History Notebooks, Issue 140 (2), 2013, pp. 205 - 207

Sprawozdanie z ogólnopolskiej konferencji naukowej pt. Wokół postaci
Edwarda Śmigłego-Rydza. W siedemdziesiątą rocznicę śmierci trzeciego marszałka Polski Niepodległej (Kraków, 29 marca 2012 roku)

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Unifikacja, modernizacja, opresja. Przemiany aparatu administracyjnego II Rzeczypospolitej

Janusz Mierzwa

History Notebooks, Issue 147 (4), 2020, pp. 719 - 731

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844069PH.20.039.12493

The creation of Polish public administration after regaining independence was characterized by two attributes –continuation (in the legal and organizational aspect) and novelty (personal aspect). At the beginning the process of modernization was uncoordinated, but this changed after the coup d’état. The Great Depression interfered with it, but after 1935 reforms proceeded in the same direction, for the most part. Similarly, the unification process was uncoordinated, gradually becoming more structured and rapid after 1926. Finally, serious changes of voivodship borders were made just before WWII. At the same time, we can observe the growing oppression of the administration, even though it was already detectable in the democratic period, it became stronger and more widespread when Józef Piłsudski’s camp took power. It manifested through physical violence, censorship, and the surveillance of opposition. It reflected not only the ways of the undemocratic government but was also associated with the brutalization of social habits and with the threats to internal security.

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Janusz Mierzwa

Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland

Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland