TY - JOUR
TI - Participation of citizens in referendums in the province of Małopolska in the years 2006–2014 as a manifestation of a lack of cooperation at local level
AU - Wojdyła, Katarzyna
AU - Ciepielewski, Mateusz
TI - Participation of citizens in referendums in the province of Małopolska in the years 2006–2014 as a manifestation of a lack of cooperation at local level
AB - 
	Participation is a very important process in the context of a democratic state. The basis of democracy is citizen participation in governance and making key decisions for society. The aim of this paper is to identify the level of involvement of the residents of Małopolska’s commons and cities in decision-making by local referendum.

	In this paper there are presented the basic definitions of the referendum and its models described by type classification. In the following part of this article there has been presented the concept of participation, its variations, and its reference in relation to the concept of participation referendum. On the basis of the referendum turnout data authors made the identification of the citizen participation in this institution of direct democracy.
VL - 2015
IS - Issue 3 (31)
PY - 2015
SN - 1896-0200
C1 - 2084-3968
SP - 299
EP - 311
DO - 10.4467/20843968ZP.15.018.4332
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zarzadzanie-publiczne/article/partycypacja-referendalna-mieszkancow-wojewodztwa-malopolskiego-w-latach-2006-2014-jako-przejaw-braku-wspolpracy-na-poziomie-lokalnym
KW - local referendum
KW - participation
KW - turnout
KW - voivodenship Małopolska