Aktywność polityczna i aspiracje do władzy samorządowej członków lokalnych grup działania

Abstract

The paper aims to present political activity of Local Activity Groups on the one hand, and their aspirations to get to local government authorities, constituting part of local partnerships, on the other. The phenomenon of political activity has been measured by studying both the level of interest in politics, participation in preparation of electoral campaigns in recent presidential, parliamentary and territorial elections, and also the intention to become a candidate in territorial elections, including also mayor [or head of the village] position. Central part of the paper focuses on presentation of research results, conducted among the members of Local Activity Groups in six voivodeship, chosen through purposing sampling. Their presentation has been introduced by general characteristics of LAGs from the view of their role in civic activation of local communities. The research results reveal that the activities of LAG members very often exceed the concept of social dialogue and social partners and tend to follow the idea of accomplishment of group interest instead.