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METROPOLITAN MANAGEMENT OR MANAGEMENT OF DISPERSED LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS LOCATED WITH-IN A METROPOLITAN AREA? – SELECTED ASPECTS
Włodzimierz CHOJNACKI1, Zdzisław SIROJĆ2
Publication language: English
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Guests Editors of the Issue Tomasz Herudziński, Wojciech Mincewicz
Transformations No. 4(127)2025, Publication date: 30 December 2025
Keywords: metropolitan governance, management of dispersed local government units located within metropolitan areas
Abstract The aim of this article is to characterize and compare metropolitan man-agement and the management of dispersed local government units located within a metropolitan area. The authors present the essence of local government management, the specifics of managing local government units located in metropolitan areas and point to the need to professionalize their management. Furthermore, they present the essence of metropolitan governance, pro- and quasi-metropolitan initiatives and solutions, and point to the advantages of metropolitan governance. The authors ad-vocate for the creation of metropolises and metropolitan management.
Department of Sociology, Institute of Sociological Sciences and Pedagogy, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
ORCID: 0000-0003-2306-3066
E-mail: wlodzimierz.chojnacki@gmail.com
Institute of Management, University of Applied Sciences in Wrocław, Poland
ORCID: 0000-0001-8416-1271
E-mail: siro19@wp.pl