Die mit dem demographischen Wandel verbundene Verschiebung des Verhältnisses zwischen Erwerbstätigen und Rentnern wird in der Öffentlichkeit häufi g mit einer zunehmenden "Alterslast" gleichgesetzt. Mit diesem Begriff werden jedoch die vielfältigen Leistungen, die ältere Menschen zur...

Funktionsfähige Demokratien hängen von interessierten, aktiven und informierten Bürgerinnen und Bürgern ab. Allerdings ist deren Interesse an Politik und deren bürgerschaftliches Engagement deutlich zurückgegangen. Gleichzeitig ist ein Wandel in den familiären Lebensformen zu beobachten:...

This article presents the role of local governments in supporting entrepreneurship development. The content of the article presents the factors which foster activities undertaken by local authorities to promote entrepreneurship and also shows different considerations of when the supporting...

The phenomenon of participatory budgeting in Polish cities shows growing awareness of citizens' role in local development. Participatory budgeting is a tool of partial empowerment of residents through local budgetary policy. A social energy released by initiatives and proposed projects allows...

Currently, the constantly growing problem in the municipal economy is the management of sewage sludge. According to the law, it is the local government that is responsible for the utilization of sewage sludge and is obliged to select optimal technologies, obtain funds and convince the community...

The paper starts from the premise that local development policy could be seen as a tool for effective management and usage of comparative and competitive advantages in space and time. By applying the centralized administrative model in managing society and economy, Bosnia and Herzegovina is not...

Aim: The aim of the paper is to analyze the selected components characterizing the demographic potential and the state of social infrastructure in the rural-urban Municipality of Wleń.Design/Research methods: The data derived from the Local Data Bank of the Central Statistical Office was...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to propose a multidimensional view of social innovation. Design/methodology/approach: It offers a detailed analysis of the activities performed by ADEL (Agência de Desenvolvimento Econômico Local) - a regional non-governmental organization located in one...

Smaller towns in rural regions are important anchors for regional development, but they are not usually considered particularly innovative and open to new ideas. This paper asks how the network of small and medium-sized towns, Cittaslow, could establish slowing down as something new in local...

Marginal rural areas are undergoing major pressures from the effects of globalization, especially when no alternative has been found to conventional extensive agriculture and a lack of investments and vision squeezes the income of farmers. The objective of the paper is to show how Integrated...