Zarządzanie publiczne na poziomie lokalnym – geneza, główni aktorzy i ich zaangażowanie

The paper presents a review of selected literature, domestic and international, reflecting the origins of public management in the municipal local governments. Identified three main types of management: bureaucracy – based on legitimate legal authority and qualified team of subordinate officials pursuing organization, managerial – which provides support to government officials and management techniques and business sector entities, to develop a set of standards and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the results, and governance – open to broad cooperation entities representing all sectors, focused on innovation and development. Characterized as the main actors involved in these processes (international institutions, governments, and local governments, citizens and their organizations) and the involvement of local stakeholders in the creation of public policy. Literature shows that despite the existing and richer opportunities for participation and shared local politics is still an imbalance, asymmetry that puts local authorities in a privileged, dominant position.