- Author:
Tadeusz Godlewski
- Institution:
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (Poland)
- Year of publication:
2014
- Source:
Show
- Pages:
363–376
- DOI Address:
http://dx.doi.org/10.15804/ppsy2014021
- PDF:
ppsy/43/ppsy2014021.pdf
The text deals with the topic of civic political competence (civic competence) as an additional criterion of the quality of the democracy. It shows both theoretical aspects of this issue, identifying some specific elements of competence and the methodological problems of the research on civic competence. The article also includes reflections on the implementation of civic competence in the processes of deliberation.
- Author:
Danuta Plecka
- E-mail:
danakar@umk.pl
- Institution:
Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu
- Author:
Agnieszka Turska-Kawa
- E-mail:
agnieszka.turska-kawa@us.edu.pl
- Institution:
Uniwersytet Śląski
- Author:
Waldemar Wojtasik
- E-mail:
waldemar.wojtasik@us.edu.pl
- Institution:
Uniwersytet Śląski
- Year of publication:
2013
- Source:
Show
- Pages:
73-97
- DOI Address:
https://doi.org/10.15804/kie.2013.03.04
- PDF:
kie/96/kie9604.pdf
Civil Political Competences
Building and maintaining a high level of citizens’ political competences is the most important challenge of modern democracies. Political competence is not only a testament to the quality of democracy, but also gives hope for the stability of the regime. The subject of the present article are the different dimensions of civic political competence – namely, the axiological, psychological and systemic dimension. This approach to the matter allows to present a comprehensive overview of the phenomenon, analyzed both from the perspective of citizens – their skills, abilities and knowledge which can all be utilized to build and shape socio-political democratic structures, as well as from the point of view of wider social and systemic structures in which an individual operates. The elements named above together form the internal structure of civic political competence, wherein all its dimensions interact dynamically, and change thanks to this very interaction.
