TY  - JOUR
TI  - UNDERSTANDING ADMINISTRATIVE SILENCE: A VIEW OF PUBLIC OFFICERS FROM THE SUBCARPATHIA
T2  - Public Administration Issues
IS  - Public Administration Issues
KW  - administrative procedures
KW  - administrative silence
KW  - inactivity
KW  - inaction
KW  - governmental administration
KW  - self-governmental administration
AB  - This paper presents attitudes of  public officers employed in  public administrative institutions in Subcarpathia (a region in southeast Poland) towards administrative silence. As a background to the problem, the paper provides characteristics of the legal environment in which the Polish public administration operates regarding administrative silence. In the Polish legal system, administrative silence is expressed and described by different linguistic terms; there are also a variety of possible reactions to it. It causes not only different interpretations of legal regulation concerning the silence, but it also prevents a universal application of these provisions by public administration. The research aimed at determining what kinds of situations are recognised by Subcarpathian public officers as administrative silence (as defined in the Polish Administrative Procedure Code), what types of reactions towards administrative silence most frequently occur, and if there are any internal measures to counteract the silence. The paper concludes with the authors’ assessment of the appropriateness of the current Polish regulatory framework on administrative silence for everyday practice of regional public administration in Subcarpathia. The authors conclude that legislation does not facilitate Subcarpathian public officers to correctly understand the consequences of  administrative silence. This conclusion can be  broadened to  public administration in other Polish regions.
AU  - Agata Jurkowska-Gomułka
AU  - Kamilla Kurczewska
AU  - Katarzyna Kurzępa-Dedo
UR  - https://vgmu.hse.ru/en/2020--6/436034630.html
PY  - 2020
SP  - 98-117
VL  -