THE SHAPE AND CONDITIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN SELECTED COUNTRIES IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE: ZBIGNIEW K. WÓJCIK, Origins of Local Government in the Third Polish Republic: Issues in Outline ; RAFAŁ BOGUSZEWSKI, 25 Years of Polish Self-Governance in the Perspective of Social Evaluation and Civic Engagement ; JURAJ NEMEC, MICHAL PLACEK, LUCIE SEDMIHRADSKA, JANA SOUKOPOVA, Local Government in the Czech Republic ; GABOR DOBOS, Changing Local Relations: Effects of the 2010-2014 Political and Administrative Reforms in Hungary ; DANIEL KLIMOVSKY, BEATA MIKUSOVA MERICKOVA, JURAJ NEMEC, MARIA MURRAY SVIDRONOVA, Local Government in Slovakia: Selected Issues ; IZTOK RAKAR, MAJA KLUN, Local Government Reform in Slovenia - Organizational and Financial Dimension ; MARIUSZ W. SIENKIEWICZ, The Process of Shaping of Local Government in Poland After the Transition Period ; ADRIENN REISINGER, The Role of the Local Governments in the Active Democracy - Some Research Findings About Gyor (Hungary] ; LEGAL, ORGANIZATIONAL AND FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF FUNCTIONING OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT: AGNIESZKA ZŁOTKOWSKA, Access to Public Information in the Auxiliary Units of Local Government Selected Issues ; ALEKSANDRA CHLEBICKA, The Role of Regional and Local Government in Rural Development in Poland - Past Experience and Challenges Ahead ; ISTVAN STUMPF, Adversity of the Hungarian County (Regional] Level and Local Self Governments ; VALENTYNA ILGANAYEVA, Local Government Management from the Perspective of Strengthening of the Communication Aspects of the Activity ; PAULINA BIES-SROKOSZ, Influence of Government Agencies on Local Government Units. Selected Issues ; JERZY KRZYSZKOWSKI, JUSTYNA PRZYWOJSKA, Government vs Governance in Social Policy. The Case of Poland ; MAREK KUŹMICKI, MALGORZATA WASILEWSKA, The Support of Lublin Accommodation and Catering Enterprises by Territorial Government Units in the Years 2007-2013: A Comparative Analysis ; Małgorzata Ofiarska, Limits the Law-Making Autonomy of a Municipality in Creating and Defining the Organization and Scope of Operation of Auxiliary Units in Urban Municipalities and Cities ; Anna Świderska, General Subsidy from the State as a Financial Support for Local Governments (LGU). Case of Poland ; Zbigniew Ofiarski, Poland’s Local Government Own Revenues – in Terms of the Constitution, the Doctrine and the Case Law of the Constitution Tribunal ; Małgorzata Ofiarska, Communal Auxiliary Units - Structural Concept and Directions for Development ; Dorota Straus, Local Programs of Environmental Protection as the Examples of Instruments Implementing the Environmental Policy ; Żaklina Skrenty, Tenure versus Stability of Executive Power in the Municipality ; Anna Hołda-Wydrzyńska, Place Brand as a Tool of Building Competitive Advantage. Place Branding – Conception and Consideration ; Andrzej Mirski, Territorial Marketing and Brand Building of Local Government Unit.