Abstract:

Over the last thirty years, city management has become a vital element of the neoliberal shift in the Polish economy. The municipal authorities' activities aim to increase the investment and tourist attractiveness and improve living conditions, primarily with an economic profit in mind. The article's main aim is to present the current methods and effects of managing Polish cities in the most critical aspects of their functioning in the spirit of the neoliberal doctrine. The article also presents a hierarchical system of documents shaping urban policy in Poland and local authorities' instruments in city management. As shown by the results, the critical places in the management of Polish cities are occupied by housing policy and processes such as revitalisation, gentrification, including tourism gentrification, and the concept of urban regimes developed for a long time.