The European Mayor Political Leaders in the Changing Context of Local Democracy
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Henry Bäck, Hubert Heinelt, Annick Magnier
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Henry Bäck, Hubert Heinelt, Annick Magnier
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The European Mayor Political Leaders in the Changing Context of Local Democracy
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VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (GWV)
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9783531900056
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CHF 47.90
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Politikwissenschaft
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English
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386
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With this book we aim at describing and analysing the selection, daily life, networks and values of local top political leaders in seventeen European countries. The empirical nourishment to the investigation into town halls across Europe is a survey conducted in 2003 with mayors and corresponding top local political leaders. The data covering responses from 2700 leaders is a unique and rich material allowing descriptions and analyses pursuing a number of lines of inquiry.
Henry Bäck is professor of Public Administration at the School of Public Administration, Göteborg University.
Dr. Hubert Heinelt is professor for public administration/ public policy and urban studies at the Institute for Political Science of Darmstadt University of Technology.
Annick Magnier is professor of Urban Sociology at the University of Florence, Facoltà di Scienze Politiche 'Cesare Alfieri'.
Contents
6
1 Introduction
8
2 Typologies of Local Government Systems
22
3 ‘From the Few are Chosen the Few…’ On the Social Background of European Mayors
44
4 The Mayor’s Political Career
76
5 Gendered Roads to Mayorship in Different Welfare States
100
6 Does Recruitment Matter? Selecting Path and Role Definition
124
7 Mayors, Citizens and Local Democracy
152
8 Aspects of Leadership Styles: An Interaction of Context and Personalities
178
9 Urban Systems as Growth Machines? Mayors’ Governing Networks against Global Indeterminacy
202
10 Mayors in Vertical Power Relations
222
11 Divided Loyalties? Mayors between Party Representation and Local Community Interests
246
12 Duo or Duel? The Relations between Mayors and Councils in Democratic Local Government
272
13 Mayors and Local Administrators: A Puzzling Relationship
288
14 Political Complexity or Managerial Simplicity? Mayoral Norms of Organisational Leadership
312
15 European Mayors and Administrative Reforms
336
16 Strong Mayors? On Direct Election and Political Entrepreneurship
354
List of Authors
378
