The European Mayor - Political Leaders in the Changing Context of Local Democracy

von: Henry Bäck, Hubert Heinelt, Annick Magnier

VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (GWV), 2007

ISBN: 9783531900056 , 386 Seiten

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The European Mayor - Political Leaders in the Changing Context of Local Democracy


 

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