10.5878/002426
Bäck, Henry
Henry
Bäck
School of Public Administration, University of Gothenburg
Berg, Rikke
Rikke
Berg
Department of Political Science, University of Southern Denmark
Sweeting, David
David
Sweeting
Faculty of the Built Environment, University of the West of England
Johansson, Vicki
Vicki
Johansson
School of Public Administration, University of Gothenburg
Johansson, Folke
Folke
Johansson
Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg
Karlsson, David
David
Karlsson
School of Public Administration, University of Gothenburg
Fallend, Franz
Franz
Fallend
Department of Political Science and Sociology, University of Salzburg
Reynaert, Herwig
Herwig
Reynaert
Department of Political Science, Ghent University
Steyvers, Kristof
Kristof
Steyvers
Department of Political Science, Ghent University
Vajdová, Zdenka
Zdenka
Vajdová
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Illner, Michal
Michal
Illner
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Kjaer, Ulrik
Ulrik
Kjaer
Department of Political Science, University of Southern Denmark
Kerrouche, Eric
Eric
Kerrouche
Sciences Po Bordeaux
Heinelt, Hubert
Hubert
Heinelt
Department of Political Science, Technical University of Darmstadt
Egner, Björn
Björn
Egner
Department of Political Science, Technical University of Darmstadt
Haus, Michael
Michael
Haus
Department of Political Science, Technical University of Darmstadt
Hlepas, Nikos
Nikos
Hlepas
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, National University, Athens
Getimis, Panagiotis
Panagiotis
Getimis
Department for Regional Economy and Development, Panteion University, Athens
Soós, Gabor
Gabor
Soós
Tocqueville Research Center, Budapest
Ignits, Gyorgyi
Gyorgyi
Ignits
Tocqueville Research Center, Budapest
Russell, Paula
Paula
Russell
School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin
Magnier, Annick
Annick
Magnier
Department of Political Science and Sociology, University of Florence
Russo, Pippo
Pippo
Russo
Department of Political Science and Sociology, University of Florence
Zanoccoli, Chiara
Chiara
Zanoccoli
Department of Political Science and Sociology, University of Florence
Cutrone, Giovanna
Giovanna
Cutrone
Department of Political Science and Sociology, University of Florence
Borselli, Irene
Irene
Borselli
Department of Political Science and Sociology, University of Florence
Malloggi, Nicola
Nicola
Malloggi
Department of Political Science and Sociology, University of Florence
Navarro Yanez, Clemente J.
Clemente J.
Navarro Yanez
Social Work and Social Services, Pablo de Olavide University of Seville
Denters, Bas
Bas
Denters
Department of Political Science and Research Methods
Daemen, Harry
Harry
Daemen
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Swianiewicz, Pawel
Pawel
Swianiewicz
Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, Warsaw University
da Silva e Costa, Manuel
Manuel
da Silva e Costa
Minho University
Pinheiro Neves, José
José
Pinheiro Neves
Minho University
Ackle, Jean Dominique
Jean Dominique
Ackle
Minho University
Alba, Carlos
Carlos
Alba
Department of Political Science, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Navarro, Carmen
Carmen
Navarro
Department of Political Science, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Kübler, Daniel
Daniel
Kübler
Institute of Political Science, Zurich University
Michel, Pascal
Pascal
Michel
Institute for Political and International Studies, University of Lausanne
The European mayor - Political leaders in the changing context of local democracy
The European mayor - Political leaders in the changing context of local democracy
University of Gothenburg
2007
Working conditions
Arbetsförhållanden
Government, political systems and organisations
Regering, politiska system och organisationer
Social Sciences
Samhällsvetenskap
Political Science
Statsvetenskap
POLITICS
POLITIK
LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
ARBETE OCH SYSSELSÄTTNING
2007-06-04
2002-12-01/2004-07-01
2002-12-01/2004-07-01
swe
10.5878/000417
9783531145747
715.18 KiB
323 variables
2711 cases
1.0
Major structural changes have been taking place in European local government systems around the turn of the millennium. Changes that have already had substantial consequences for local political leadership and are likely to bring about further change in the future. A number of such restructuring trends are sweeping over the continent, but from different starting points, at varying pace and in various mixed configurations. The research was designed to assess how, by playing on these different contexts, the restructuring trends and reforms inscribed in the wider framework of increasing global exchanges impact on the concept and praxis of political representation at local level. Four different trends of change are in focus: structural transformations in terms of privatisation, contracting out and general mimicry of private sector institutional arrangements ('New Public Management'); changes in central-local relations, most often in form of decentralisation, whereby new tasks have been allocated to the local level; the importance of political parties; internal institutional arrangements of local authorities. Central topics in the study are recruitment processes, perspectives on democracy, leadership styles, networks, intergovernmental relations, the importance of the party system and horizontal power relations in the local government organization.
Omfattande strukturella förändringar har skett i de europeiska kommunsystemen kring millennieskiftet. Ett antal sådana förändringar har påverkat olika länder, men från olika utgångspunkter, i olika takt och i olika konfigurationer. Forskningsprojektet syftar till att beskriva och analysera dessa institutionella och strukturella förändringars betydelse för hur politisk representation och politiskt ledarskap definieras och utformas i praxis. Fyra förändringstrender uppmärksammas: privatisering, contracting out och efterliknande av den privata sektorns institutionella arrangemang ('New Public Management'); förändringar i relationer till den centrala statsmakten, oftast i form av decentralisering som förlägger ansvaret för nya uppgifter till den lokala nivån; de politiska partiernas betydelse samt kommunernas interna institutionella arrangemang. Centrala teman i undersökningen är rekryteringsprocesser, demokratisyn, ledarstil, nätverk, stat-kommunrelationer, partisystemets betydelse samt de horisontella maktrelationerna i den kommunala organisationen.
Response rate Austria (54,8), Belgium (41,9), Czech Republic (45,1), Denmark (76,1), England (31,8), France (21,0), Germany (41,0), Greece (66,8), Hungary (59,0), Ireland (35,1), Italy (25,3), Netherlands (58,0), Poland (27,8), Portugal (22,5), Spain (24,2), Sweden (65,4), Switzerland (66,7).
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Denmark
France
Greece
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Italy
Netherlands
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Portugal
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United Kingdom
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Czech Republic
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Hungary
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