Overview
- Presents and compares original survey data from mayors in 30 European countries
- Examines the attitudes of mayors towards recent administrative and territorial reforms
- Sheds light on the social background and early political career of Europe’s mayors
Part of the book series: Governance and Public Management (GPM)
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This book studies political leadership at the local level, based on data from a survey of the mayors of cities of more than 10,000 inhabitants in 29 European countries carried out between 2014 and 2016. The book compares these results with those of a similar survey conducted ten years ago. From this comparative perspective, the book examines how to become a mayor in Europe today, the attitudes of these politicians towards administrative and territorial reforms, their notions of democracy, their political priorities, whether or not party politicization plays a role at the municipal level, and how mayors interact with other actors in the local political arena. This study addresses students, academics and practitioners concerned at different levels with the functioning and reforms of the municipal level of local government.
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Keywords
- Local government
- Municipal administration
- Local Autonomy Index
- Political recruitment
- Political careers
- Political ambition
- Leadership
- Directly elected mayors
- Indirectly designated mayors
- Institutions
- Participatory democracy
- Representative democracy
- Urban regime
- Economic crisis
- Decentralization
- Political parties
- Party Significance Index
- New Public Management
- Public Private Partnership
- Strategic planning
Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Reviews
“This volume provides a thorough and extensive expert-led comparison of the European mayor within the current context of administrative and territorial local government reforms across the continent. … This volume will undoubtedly be an extremely valuable starting point for future comparative research into local political leadership, particularly elected mayors.” (Rachel Wall, Local Government Studies, Vol. 44 (06), 2018) “Given the importance of directly elected mayors across Europe, this wide-ranging book provides an excellent comparative and extensive picture of the people who fill this role and the ways in which they work. It is an important source not only for students and academics interested in this area, but also for those working in local government more generally. Thoroughly recommended…” (Mike Goldsmith FAcSS, Emeritus Professor, University of Salford)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Hubert Heinelt is Professor of Public Administration, Public Policy and Urban Research at the Institute for Political Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany.
Annick Magnier is Professor of Urban Sociology and Jean Monnet Chair in ‘The City in European Integration’ at the Department of Political and Social Science, University of Florence, Italy.
Marcello Cabria is a PhD candidate in a joint programme between the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Florence, Italy, and the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society at the University of Turin, Italy.
Herwig Reynaert is Professor at the Department of Political Sciences and the Dean of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at Ghent University, Belgium.
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Annick Magnier is Professor of Urban Sociology and Jean Monnet Chair in ‘The City in European Integration’ at the Department of Political and Social Science, University of Florence, Italy.
Marcello Cabria is a PhD candidate in a joint programme between the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Florence, Italy, and the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society at the University of Turin, Italy.
Herwig Reynaert is Professor at the Department of Political Sciences and the Dean of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at Ghent University, Belgium.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Political Leaders and Changing Local Democracy
Book Subtitle: The European Mayor
Editors: Hubert Heinelt, Annick Magnier, Marcello Cabria, Herwig Reynaert
Series Title: Governance and Public Management
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67410-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-67409-4Published: 31 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88426-4Published: 08 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-67410-0Published: 19 December 2017
Series ISSN: 2524-728X
Series E-ISSN: 2524-7298
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 487
Number of Illustrations: 66 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Public Policy, Governance and Government, European Politics, Comparative Politics