Research Committee # 5

International Political Science Association /  IPSA

Faces of Local Democracy

Comparative papers from Central and Eastern Europe


Edited by Gábor SOÓS and Violetta Zentai

Open Society Institute—Budapest , Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative, 2005

 

Contents

List of Contributors .......................................................................................................................... v

List of Tables and Figures .............................................................................................................. vii

Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 1

Parties and Political Culture in Central and Eastern European Local Governments

Pawel Swianiewicz, Adam Mielczarek ........................................................................................... 13

The Gender Gap in Local Political Leaderships in Central and Eastern Europe

Zsolt Nyiri, Richard Vengroff............................................................................................................ 79

The Influence of Local Media on Local Government Performance, and Why It Matters

Tania Gosselin .................................................................................................................................... 123

Municipality Size and Citizens' Effectiveness: Hungary, Poland, and Romania

Daniel Pop ........................................................................................................................................... 169

Approaches to Local Representation in Poland, Estonia, and Bulgaria

Cristina Nicolescu, Amelia Gorcea ................................................................................................. 207

Political Parties in Local Governance: Do Delegates Represent Local or National Interests?

Filip Franek ......................................................................................................................................... 243

Institutional Balance in Local Government: Council, Mayor, and City Manager in Local Policymaking

Georg Sootla, Kristina Grau ............................................................................................................ 275

Index...................................................................................................................................................... 301