Research Committee # 5 |
International Political Science Association / IPSA |
Faces of Local Democracy Comparative papers from Central and Eastern Europe
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
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