Research Committee # 5

International Political Science Association /  IPSA

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


Henry Bäck, Hubert Heinelt, Annick Magnier (Eds)

Wiesbaden : VS Verlag für  Sozialwissenschaften  / GWV Fachverlage GmbH, 2006

The Worl of Political Science—The development of the discipline

Book series edited by Michael Stein and John Trent

 

 

1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 7

Henry Bäck, Annick Magnier and Hubert Heinelt

 

2. Typologies of Local Government Systems

Hubert Heinelt and Nikolaos-K. Hlepas...................................................................................... 21

 

3. « From the Few are Chosen the Few ... » On the Social Background of

European Mayors  Kristof Steyvers and Herwig Reynaert................................................... 43

 

4. The Mayor’s Political Career

Ulrik Kjœr .......................................................................................................................................... 75

 

5. Gendered Roads to Mayorship in Different Welfare States

Vicki Johansson ............................................................................................................................... 99

 

6. Does recruitment Matter ? Selecting Path and Role Definition

Henry Bäck ..................................................................................................................................... 123

 

7. Mayors, Citizens and Local Democracy

Michael Haus and David Sweeting............................................................................................... 151

 

8. Aspects of Leadership Styles : An interaction of Context and

Personalities, Panagiotis Getimis and Nikolaos-K. Hlepas .................................................... 177

 

9. Urban Systems as Growth Machines ? Mayors’ Governing Networks against

Global Indeterminacy

Annick Magnier, Clemente Navarro and Pippo Russo ............................................................... 201

 

10. Mayors in Vertical Power Relations

Daniel Kübler and Pascal Michel .............................................................................................. 221

 

11. Divided Loyalties ? Mayors between Party Representations and

Local Community Interest

Franz Fallend, Gyorgi Ignits and Pawel Swianiewic ................................................................... 245

 

12. Duo or Duel ? The Relations between Mayors and Councils in Democratic

Local Government, Bas Denters ............................................................................................. 201

 

13. Mayors and Local Administrators: A Puzzling Relationship

Carlos R. Alba and Carmen Navarro ....................................................................................... 287

 

14. Political Complexity or Managerial Simplicity ? Mayoral Norms

Organisational Leadership

Rikke Berg ...................................................................................................................................... 311

 

15. European Mayors and Administrative Reforms

Björn Egner and Hubert Heinelt .................................................................................................... 335

 

16. Strong Mayors? On Direct Election and Political Entrepreneurship

Annick Magnier .............................................................................................................................. 353

 

List of Authors................................................................................................................................. 377

 

Annex: Questionnaire..................................................................................................................... 379

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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