Political Leaders and Changing Local Democracy

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Hubert Heinelt, Annick Magnier, Marcello Cabria, Herwig Reynaert

   Pages 1-17

3. Local Government Systems: Grasping the Institutional Environment of Mayors

   • Hubert Heinelt, Nikos Hlepas, Sabine Kuhlmann, Pawel Swianiewicz

   Pages 19-78

4. From the Few Are Still Chosen the Few? Continuity and Change in the Social Background of European Mayors

   • Kristof Steyvers, Lluís Medir

   Pages 79-108

5. The Mayors’ Political Career: Between Local and National Ambition

   • Jérémy Dodeigne, Joanna Krukowska, Aistė Lazauskienė

   Pages 109-147

6. Institutional Environments and Mayors’ Role Perceptions

   • Ivan Koprić, Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir, Jasmina Džinić, Enrico Borghetto

   Pages 149-172

7. Mayors’ Notions of Local Democracy

   • Angelika Vetter, Hubert Heinelt, Lawrence E. Rose

   Pages 173-208

8. Leadership Styles of European Mayors: How Much Have They Changed Over the Past 12 Years?

   • Nikos Hlepas, Thanos Chantzaras, Panagiotis Getimis

   Pages 209-241

9. Mayors’ Agendas: Emerging Variations on the Theme of Entrepreneurialism

   • Marcello Cabria, Annick Magnier, Patricia Pereira

   Pages 243-272

10. Political Leadership in Issue Networks: How Mayors Rule Their World?

    • Bas Denters, Kristof Steyvers, Pieter-Jan Klok, Daniel Cermak

    Pages 273-296

11. Vertical Relations After the Financial Crisis

    • Oliver Dlabac, Marta Lackowska, Daniel Kübler

    Pages 297-326

12. Mayors and Political Parties

    • Björn Egner, Adam Gendźwiłł, Pawel Swianiewicz, Werner Pleschberger

    Pages 327-358

13. Mayors in the Town Hall: Patterns of Relations and Conflict Among Municipal Actors

    • Carmen Navarro, David Karlsson, Jaume Magre, Iveta Reinholde

    Pages 359-385

14. Mayors and Administrative Reforms

    • Sabine Kuhlmann, Markus Seyfried, Irena Bačlija Brajnik

    Pages 387-409

15. Mayors and Spatial Planning in Their Cities

    • Annick Magnier, Panagiotis Getimis, Marcello Cabria, Luis Baptista

    Pages 411-445

16. Conclusion

    • Herwig Reynaert, Hubert Heinelt, Annick Magnier, Marcello Cabria

    Pages 447-455

17. Back Matter

    Pages 457-487

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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.                                                                                                                          

• 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

“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)

• Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

  Hubert Heinelt

• Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy

  Annick Magnier, Marcello Cabria

• Wetenschappen, Vakgroep Politieke Wetenschappen, Gent, Belgium

  Herwig Reynaert

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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