Urban and Regional Research International: Political Leaders in the Changing Context of Local Democracy

Bäck, Henry; Heinelt, Hubert; Magnier, Annick

Henry Bäck, Annick Magnier and Hubert Heinelt There are various images of the political leader in Europe’s cities and towns. There is the time-honoured ceremonial mayor watching over the keys of the city. But there also is the political boss ruthlessly governing his/her ‘subjects’. We might also offer the streamlined university educated professional or the - ecutive committee leader promoted to a primus inter pares after long service in a political party. With this book we aim to describe and analyse the selection, daily life, networks and values of local top political leaders in seventeen European co- tries. The empirical basis for the investigation into town halls across Europe is a survey conducted mainly in 2003 and 2004 with mayors and corresponding top local political leaders. The data covering responses from more than 2,700 lead- 1 ers constitute a unique and rich material allowing descriptions and analyses pursuing a number of lines of inquiry.

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Published by: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften

Publication Date: 2006-05-15

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783531145747

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-531-90005-6

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 386