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Individual Representation and Local Party Government

Representative Behavior of Croatian and Slovenian Municipal Councilors

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Authors:
  1. Marko Kukec

    1. Institute for Political Science, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg, Germany

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  • A Study in Political Science

Part of the book series: Urban and Regional Research International (URI)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Introduction

    • Marko Kukec
    Pages 1-10

  3. Group leaders between individual and collective representation

    • Marko Kukec
    Pages 11-28

  4. Conceptual tools

    • Marko Kukec
    Pages 29-40

  5. Case selection

    • Marko Kukec
    Pages 41-58

  6. Research design and operationalization

    • Marko Kukec
    Pages 59-74

  7. Contacts of Croatian and Slovenian local councilors with local actors

    • Marko Kukec
    Pages 75-101

  8. Council activity of Croatian and Slovenian local councilors

    • Marko Kukec
    Pages 103-127

  9. Activity and re-selection of Croatian and Slovenian local councilors

    • Marko Kukec
    Pages 129-152

  10. Conclusion

    • Marko Kukec
    Pages 153-166

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 167-198
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About this book

Marko Kukec studies the effect of intra-party coordination on individual behavior of local councilors, which is usually considered to be restrictive of individual behavior of representatives. Drawing on the potential of individual activities to serve as vote-seeking devices, this book offers a contrasting perspective implying that party leaders have good reasons to rather stimulate such activities. Based on surveys of Croatian and Slovenian local councilors it finds that the effect varies across different activities and institutional contexts. This study contributes to deeper understanding of the partisan aspect of local representative democracy.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Political Science, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg, Germany

    Marko Kukec

About the author

Dr. Marko Kukec is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Political Science at the Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg. His research interests include political elites, legislative politics and territorial politics, both in a comparative perspective and with a focus on Croatia.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Individual Representation and Local Party Government

  • Book Subtitle: Representative Behavior of Croatian and Slovenian Municipal Councilors

  • Authors: Marko Kukec

  • Series Title: Urban and Regional Research International

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-28103-8

  • Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Social Science and Law (German Language)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, ein Teil von Springer Nature 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-28102-1Published: 30 October 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-28103-8Published: 20 October 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2627-4191

  • Series E-ISSN: 2627-4213

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 198

  • Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Legislative and Executive Politics, Comparative Politics

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