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The European Mayor

Political Leaders in the Changing Context of Local Democracy

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  • © 2006

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  1. Henry Bäck
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  2. Hubert Heinelt
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  3. Annick Magnier
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  • The Role and Position of Political Leaders

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

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-6
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  2. Introduction

    • Henry Bäck, Annick Magnier, Hubert Heinelt
    Pages 7-20

  3. Typologies of Local Government Systems

    • Hubert Heinelt, Nikolaos-K. Hlepas
    Pages 21-42

  4. ‘From the Few are Chosen the Few...’ On the Social Background of European Mayors

    • Kristof Steyvers, Herwig Reynaert
    Pages 43-73

  5. The Mayor’s Political Career

    • Ulrik Kjær
    Pages 75-98

  6. Gendered Roads to Mayorship in Different Welfare States

    • Vicki Johansson
    Pages 99-121

  7. Does Recruitment Matter? Selecting Path and Role Definition

    • Henry Bäck
    Pages 123-150

  8. Mayors, Citizens and Local Democracy

    • Michael Haus, David Sweeting
    Pages 151-175

  9. Aspects of Leadership Styles: An Interaction of Context and Personalities

    • Panagiotis Getimis, Nikolaos-K. Hlepas
    Pages 177-199

  10. Urban Systems as Growth Machines? Mayors’ Governing Networks against Global Indeterminacy

    • Annick Magnier, Clemente Navarro, Pippo Russo
    Pages 201-219

  11. Mayors in Vertical Power Relations

    • Daniel Kübler, Pascal Michel
    Pages 221-244

  12. Divided Loyalties? Mayors between Party Representation and Local Community Interests

    • Franz Fallend, Györgyi Ignits, Paweł Swianiewicz
    Pages 245-270

  13. Duo or Duel? The Relations between Mayors and Councils in Democratic Local Government

    • Bas Denters
    Pages 271-285

  14. Mayors and Local Administrators: A Puzzling Relationship

    • Carlos R. Alba, Carmen Navarro
    Pages 287-309

  15. Political Complexity or Managerial Simplicity? Mayoral Norms of Organisational Leadership

    • Rikke Berg
    Pages 311-333

  16. European Mayors and Administrative Reforms

    • Björn Egner, Hubert Heinelt
    Pages 335-352

  17. Strong Mayors? On Direct Election and Political Entrepreneurship

    • Annick Magnier
    Pages 353-376

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 377-392
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About this book

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.

About the authors

Henry Bäck is professor of Public Administration at the School of Public Administration, Göteborg University.
Dr. Hubert Heinelt is professor for public administration/ public policy and urban studies at the Institute for Political Science of Darmstadt University of Technology.
Annick Magnier is professor of Urban Sociology at the University of Florence, Facoltà di Scienze Politiche "Cesare Alfieri".

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