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Part of the book series: Urban and Regional Research International (URI, volume 14)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Councillors are the essence of local representative democracy, linking ordinary citizens and decision-makers in municipal arenas. In cross-national perspective, and taking in countries from across Europe, this book analyses the recruitment patterns, career, party associations, role perceptions, and attitudes to democracy, representation, and participation of local councillors. Matters such as gender, parties, institutions, municipal reform, functions in governance networks, and councillor influence are considered using data collected in an international survey, covering some 12,000 members of the local political elite. Drawing on diverse and eclectic literature, the contributions in this volume comprise a comprehensive and revealing analysis of modern councillors.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Björn Egner is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Political Science at Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany. He is the head of the research group for Methodology in Political Science and Philosophy of Science.
David Sweeting is Senior Lecturer in Urban Studies in the Centre for Urban and Public Policy Research at the University of Bristol, UK.
Pieter-Jan Klok is Assistant Professor for Policy Science at the Department of Public Administration in the School of Management and Governance of the University of Twente, The Netherlands.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Local Councillors in Europe
Editors: Björn Egner, David Sweeting, Pieter-Jan Klok
Series Title: Urban and Regional Research International
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-01857-3
Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-01856-6Published: 23 March 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-01857-3Published: 16 March 2013
Series ISSN: 2627-4191
Series E-ISSN: 2627-4213
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 270
Number of Illustrations: 37 b/w illustrations
Topics: Comparative Politics