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Gendered Roads to Mayorship in Different Welfare States

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As we have seen in chapter 3 (by Steyvers and Reynaert), mayors are a fairly homogeneous elite group. Compared to the European population they are on the average more highly educated and they are generally male.

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  1. Vicki Johansson
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Henry Bäck Hubert Heinelt Annick Magnier

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Johansson, V. (2006). Gendered Roads to Mayorship in Different Welfare States. In: Bäck, H., Heinelt, H., Magnier, A. (eds) The European Mayor. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-90005-6_5

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