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Policy Making at the Second Tier of Local Government in Europe

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administrative reform
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Committee Leader Form
comparative analysis second tier government
Council Manager Form
councillor professionalisation
Councillors
County Affairs
County Councillors
County Politician
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Data
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Fi Scal Decentralisation
Full Time County
Full Time Politician
Horizontal Power Relations
Local Government Actors
Local Government Systems
multi-level governance
Municipal Councillors
Municipal Level
Party politics
party politics local government
Pe Rc
Political Party
political recruitment patterns
RA Index
Ri Va
Role Orientation
role perception and behaviour
second tier of local government
Single Member Districts
Territorial Reforms
Tier Survey
Vice Versa

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415843485
  • Weight: 589g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 21 Sep 2015
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Description

Debates about multi-level governance have led to a profound restructuring of regional and local government. The second level of local government is under review in most European countries, with the aim to strengthen the institutional capacity of municipalities or to develop appropriate institutional structures for governing fragmented urban areas.

This book provides a thematic and cross-national analysis of the key actors in local government that form the crucial components of effective and democratic policy making. Focussing on the second tier of local government, it examines new empirical data on councillors from this level of government in 15 European countries and integrates important variables such as party politics, notions of democracy, finance, multi-level settings. Divided into five parts, it addresses:

    • Attitudes of county/provincial councillors towards administrative and territorial reforms;

    • Their role perceptions and role behaviour;

    • Their political orientation;

    • Actor constellations and governance arrangements;

    • Political socialization and recruitment, professionalization and career patterns of county/provincial councillors.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of local government, urban studies, regional studies, political science, sociology and geography.
About
Hubert Heinelt is Professor of Public Administration/Public Policy and Urban Studies at the Institute of Political Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany. Xavier Bertrana is a member of the Research Group on Local Government, University of Barcelona, Spain. He is also the Head of the Planning and Evaluation Unit of the Provincial Council of Barcelona. Björn Egner is Senior Researcher at the Institute of Political Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany.