The Changing Context of Local Democracy: Role Perception and Behaviour of Municipal Councillors

ISBN-13: 9780367739713 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 110 str.

Hubert Heinelt

Opis

This book offers the hypothesis that the role perceptions as well as the behaviour of councillors depend on their notion of democracy. It addresses the question of how far their understanding of democracy is affected by institutional structure and to the extent that the structures depend on the personal characteristics o

Spis treści

1. Introduction: The Role Perception and Behaviour of Municipal Councillors in the Changing Context of Local Democracy  2. Councillors’ Notions of Democracy, and their Role Perception and Behaviour in the Changing Context of Local Democracy  3. Citizen Democracy and the Responsiveness of Councillors: The Effects of Democratic Institutionalisation on the Role Orientations and Role Behaviour of Councillors  4. The Hidden Constitutions: How Informal Political Institutions Affect the Representation Style of Local Councils  5. New Public Management Reforms and Democratic Legitimacy: Notions of Democratic Legitimacy among West European Local Councillors  6. Urban Governance and its Impact on the Role Perception and Behaviour of European City Councillors

O autorze

Hubert Heinelt is Professor of Public Administration, Public Policy and Urban Studies at the Institute of Political Science, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany. From 2010 to 2013 he was the President of the European Urban Research Association (EURA). His research focuses on public policy (in the EU multi-level system) and urban studies.