1st Edition

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

Edited By Hubert Heinelt Copyright 2015
120 Pages
by Routledge

120 Pages
by Routledge

120 Pages
by Routledge

This book reflects on the role and task perception as well as the behaviour of councillors in the changing context of local democracy. Political leadership at the local level has attracted growing attention in recent years in parallel with reforms of local government and of the municipal administration as well as the debate on a shift from government to governance. But this debate is mainly... Read more

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

Biography

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.