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245	1	4	_aThe European Mayor _h[electronic resource] : _bPolitical Leaders in the Changing Context of Local Democracy / _cedited by Henry Bäck, Hubert Heinelt, Annick Magnier.
264		1	_aWiesbaden : _bVS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, _c2006.
300			_aVI, 386 p. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
505	0		_aTypologies of Local Government Systems -- ‘From the Few are Chosen the Few...’ On the Social Background of European Mayors -- The Mayor’s Political Career -- Gendered Roads to Mayorship in Different Welfare States -- Does Recruitment Matter? Selecting Path and Role Definition -- Mayors, Citizens and Local Democracy -- Aspects of Leadership Styles: An Interaction of Context and Personalities -- Urban Systems as Growth Machines? Mayors’ Governing Networks against Global Indeterminacy -- Mayors in Vertical Power Relations -- Divided Loyalties? Mayors between Party Representation and Local Community Interests -- Duo or Duel? The Relations between Mayors and Councils in Democratic Local Government -- Mayors and Local Administrators: A Puzzling Relationship -- Political Complexity or Managerial Simplicity? Mayoral Norms of Organisational Leadership -- European Mayors and Administrative Reforms -- Strong Mayors? On Direct Election and Political Entrepreneurship.
520			_aWith this book we aim at describing and analysing the selection, daily life, networks and values of local top political leaders in seventeen European countries. The empirical nourishment to the investigation into town halls across Europe is a survey conducted in 2003 with mayors and corresponding top local political leaders. The data covering responses from 2700 leaders is a unique and rich material allowing descriptions and analyses pursuing a number of lines of inquiry.
650		0	_aPolitical science.
650		0	_aComparative politics.
650	1	4	_aPolitical Science and International Relations.
650	2	4	_aPolitical Science.
650	2	4	_aComparative Politics.
700	1		_aBäck, Henry. _eeditor.
700	1		_aHeinelt, Hubert. _eeditor.
700	1		_aMagnier, Annick. _eeditor.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9783531145747
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-90005-6
912			_aZDB-2-SHU
950			_aHumanities, Social Sciences and Law (Springer-11648)
999			_c501688 _d501688