Revolution or renovation?
Subtitle: reforming local politics in Europe
By: Herwig Reynaert ... [et al.], eds.
Contributors: Reynaert, Herwig, 1966-
Series: Comparative local politics
Publisher: Vanden Broele
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Brugge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 643
ISBN-13: 9789059469839
Subjects: Local government -- Europe; Local elections -- Europe; Local officials and employees -- Europe; Lokale overheden; Lokale politiek; Verkiezingen; Politieke hervormingen; Europe -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Local government in transformation : momentum for revolution or incremental renovation? -- K. Steyvers ... [et al.]; title: Reforming local electoral systems in Europe -- N. Kersting; title: Three regions, three debates, three outcomes? : the appointment of mayors in Belgium -- J.-B. Pilet ... [et al.]; title: The direct election of the mayor in Poland and the paradox of depoliticization of local politics -- J. Heurtaux; title: Electoral reforms at the sub-national level in post-Communist Czech Republic -- T. Kostelecký - Electoral systems, forms of government and the local political class in Italy / -- G. Minaldi and C. Riollo; title: Local democracy reforms in Spanish cities -- J.M. Rodríguez Álvarez; title: The growing use of referenda in local politics : a comparison of France and Germany -- C. Premat; title: Continuity or innovation? : citizen engagement and institutional reforms in Swiss cities -- M. Bützer; title: Inclusiveness of new forms of local and regional political decision-making in terms of gender -- M. Leyenaar; title: The Internet and citizen participation : exploring the barriers of reform in the context of UK local government -- R. Karakaya; title: European local government reforms and cultures of political representation : notes for a comparative analysis -- A. Magnier; title: Local political elites in Flanders after the Second World War -- H. Reynaert, K. Steyvers, and D. Verlet; title: Local political elite in the Brussels region : a changing environment and new elites? -- P. Delwit; title: Local political elites and the institutionalization of local party organizations in Hungary -- G. Soós; title: Territorial and functional reforms : old wine in new bottles--or a new vintage? -- L. Rose; title: Squandering away Thorbecke's legacy? : some considerations in recent Dutch local government reforms -- B. Denters; title: Strengthening local government in the Netherlands and Flanders : similar problems, different solutions? -- T. Steen and A. Wille; title: The centrifuge of territorial politics : new regional authorities in Sweden : party politics, territory, institutions and identity -- H. Bäck; title: Political localism in Flanders -- E. Wayenberg; title: Institutional deficit and second wave reforms in Hungary : capacity building at the district (NUTS4) level -- A. Ágh and K. Kádár; title: Searching the relevant areas : a Franco-English comparison of local government reforms -- M. Breuillard; title: Motives for measuring local government services : own initiative or top down? -- M. Callahan; title: Assessing local government reforms : revolution or renovation?-- J.-B. Pilet ... [et al.].