Abstract In selecting the United Kingdom/England, Germany, Sweden, France, Italy, Spain
and Hungary as comparative cases, and in focusing on three institutional tracks (local …

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In this article it is argued that with regard to characteristic features of the recent local
government reform targeted at local leadership two country groups can be distinguished. On …

This article seeks to analyse the trends towards professionalisation in local elected
representatives in Europe. It focuses mainly on the situation of executive members. Because …

In the early 1990s, all German Länder (states) introduced direct election of executive
mayors, along with the procedures to recall a sitting mayor by local referendum. This paper …

This article evaluates which of the two competing visions provides the model for most local
government. The first vision is of a nonpartisan, politically neutral local government, while …

Quem constitui o poder local em Portugal? Quais os grupos sócio profissionais que
controlaram as câmaras municipais durante o Estado Novo, no período de transição de …

Western European countries differ according to the ways in which they organise local
government, not least in the manner in which mayors are selected and in the mayors' …

Western European countries differ according to the ways in which they organise the
selection and the statutory positions of mayors, as was described in Part I of this study. The …

Most research on mayoral leadership focuses on how leaders view and exercise power
when in office. In contrast, we study 'prefigurative leadership'during a municipal campaign …