Municipal Councilors
Embedded Files
2026
Municipal Councillors in Europe, Volume I: Profiles and Roles
Chapters in this volume focus on councillors’ profiles and roles inside government, examining topics such as the personal and political profiles of municipal councillors, the amount of time they invest in fulfilling their mandates, and the policy objectives they prioritise. Structured thematically to allow for cross-country comparisons, the book will appeal to all those interested in European local government and public administration, as well as policymakers and practitioners
Municipal Councillors in Europe, Volume II: Citizens and Government
Chapters in this volume focus on councillors’ interactions with citizens and their views of local government, democracy, and public service delivery. Structured thematically to allow for cross-country comparisons, the book will appeal to all those interested in European local government and public administration, as well as policymakers and practitioners.
Local Councillors in Europe II Dataset and Appendices
The dataset contains responses of 30,062 individuals serving as elected councillors in municipalities across 28 European countries (Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czechia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom). Data was collected between June 2023 and July 2024 by a consortium of numerous researchers across the participating countries using a uniform questionnaire and a shared electronic data collection system. In order to disclose the identity of the respondents, context data has been anonymized to an extent where tracking back of single individuals is not possible.
2013
Councillors are the essence of local representative democracy, linking ordinary citizens and decision-makers in municipal arenas. In cross-national perspective, and taking in countries from across Europe, this book analyses the recruitment patterns, career, party associations, role perceptions, and attitudes to democracy, representation, and participation of local councillors. Matters such as gender, parties, institutions, municipal reform, functions in governance networks, and councillor influence are considered using data collected in an international survey, covering some 12,000 members of the local political elite. Drawing on diverse and eclectic literature, the contributions in this volume comprise a comprehensive and revealing analysis of modern councillors.
Municipal Assemblies in European Local Governance Dataset
The dataset contains survey data from elected local councillors in 16 European countries, collected in 2007-2010.
Mayors
2018
Political Leaders and Changing Local Democracy: The European Mayor
This book studies political leadership at the local level, based on data from a survey of the mayors of cities of more than 10,000 inhabitants in 29 European countries carried out between 2014 and 2016. The book compares these results with those of a similar survey conducted ten years ago. From this comparative perspective, the book examines how to become a mayor in Europe today, the attitudes of these politicians towards administrative and territorial reforms, their notions of democracy, their political priorities, whether or not party politicization plays a role at the municipal level, and how mayors interact with other actors in the local political arena. This study addresses students, academics and practitioners concerned at different levels with the functioning and reforms of the municipal level of local government.
The dataset contains survey data from mayors in 29 European countries, collected in 2014-2016.
2006
The European Mayor: Political Leaders in the Changing Context of Local Democracy
There are various images of the political leader in Europe’s cities and towns. There is the time-honoured ceremonial mayor watching over the keys of the city. But there also is the political boss ruthlessly governing his/her ‘subjects’. We might also offer the streamlined university educated professional or the executive committee leader promoted to a primus inter pares after long service in a political party. With this book we aim to describe and analyse the selection, daily life, networks and values of local top political leaders in seventeen European coutries. The empirical basis for the investigation into town halls across Europe is a survey conducted mainly in 2003 and 2004 with mayors and corresponding top local political leaders. The data covering responses from more than 2,700 leaders constitute a unique and rich material allowing descriptions and analyses pursuing a number of lines of inquiry.
The dataset contains survey data from mayors in 17 European countries, collected in 2002-2004.
Local State and Society
2022
Perspectives on Local Governance Across Europe. Insights on Local State-Society Relations
This book focuses on local state-society relations, understood as institutionalised relations between local municipalities across Europe and individual, collective or corporate societal actors. It presents a typology of local state-society relations, and applies this to characterise the most relevant institutionalised relations between local government and societal actors at the municipal level in 22 European countries. The comparative volume will clarify whether or not patterns can be detected in the makeup of different types of networks; whether or not these patterns are country-specific or policy-specific; and why cases exist which are so distinct that they are not subsumable under a certain pattern. Taken together, this book will go beyond national typologies to emphasise the role of agency and innovation in particular policy sectors, providing a major contribution in the study of the local governance of Europe. It will appeal to scholars and students of local governance, public administration, urban planning and European studies.
2021
Close Ties in European Local Governance. Linking Local State and Society
This book develops and tests a typology of local state-society relations. To deliver such a comparative study on institutionalized relations between local government and societal actors at the municipal level in Europe, the book identifies and classifies country-specific patterns of these institutionalized governance networks. This work explores the diversity within these institutionalized networks, approaching it from a strong comparative perspective that is anchored on a new typology allowing a more robust analysis of the identifiable patterns. It is a study with appeal to scholars and students of local government, public administration and political science as well as to those pursuing this debate and implementing similar agendas as practitioners.
Second Tier of Local Government
2016
Policy Making at the Second Tier of Local Government in Europe
Debates about multi-level governance have led to a profound restructuring of regional and local government. The second level of local government is under review in most European countries, with the aim to strengthen the institutional capacity of municipalities or to develop appropriate institutional structures for governing fragmented urban areas.
This book provides a thematic and cross-national analysis of the key actors in local government that form the crucial components of effective and democratic policy making. Focusing on the second tier of local government, it examines new empirical data on councillors from this level of government in 15 European countries and integrates important variables such as party politics, notions of democracy, finance, multi-level settings. Divided into five parts, it addresses:
Attitudes of county/provincial councillors towards administrative and territorial reforms;
Their role perceptions and role behaviour;
Their political orientation;
Actor constellations and governance arrangements;
Political socialization and recruitment, professionalization and career patterns of county/provincial councillors.
The Second Tier of Local Government Dataset
The dataset contains survey data from elected councillors, presidents and CEOs on the second tier of local government in 14 European countries, collected in 2012-2013
Municipal Executive Officers
1998
The Anonymous Leader: Appointed CEOs in Western Local Governments
Local government takes upon itself important tasks and are prime movers in the implementation of new developments in most welfare societies. How it has managed itself is clearly not an unimportant matter, but it is something we know comparatively little about. This volume is concerned with the top civil servants in local government, the Chief Executive Officers, those who form the link between the political and the administrative system. Based on a statistical survey, this is a comparative study which looks at fifteen countries: Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Israel (the only country not to conduct the survey), Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands and USA. Potentially, the CEO holds an important position in local administrative and political life, yet we know little about them, how they are recruited, how they regard their own role and particularly their position vis-á-vis the political system. This is what the contributors set out to explore country by country, and the results are discussed in two overview chapters.
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2026
2026
Krasniqi, Afrim, and Dorina Bërdufi. Conducting compliance assessment report for the Law No.139/2015 “Local Self-government" HELVETAS Swiss Interco operation – Albania, 2026 (outgoing)
Krasniqi, Afrim. Reforma administrative-territoriale 2026: Konteksti politik, vlerësimi i përvojës dhe drejtimet për ndërhyrje. Position paper. Tiranë: Instituti i Studimeve Politike, 2026. 34 pp. https://isp.com.al/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ISP-Position-Paper-Reforma-administrative-territoriale-2026-ALB.pdf
Slijepčević, S. & Jurlina Alibegović, D. (2026). What shapes the public perception of local development during COVID-19 in Croatia? Urban Research & Practice, 1–23. Published online: 24 Jan 2026. https://doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2026.2620710
2025
2025
Baranauskienė, V., Bučaitė-Vilkė, J., Lazauskienė, A., & Dryžaitė, I.. (2025). Lietuvos savivaldybių tarybų narių darbotvarkės prioritetai: regioniniai skirtumai ir miesto-kaimo dichotomija. Viešoji Politika Ir Administravimas = Public Policy and Administration, 24(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.ppaa.24.1.40467
Bučaitė-Vilkė, J., Lazauskienė, A., Baranauskienė, V., & Dryžaitė, I.. (2025). Exploring local democracy profiles: perceptions of participatory practices and roles among Lithuanian municipal councilors. NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy, 18(1), 31-56. https://doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2025-0003
Bursać, D., Vučićević, D. & Stamenković, V. (2025). Political Experience of Local Representatives in a Flawed Democracy: Serbia in Comparative Perspective. In: Vučićević, D. & Veković, M. (eds.) Super izborna 2024. godina, pp. 55-83. Belgrade: FPN. DOI: 10.18485/fpn_saborp.2025.18.ch3
Dryžaitė, I., Bučaitė-Vilkė, J., Lazauskienė, A., & Baranauskienė, V.. (2025). Arčiau piliečių, ar arčiau rinkos? Lietuvos savivaldybių tarybų narių veiklos prioritetų vertinimas. Filosofija. Sociologija, 36(2), 132-144. https://doi.org/10.6001/fil-soc.2025.36.2.3
Kukovič, Simona, and Miro Haček. 2025. Novi vpogledi v lokalno politično vodenje: slovenski občinski svetniki v primerjalni perspektivi [New Insights into Local Political Leadership: Slovenian Municipal Councilors in Comparative Perspective]. Ljubljana: FSS Publishing House.
Otjes, S., & Rasmussen, A. (2026). Sources of Elected Representatives’(Mis) Perceptions of Public Opinion: The Role of Self-Projection and Interest Groups. The Journal of Politics, 88(1), 79-93.
Rasmussen, A., & Otjes, S. (2025). Responding to whom? An experimental study of the dynamics of responsiveness to interest groups and the public. Journal of European Public Policy, 32(3), 727-7
2024
2024
Bolgherini, S., Gnaldi, M. and Ponzo, M. (2024) Tra corruzione e istituzioni: qualità della democrazia e vulnerabilità istituzionale in trent’anni di Seconda Repubblica, in Curti S. (a cura di) Da Milano a Genova. Corrotti e corruttori da Tangentopoli a oggi, Bologna, Il Mulino (EN: Between corruption and institutions: quality of democracy and institutional vulnerability in 30 years of ‚Second Republic‘), pp. 145-171, ISBN 978-88-15-39108-7
Heinelt, Hubert, and Björn Egner, eds. 2024. Deutsche Gemeinderäte. Baden-Baden: Nomos. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748946601
Henriksson, Linnéa & Janette Huttunen (2022): Kunnalliset vaikuttamiselimet ja vaikutusvallan monet puolet – tutkimus nuorisovaltuustojen, vanhusneuvostojen ja vammaisneuvostojen vaikutusvallasta, Helsinki: Kunnallisalan kehittämissäätiö KAKS
Kalberer, Stefan; Moser, Evan & Kübler, Daniel (2024): Befragung der Mitglieder städtischer Parlamente in der Schweiz. Studienberichte des Zentrums für Demokratie Aarau, Nr. 29.
Medir, Lluís; Navarro, Carmen; Magnier, Annick; & Cabria, Marcello. (2024). “Women Leadership at the Apex: The Distinctiveness of Urban Women Mayors in Europe.” Urban Research & Practice, 17(1), 118–138. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2022.2136011
Walenta-Bergmann, C. (2024). Interessenvertretung und Abstimmungsverhalten in Vorarlbergs Kommunalpolitik in vergleichender Perspektive. In: Jenny, M., Pallaver, G., Weber, W. (Hrsg.): Kommunalwahlen in Vorarlberg. Fakten, Prozesse, Perspektiven. 1950 – 2020. ISBN 978-3-7065-5514-2
2023
2023
Bërdufi, Dorina, Manjola Cura, and Juliana Bilbilaj. Integriteti i kandidatëve dhe zgjedhjet vendore 2023: Rezultatet e anketimit me qytetarët dhe e intervistave me ekspertët. Project directed by Afrim Krasniqi. Tiranë: Instituti i Studimeve Politike, 2023. https://isp.com.al/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ISP-Integriteti-i-kandidateve-dhe-zgjedhjet-2023-Gjetjet-e-anketimit-me-qytetaret-dhe-pyetesoreve-me-ekspertet.pdf.
Denters, Bas, and Kristof Steyvers. 2023. "Ties That Bind? Mapping and Explaining the Network Activities of European Mayors." In Handbook of Local and Regional Governance, ed. Filipe Teles. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 94–112.
Krasniqi, Afrim. Broshurë informative mbi proceset zgjedhore vendore në Shqipëri, 1991–2023. Tiranë: Instituti i Studimeve Politike, 2023. https://isp.com.al/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ISP-Broshure-informative-mbi-zgjedhjet-vendore-1991-2023.pdf.
Krasniqi, Afrim, and Dorina Bërdufi. Integriteti zgjedhor: Kandidatët, partitë dhe zgjedhjet vendore 2023: Gjetje, rekomandime dhe aktivitetet. Tiranë: Instituti i Studimeve Politike, 2023. https://isp.com.al/integriteti-zgjedhor-kandidatet-partite-dhe-zgjedhjet-vendore-gjetje-dhe-rekomandime/.
2022
2022
Bučaitė-Vilkė, J., Jakub Lysek, J. L., & Lazauskienė, A.. (2022). The prevalence of low-relevance networks in Central and Eastern Europe and the post-communist legacy. Perspectives on local governance across Europe: insights on local state-society relations (1–, p. 205-224). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15000-5_11
Hambleton, R., Sweeting, D. and Oliver, T. (2022) ‘Place, power and leadership: Insights from mayoral governance and leadership innovation in Bristol, UK’, Leadership, 18(1), pp. 81–101. doi: 10.1177/17427150211028122.
Krasniqi, Afrim, and Dorina Bërdufi. Pjesëmarrja dhe sjellja votuese e elektoratit shqiptar: Studim mbi anketimin kombëtar 2022. Tiranë: Instituti i Studimeve Politike, 2022. https://isp.com.al/pjesemarrja-dhe-sjellja-votuese-e-elektoratit-shqiptar-studim-mbi-anketimin-kombetar-2022/.
Lazauskienė, A., & Bučaitė-Vilkė, J.. (2022). Lithuania: between a volatile electorate and the revival of nonpartisanship. The Routledge Handbook of Local Elections and Voting in Europe Edited By Adam Gendźwiłł, Ulrik Kjaer, Kristof Steyvers, 316-326. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003009672-33
Medir, L., Navarro, C., Magnier, A., & Cabria, M. (2022). Women leadership at the apex. The distinctiveness of urban women mayors in Europe. Urban Research & Practice, 17(1), 118-138.
Stănuș, Cristina & Andrei Gheorghiță. 2022. ”Romania: A Case of National Parties Ruling Local Politics”. In A. Gendzwill, U. Kjaer & K. Steyvers, eds., The Routledge Handbook of Local Elections and Voting in Europe. Londra: Routledge.
2021
2021
Karsten, N., Kukovič, S. (2021). Leadership at the subnational level: mayoral and executive models. In: Callanan, M. (ed.), Loughlin, J. (ed.). A research agenda for regional and local government. Cheltenham, Northampton: E. Elgar, 163-176.
2020
2020
Bučaitė-Vilkė, Jurga ; Lazauskienė, Aistė . Local state-society relations in Lithuania // Close ties in European local governance: linking local state and society / editors Filipe Teles, Adam Gendźwiłł, Cristina Stǎnus, Hubert Heinelt. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, p. 243-257, ISBN 9783030447939. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-44794-6_17. Prieiga per internetą: ˂ https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44794-6_17 >
Kalman,J. (2020). Effects of EU-Funds on Territorial Cohesion - Public and Private Resources for Regional Development in the Least-Developed, Most Deprived Micro-Regions in Hungary. In I. Musiałkowska, P. Idczak, & O. Potluka (Eds.), Successes & Failures in EU Cohesion Policy: An Introduction to EU cohesion policy in Eastern, Central, and Southern Europe ISBN 978-83-957204-4-4 (pp. 143-172). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9788395720451-008
Kukovič, Simona, and Miro Haček. 2020. Lokalno vodenje: med politiko in upravo [Local Leadership between Politics and Administration]. Ljubljana: FSS Publishing House.
Koprić, I., Jurlina Alibegović, D., Manojlović Toman, R., Čepo, D. & Slijepčević, S. (2020). Local State–Society Relations in Croatia. In Teles, F., Gendźwiłł, A., Stănuș, C. & Heinelt, H. & (Eds.), Close Ties in European Local Governance: Linking Local State and Society, 73-89, Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44794-6
Gendźwiłł, A., Krukowska, J., & Swianiewicz, P. (2020). Local State–Society Relations in Poland. In F. Teles, A. Gendźwiłł, C. Stănuș, & H. Heinelt (Eds.), Close Ties in European Local Governance: Linking Local State and Society (pp. 289–302). Springer.
Heinelt, H., Teles, F., Gendźwiłł, A., & Stănuş, C. (2020). Local State-Society Relations in European Countries: Main Findings. In F. Teles, A. Gendźwiłł, C. Stănuș, & H. Heinelt (Eds.), Close Ties in European Local Governance: Linking Local State and Society (pp. 379–422). Springer.
Teles, F., Gendźwiłł, A., Stănuș, C., & Heinelt, H. (Eds.) (2020). Close Ties in European Local Governance: Linking Local State and Society. Springer.
2019
2019
Bučaitė-Vilkė, Jurga ; Lazauskienė, Aistė . Territorial policy agenda revised: public perceptions on local non-electoral participation capacities in Lithuania // Croatian and comparative public administration. Zagreb: Institute for public adm., 2019, Vol. 19, iss. 2, p. 207-236, ISSN 1848-0357. doi:10.31297/hkju.19.2.2. Prieiga per internetą: ˂ https://www.ccpa-journal.eu/index.php/ccpa/article/view/32/20 >
Krasniqi, Afrim, and Dorina Bërdufi. Këshilltarët bashkiakë më aktivë në komunikimet publike & mediatike: Tiranë, Kamëz, Kavajë, Vorë dhe Rrogozhinë, 2018 dhe 2019. Tiranë: Instituti i Studimeve Politike, 2019. https://isp.com.al/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ISP-KLASIFIKIMI-ME-K%C3%8BSHILLTAR%C3%8BT-BASHKIAK%C3%8B-M%C3%8B-AKTIV%C3%8B-N%C3%8B-KOMUNIKIMET-PUBLIKE-QARKU-TIRAN%C3%8B-2018-2019.pdf.
Kukovič, S., Copus, C. & Sweeting, D. (2019). Local democracy in comparative perspective. In: Futó, P. (ed.). Contemporary drivers of local development. Maribor: Lex Localis, 157-176.
Stănuș, Cristina. 2019. The Architecture of a Complex System: The Oradea Metropolitan Area in Romania. In F. Teles & P. Swianiewicz, eds., Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Europe: Institutions and Governance, London: Palgrave Macmillan.
2018
2018
Bučaitė-Vilkė, Jurga ; Civinskas, Remigijus ; Lazauskienė, Aistė . Uncoupling inter-municipal cooperation capacity // Baltic journal of law and politics [elektroninis išteklius]. Kaunas ; Berlin : Vytautas Magnus university ; Sciendo, 2018, Vol. 11, iss. 2, t. 11, nr. 2, p. 32 - 60, ISSN 2029-0454. doi:10.2478/bjlp-2018-0010. Prieiga per internetą: ˂ https://www.vdu.lt/cris/bitstream/20.500.12259/61643/1/ISSN2029-0454_2018_V_11_2.PG_32-60.pdf >
Kukovič, S. (2018). Unique type of Slovenian local leaders: where executive mayors have Mediterranean strength. Studia politica: Romanian political science review, 18(2), 173-192.
Kukovič, Simona, and Miro Haček. 2018. Lokalno politično vodenje: glas svetnikov [Local Political Leadership: The Voice of Councilors]. Ljubljana: Faculty of Social Sciences.
Kukovič, S. & Lazauskiene, A. (2018). Pre-mayoral career and incumbency of local leaders in post-communist countries: evidence from Lithuania and Slovenia. Political Preferences, 18, 5-22.
Kuhlmann, Sabine, Hubert Heinelt, Björn Egner, Angelika Vetter, Thomas A. Richter, and Markus Seyfried. 2018. Bürgermeister in Deutschland: Politische Führung im Wandel. Baden-Baden: Nomos. https://www.nomos-shop.de/de/p/buergermeister-in-deutschland-gr-978-3-8487-5170-9
Krasniqi, Afrim, project director. “Bashki virtuale”: Raport monitorimi i nivelit dhe bilancit të konsultimeve publike, pjesëmarrjes qytetare dhe llogaridhënies: Tiranë, Kamëz, Kavajë, Vorë dhe Rrogozhinë. Tiranë: Instituti i Studimeve Politike, 2018. https://isp.com.al/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ISP-RAPORT-MBI-BILANCIN-E-KONSULTIMEVE-DHE-TE-LLOGARIDHENIES-5-BASHKITE-E-QARKUT-TIRANE-dhjetor-2018.pdf.
Lazauskienė, Aistė ; Bučaitė-Vilkė, Jurga . Vietos politinės lyderystės paieškos: kokio mero nori Lietuvos gyventojai // Filosofija. Sociologija = Philosophy, sociology. Vilnius : Lietuvos mokslų akademija, 2018, T. 29, nr. 4, p. 276-284, ISSN 0235-7186. https://www.lmaleidykla.lt/ojs/index.php/filosofija-sociologija/article/view/3854/2653 > ˂ https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12259/61233
Medir, L. M. Magre, F. & Tomàs, M. (2018). Mayors' perceptions on local government reforms and decentralization in Spain. Revista Española de Ciencia Política, (46), 129-155
Dlabac, O., Medir, L., Tomàs, M., & Lackowska, M. (2018). Metropolitan challenges and reform pressures across Europe–the perspectives of city mayors. Local Government Studies, 44(2), 229-254.
Jurlina Alibegović, D. & Slijepčević, S. (2018). Attitudes towards Citizen Participation in the Local Decision-Making Process: A Comparative Analysis. Društvena istraživanja: časopis za opća društvena pitanja, 27(1), 155–175, https://doi.org/10.5559/di.27.1.08.
Navarro, Carmen, & Magre, Jaume. (2018). “Mayors and Local Government in Spain.” Revista Española de Ciencia Política, 46, 13–20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21308/recp.46.01
Navarro, Carmen, & Sanz, Alberto. (2018). “The Social Base and Career Development of Spanish Mayors.” Revista Española de Ciencia Política, 46, 21–48. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21308/recp.46.02
Potluka, O., Kalman, J., Musiałkowska, I., & Idczak, P. (2018) Civic Engagement in Local Politics in Central Europe. In R. Kerley, P. T. Dunning & J. Liddle (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of International Local Government. Abingdon: Routledge.2018, ISBN: 978-1-138-23472-7” https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315306278
Salvador, M., & Pano, E. (2018). Mayors facing local Government reforms: From municipal organization leadership to public management transformation processes. Revista Española de Ciencia Política, 46, 103-127.
2017
2017
Oliver, T. (2017). "Three: Can the directly elected mayoral model deliver? Innovation, limitation and adaptation: lessons from the City of Bristol". In Directly Elected Mayors in Urban Governance. Bristol, UK: Policy Press. Retrieved May 15, 2026, from https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447327042.ch003
Potluka, O.- Kalman,J.- Musiałkowska,I. -Idczak,P. Non-profit leadership at local level: Reflections from Central and Eastern Europe, Local Economy, 2017. Vol.32/4. pp.297-315. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094217707281
2016
2016
Jurlina Alibegović, D. & Slijepčević, S. (2016). County councillors: between revenue shortfalls and growing responsibilities. In Bertrana, X., Egner, B. & Heinelt, H. (Eds.), Policy making at the second tier of local government in Europe. What is happening in provinces, counties, departments, and landkreise in the ongoing re-scaling of statehood?, 54-74, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Grup.
Lazauskienė, Aistė . Lietuvos merų politinės karjeros bruožai // Kultūra ir visuomenė : socialinių tyrimų žurnalas = Culture and society : journal of social research, 2016, nr. 7(1), p. 113 - 134, ISSN 2029-4573, 2335-8777. doi:10.7220/2335-8777.7.1.6.
Navarro, Carmen, & Medir, Lluís. (2016). “Patterns of Gender Representation in Councils at the Second Tier of Local Government: Assessing the Gender Gap in an Unexplored Institutional Setting.” In X. Bertrana, B. Egner, & H. Heinelt (Eds.), Policy Making at the Second Tier of Local Government in Europe (pp. 111–132). Abingdon/New York: Routledge. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315673004-9
Navarro Gómez, Carmen; Medir Tejado, Lluís; & Martínez Rivas, Rafael. (2016). “El perfil de los alcaldes y las alcaldesas en España. Rasgos y percepciones de los líderes políticos locales en municipios de más de 10.000 habitantes.” Anuario de Derecho Municipal, 10, 139–161. Open-access website: UAM repository PDF (repositorio.uam.es)
Stănuș, Cristina. 2016. The political representation focuses of second-tier councillors in Europe. În X. Bertrana, H. Heinelt & B. Egner (eds.), Policy Making at the Second Tier of Local Government in Europe. London: Routledge.
Stănuș, Cristina, 2016. Political representation and governance: the case of second-tier councilors in Romania. Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences 48 E.
Steyvers, Kristof. 2016. "A Knight in White Satin Armour? New Institutionalism and Mayoral Leadership in the Era of Governance." European Urban and Regional Studies 23(3): 289–305.
2015
2015
Bertrana, Xavier, Jaume Magre, Joan Sanchez, Kristof Steyvers, Thomas Valcke, and Tom Verhelst. 2015. "The Political Career of County Councillors in Europe: Examining the Internal Logic of Professionalization and Comparative Country Patterns." In Policy-Making at the Second Tier of Local Government in Europe, eds. Xavier Bertrana, Björn Egner, and Hubert Heinelt. London: Routledge, 223–246.
Egner, Björn 2015. Parliaments in Disguise? How German Councillors perceive Local Councils. Local Government Studies, 41(2), 183–201. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2013.874342
Copus, C., Sweeting, D. and Oliver, T. (2015) ‘The importance of political parties in county government’, in Bertrana, X., Egner, B. and Heinelt, H. (eds.) Policy Making at the Second Tier of Local Government in Europe: What is Happening in Provinces, Counties, Départements and Landkreise in the On-Going Rescaling of Statehood? London: Routledge, pp. 163–178.
Krasniqi, Afrim, and Dorina Bërdufi. “Reforma territoriale: Perceptimet e publikut mbi bashkinë e re Durrës.” Instituti i Studimeve Politike, 2015. https://isp.com.al/reforma-territoriale-perceptimet-e-publikut-mbi-bashkine-e-re-durres/.
Krasniqi, Afrim. “Local Government: Comparative Analysis between Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia.” Paper presented at the international conference “How the International Migration Is Shaping the Contemporary Society,” organized by AIS and AAB College, Prishtina, November 20–21, 2015.
Kukovič, S. (2015). Local political leadership: Slovenian mayors in a comparative perspective. Ljubljana: FSS Publishing House.
Navarro, C., & Medir, L. (2015). Patterns of gender representation in councils at the second tier of local government: assessing the gender gap in an unexplored institutional setting. In Policy Making at the Second Tier of Local Government in Europe (pp. 111-132). Routledge.
2014
2014
Jurlina Alibegović, D., Slijepčević, S. & Kordej-De Villa, Ž. (2014). Regional Development and Decentralization – Two Options to Overcome Lack of Funding. Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences, 43 E (2014), 146–167. https://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/10/8
Kalman,J. (2014) Civil society ties of local leadership – The case of Budapest In: Potluka, Oto et al. Local Participation in Visegrad Countries : How Are Politicians Rooted in the Civil Society? 1st Ed. Praha: IREAS, 2014. ISBN: 978-80-86684-98-7.pp.67-94
Navarro Gómez, Carmen, & Sweeting, David. (2014). “La elección directa de alcaldes. Características, experiencias comparadas y el singular caso de los alcaldes quasi-directamente elegidos españoles.” Anuario de Derecho Municipal, 8, 105–126. Open-access website: UAM repository record (repositorio.uam.es)
Razin, Eran, and Adva Hazan. 2014. "Attitudes of European Local Councilors towards Local Governance Reforms: A North-South Divide?" Local Government Studies 40(2): 264–291. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2012.747957
Verhelst, Tom, Herwig Reynaert, Kristof Steyvers, and Filip De Rynck. 2014. "Political Representation in Local Governance: A Survey Analysis of Councillor Attitudes and Behaviour in Belgium." Acta Politica 49(2): 144–173.
2013
2013
Egner, Björn, Michael Krapp, and Hubert Heinelt. 2013. Das deutsche Gemeinderatsmitglied: Problemsichten, Einstellungen, Rollenverständnis. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-94361-9
Jurlina Alibegović, D., Slijepčević, S. & Kordej-De Villa, Ž. (2013). Can Local Governments in Croatia Cope with More Responsibilities? Lex Localis: Journal of Local Self-Government, 11(3), 471–497. https://doi.org/10.4335/11.3.471-495(2013)
Harm, Kai, and Jens Aderhold, eds. 2013. Die subjektive Seite der Stadt: Neue Perspektiven auf urbane Wohnmilieus. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-18806-5
Karlsson, David. 2013. "The Hidden Constitutions: How Informal Institutions Affect Notions of Democracy among Councillors." Local Government Studies 39(5): 681–702. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2012.670748
Verhelst, Tom, Herwig Reynaert, and Kristof Steyvers. 2013. "Necessary Asymmetry or Undemocratic Imbalance? Professionalisation in the Recruitment and Career of Belgian Local Councillors." Local Government Studies 39(2): 273–297.
2012
2012
Jurlina Alibegović, D. & Slijepčević, S. (2012). Identifying Key Obstacles for Performance Measurement at the Sub-National Level in Croatia. Hrvatska i komparativna javna uprava, 12(4), 1117–1157.
Navarro Gómez, Carmen. (2012). “Si la reducción de concejales fuera la respuesta, ¿cuáles son las preguntas?: Cómo son y qué se espera de los líderes políticos locales.” Anuario de Derecho Municipal, 6, 165–181. Open-access website: UAM repository PDF (repositorio.uam.es)
Steyvers, Kristof, and Tom Verhelst. 2012a. "Between Layman and Professional? Political Recruitment and Career Development of Local Councillors in Comparative Perspective." Lex Localis – Journal of Local Self-Government 10(1): 1–17.
Steyvers, Kristof, and Tom Verhelst. 2012b. "Path Dependency: Do Councillor Recruitment and Career Development Matter?" Lex Localis – Journal of Local Self-Government 10(1): 85–101.
2011
2011
Navarro Gómez, Carmen, & Criado, J. Ignacio. (2011). “Estudiar las democracias locales desde la perspectiva de los concejales. Democracia y actores políticos en los ayuntamientos españoles.” Cuadernos de Derecho Local, 27, 20–35. DOI: https://doi.org/10.61521/cuadernosderecholocal.27.513
Stănuș, Cristina and Daniel Pop. 2011. Romania. In Hubert Heinelt and Xavier Bertrana, eds., The Second Tier of Local Government in Europe: Counties, Departaments and Landkreise in Comparison. London: Routledge.
Verhelst, Tom, Herwig Reynaert, and Kristof Steyvers. 2011. "Foundation or Fragment of Local Democracy? Empirically Assessing the Roles of Local Councillors in Belgian Governance." Lex Localis – Journal of Local Self-Government 9(2): 103–122.
2010
2010
Jurlina Alibegović, D. & Slijepčević, S. (2010). Uloga vijećnika u upravljanju i razvoju gradova u Hrvatskoj. Hrvatska i komparativna javna uprava, 10(2), 399–426.
Steyvers, Kristof, Herwig Reynaert, Tom Block, and Tom Verhelst. 2010. "Partying and Cocooning? No Paradox for Mayoral Recruitment in Belgium." Lex Localis – Journal of Local Self-Government 8(3): 203–226.
2010
2010
Navarro, Carmen, & Ruiloba-Núñez, Juana. (2009). “Liderazgo político local en España. Una aproximación al análisis de los concejales españoles tras treinta años de ayuntamientos democráticos.” UAM Working Papers / Department of Political Science and International Relations. Open-access website: ResearchGate full-text page (researchgate.net)
2008
2008
Egner, Björn, and Hubert Heinelt. 2008. Explaining the Differences in the Role of Councils: an Analysis Based on a Survey of Mayors. Local Government Studies, 34(4), 529–544. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930802217504
Kalman, J.(2008) Some Political Economy Insights to Multi-Level Government Financing Mechanisms in Hungary - Analysis of political budget cycles and partisanship in municipal investment activities and central grant distribution Central European University, PhD Dissertation, 2008
2006
2006
Karlsson, David. 2006. Den svenske borgmästaren: Kommunstyrelsens ordförande och den lokala demokratin. Gothenburg: School of Public Administration, University of Gothenburg.
Steyvers, Kristof, Herwig Reynaert, Koenraad De Ceuninck, and Thomas Valcke. 2006. "Mayors in Governance: Heading for Efficiency and Democracy? The Belgian Case." Local Government Studies 32(4): 429–445.
2005
2005
Bogumil, Jörg, and Hubert Heinelt. 2005. Bürgermeister in Deutschland: Politikwissenschaftliche Studien zu direkt gewählten Bürgermeistern. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-85142-0
Valcke, Thomas, ed. 2005. Einstellungen deutscher Bürgermeister. Baden-Baden: Nomos. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783845205403
2002
2002
Kalman,J. (2002) Possible Structural Funds Absorption Problems – The Political Economy View with Application to the Hungarian Regional Development Institutions and Financial System. In: Gérard Marcou (ed.): Regionalization for Development and Accession to the European Union – A Comparative Perspective, Published by Open Society Institute/ Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative, Budapest 2002 pp. 29-64 ISBN: 963 9419 37 0
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