Bulletin n. 1/2009
July 2009
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
  • Schaap Linze, Daemen Harry; Ringeling Arthur
    Mayors in Seven European Countries: Part I. Selection Procedures and Statutory Position
    in Local Government Studies , Vol.35, issue 1 ,  2009 ,  95 - 108
    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' statutory positions and responsibilities. The question is to what extent is mayoral performance affected by selection procedures and the statutory position of the mayoral office? In two exploratory articles, the results of a number of comparative empirical studies will be presented. In this first part the focus will be on the theoretical and methodological framework of the study, and on the variations in selection procedures and statutory positions. In the second part (to be published in the next issue of this journal) we will relate these findings to evidence on mayoral performance.
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