Reforming Local Councils and the Role of Councillors: A Comparative Analysis of Fifteen European Countries
Project also involved researchers from: Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland and Slovakia The chapter aims at highlighting and analyzing attempts to restore or improve the existing institutions of representative democracy – the councils and the councillors – in 15 different European countries, from a co...
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ftdemontfortuniv:oai:dora.dmu.ac.uk:2086/13418 2023-07-02T03:32:43+02:00 Reforming Local Councils and the Role of Councillors: A Comparative Analysis of Fifteen European Countries Lidstrom, A. Baldersheim, H. Copus, Colin Hlynsdottir, E. M. Kettunen, P. Klimovsky, D. 2016-09 application/octet-stream http://hdl.handle.net/2086/13418 https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52548-2_16 en eng Palgrave Macmillan Lidstrom, A., et al. (2016) Reforming Local Councils and the Role of Councillors: A Comparative Analysis of Fifteen European Countries. In: Khulmann and Bouckaert (eds) (ch.15) Local Public Sector Reforms in Times of Crisis: National Trajectories and International Comparisons, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 287-300 9781137525475 http://hdl.handle.net/2086/13418 https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52548-2_16 councils local government councillors European local government Book chapter 2016 ftdemontfortuniv https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52548-2_16 2023-06-13T18:30:53Z Project also involved researchers from: Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland and Slovakia The chapter aims at highlighting and analyzing attempts to restore or improve the existing institutions of representative democracy – the councils and the councillors – in 15 different European countries, from a comparative perspective and the effects that can be identified from these reforms. The chapter develops a typology of reforms and seeks to analyse the drivers of, and approaches to, reform. Most of the initiatives are national, covering and entire country, but some are specific to parts of countries or certain localites. The focus is on the extent to which there are differences and similarities between countries with regard to the occurrence of reforms, and how these may be understood. Book Part Iceland De Montfort University, Leicester: Open Research Archive (DORA) Norway 287 300 London |
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Project also involved researchers from: Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland and Slovakia The chapter aims at highlighting and analyzing attempts to restore or improve the existing institutions of representative democracy – the councils and the councillors – in 15 different European countries, from a comparative perspective and the effects that can be identified from these reforms. The chapter develops a typology of reforms and seeks to analyse the drivers of, and approaches to, reform. Most of the initiatives are national, covering and entire country, but some are specific to parts of countries or certain localites. The focus is on the extent to which there are differences and similarities between countries with regard to the occurrence of reforms, and how these may be understood. |
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Reforming Local Councils and the Role of Councillors: A Comparative Analysis of Fifteen European Countries |
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Reforming Local Councils and the Role of Councillors: A Comparative Analysis of Fifteen European Countries |
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Reforming Local Councils and the Role of Councillors: A Comparative Analysis of Fifteen European Countries |
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Reforming Local Councils and the Role of Councillors: A Comparative Analysis of Fifteen European Countries |
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Reforming Local Councils and the Role of Councillors: A Comparative Analysis of Fifteen European Countries |
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