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As members of representative bodies at local levels of government, municipal councillors play a vital role in democratic decision-making most closely related to the daily life of citizens. Interactions between councillors and citizens, between councillors themselves, and between councillors and their representative bodies, are therefore some of the most common features of contemporary democracy. The multiple forms these interactions take provide important insights into the different roles of local government, as well as their administrative, civic and political cultures.
Bringing together an international network of leading experts, this book is one of two volumes that examine the role of municipal councillors in twenty-eight European countries over the last twenty years. Chapters in this volume focus on councillors' profiles and roles inside the government, examining topics such as the personal and political profile 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.
Contents
Part I The Institutional Context: 1. Introduction: Studying Municipal Councillors in Europe.- 2. Local government systems.- Grasping the institutional environment of municipal councillors in Europe.- Part II: The Personal and Political Profile of Councillors.- 3. The social profile of municipal councillors in Europe.- 4. Time investment of municipal councillors across Europe.- 5. Patterns of European councillors' political career.- 6. Ideology: Left-Right measurement of parties across Europe using councillor self-assessments.- 7. Mapping trust and democratic values among municipal councillors in Europe.- 8. Councillors and the risks they run: Abuse and intimidation of municipal councillors in Europe.- Part III: Politics: Councillor Attitudes, Roles and Agendas.- 9. The notion of democracy among municipal councillors in Europe.- 10. Who doyou represent? Electoral rules and descriptive representation among municipal councillors in Europe.- 11. How do you represent? Comparative analysis of the representational role orientations among municipal councillors in Europe.- 12. Styles and politics of municipal councillors in Europe.- 13. Municipal councillors as scrutineers: a comparative analysis of scrutiny focus and instruments in Europe.- 14. Municipal Councillors' local agenda in the ecological transition in Europe.- 15. The salience of spatial policy goals among European municipal councillors as a land use change explaining factor.- 16. Do women municipal councillors in Europe have distinctive policy agendas?.- 17. The promotion of gender equality by municipal councillors in Europe.- 18. Party politics and the municipal councillor in Europe: Representation, rhetoric and reality.- 19. Role conceptions of municipal councillors in participatory initiatives in Europe.- Part IV: Councillors and Local Government.- 20. Understanding the role of local government: The perspective of municipal councillors in Europe.- 21. Perceived role of non-public actors in local government decision-making by municipal councillors in Europe.- 22. European municipal councillors' attitudes regarding the organisation of public services.- 23. Notions of transparency and management values of European municipal councillors.- 24. Quality of government on the municipal level: the view of municipal councillors in Europe.- 25. The "North-South divide" in attitudes of municipal councillors in Europe.- 26. Navigating local governance: Insights from municipal councillors.
