Full Description
Wie beeinflussen Eliten weiterhin die Entwicklung von Kommunen in postsowjetischen Ländern Europas? Dieses Buch befasst sich mit der Frage der lokalen Führung in den Ländern Ostmitteleuropas. Genauer gesagt ist es der Versuch, das Profil und die Rolle der lokalen politischen Eliten (Mitglieder der Gemeinderäte) in sechs Städten in sechs Übergangsdemokratien der Region vergleichend zu untersuchen.
Contents
Introduction. Theoretical assessments on political elites
Brief Literature Review on the Territory of Local Leadership
Brief Digression on the National Elites in East-Central Europe: Elites
Effectuating Change
Methodology: the Scope, the Questions, the Sampling and the Sampling Methods
The Local (Municipal) Council: General Presentation
a. Theoretical overview on local government systems
b. Local Councils in Romania
c. Municipal Councils in the Czech Republic
d. Municipal Councils in Poland
e. Bodies of Representatives in Hungary
f. Municipal Councils in the Slovak Republic
g. Local Councils in Bulgaria
The main functions of the Local/ Municipal Council: Organizational Chart and Budget in Tecuci, Česká Lípa, Oleśnica, Gyula, Targovishte, and Levice. The Committees of the Local/ Municipal Council
a. Organizational chart of the local administration of the municipality
b. The Committees of the Local/ Municipal Council
c. The adoption of the local budget
Social Biography of the members of the Local/ Municipal Councils in Tecuci, Česká Lípa, Oleśnica, Gyula, Targovishte, and Levice
How "elitist" is the local political elite in Tecuci, Česká Lípa, Oleśnica, Gyula, Targovishte, and Levice?
Patterns of Recruitment
Interactions with other groups and institutions. Networks of interactions
Values embraced by the local political elite
Priorities of the local political elite
Representativeness of the Local/ Municipal Council
a. Nationality
b. Gender
c. Educational level
d. Age
e. Religion
f. Matrimonial status
g. Place of birth
The paradigmatic case of Poland: Local Political Elite in Oleśnica: recruitment, priorities, values, socio-economic outlook (A comparison to the local political elites in Tecuci and Česká Lípa)
Concluding Remarks
Explanatory trajectories: the "legacy of the ancien régime"
Explanatory trajectories: the level of administrative decentralization
Practical exercise: Explaining interactions and priorities of the local political elites by the two variables
Limitations and contingencies of the research
An attempted typology of local political elites in ECE
Annexes
References
A Typology of Local Political Elites in East-Central Europe
