Local Democracy and Political Leadership: Drawing a Map
In: Political studies: the journal of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom, Band 54, Heft 2, S. 267-288
ISSN: 1467-9248
Different concepts of local democracy imply different tasks, functions and reform strategies for local political leadership. This article draws a map of local democracy that entails four non-exclusive components: representative democracy, user democracy, network democracy and participatory democracy. After reflecting on the nature of local democracy in governance and the functions of political leadership generally, the article considers in turn the bases of constructing the common good within each form of democracy. Special attention is given to the role of political leadership within these forms.