Policy Making at the Second Tier of Local Government in Europe: What is happening in Provinces, Counties, Départements and Landkreise in the on-going re-scaling of statehood?
In: Routledge Advances in European Politics
In: Routledge Advances in European Politics Ser.
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Notes on contributors -- 1 Introduction -- PART I -- 2 County councils in a multi-level position: formal powers and assumed autonomy -- 3 Perceptions of New Public Management reforms -- 4 County councillors: between revenue shortfalls and growing responsibilities -- PART II -- 5 The political representation focuses of second-tier councillors in Europe -- 6 Representational styles among county and municipal councillors -- 7 Patterns of gender representation in councils at the second tier of local government: assessing the gender gap in an unexplored institutional setting -- 8 Notions of democracy of councillors at the municipal and second tier of local government - and their role perception and behaviour -- PART III -- 9 The importance of political parties in county government -- 10 Parties and ideology: how parties shape their manifestos to obtain votes -- 11 Actors' influence and horizontal power relations at the second tier of local government -- PART IV -- 12 The political career of county councillors in Europe: examining the internal logic of professionalization and comparative country patterns -- 13 Political professionalization of county councillors in Europe -- 14 Family, ambition, local rootedness and party: a study of the activation and apprenticeships of the county councillor in Europe -- Index.