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Povzetek. Z metodami za analizo socialnih omrežij
preučujemo strukturo slovenske politične razprave na
spletnem družbenem omrežju Twitter pred volitvami
v Evropski parlament 2019. Opisujemo omrežje 2867
uporabnikov in 40670 objav (tvitov), središčne uporabnike, pretok informacij prek posredovanih objav (retvitov) in skupnosti uporabnikov. Med najaktivnejšimi
uporabniki prevladujejo širši javnosti manj znani posamezniki, med najvplivnejšimi pa politične stranke, politiki in znane osebnosti. V omrežju pretoka informacij se
pojavljajo politično/mnenjsko homogene skupnosti uporabnikov, kar nakazuje na fragmentacijo mrežne javne
sfere in polarizacijo slovenske spletne politične razprave. Rezultati ponujajo enega izmed prvih vpogledov v
pretok informacij med slovenskimi uporabniki Twitterja
skozi prizmo fragmentacije družbenih omrežij.

The premise of our research paper is that large (by the size of the population) municipalities are more complex to govern and manage, and this, in turn, calls for a more professional and apolitical local government. Using data from the largest European survey of mayors, we analyzed the influence of mayors and chief administrative officers in Europe and checked for correlations with the size of the local government. We present empirical evidence to support that the perceived influence of mayors varies with the size of the municipality regardless of the institutional configuration of power relationships. We found that very large municipalities (80,000 or more inhabitants) had weaker mayors. The presumption that a larger, more complex local (urban) environment calls for more professional leadership has been addressed in numerous publications; however, the answer was usually beyond the reach of the empirical tests.

There are numerous ways for localities to exercise tax powers. However, not all localities utilize their taxing powers. Taxation strategies are numerous and are influenced by the size of local government, the percentage of taxes that the local government takes, share and the local government's autonomy over taxation. Local governments in Slovenia have some tax autonomy, but local taxes only represent about 13 percent of municipal total tax revenue. This article reviews taxation by local governments in Slovenia as well as some potential reasons for their under-taxing. We can conclude that local governments in Slovenia use local taxes as a fiscal measure and that share of (all) own taxes positively correlate to the size of the municipality. Small municipalities tend to under-tax (or avoid taxing completely), and since equalisation mechanisms do not reward taxation inactivity, the most probable explanation for this practice is closeness to the electorate.