The Role of Local Political Elites in East Central Europe : A Descriptive Inquiry into Local Leadership in Six Transitional Democracies of the Region / Roxana Marin

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marin, Roxana Dr., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

post-Soviet countries.

postsowjetische Länder.

decentralization.

Dezentralisierung.

Erbe der Vergangenheit.

legacy of the past.

Machtnetzwerke.

networks of power.

Prioritätensetzung.

prioritization.

value profile.

Werteprofil.

socio-demographical profile.

soziodemographisches Profil.

recruitment.

Rekrutierung.

Repräsentativität.

representativeness.

Local Subjects:

post-Soviet countries.

postsowjetische Länder.

decentralization.

Dezentralisierung.

Erbe der Vergangenheit.

legacy of the past.

Machtnetzwerke.

networks of power.

Prioritätensetzung.

prioritization.

value profile.

Werteprofil.

socio-demographical profile.

soziodemographisches Profil.

recruitment.

Rekrutierung.

Repräsentativität.

representativeness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leverkusen Barbara Budrich Academic Press GmbH 2021

Biography/History:

Roxana Marin holds a PhD from the University of Bucharest.

Summary:

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. How does the elite continue to affect the evolution of local communities in the developing region of former Sovietized Europe? This book is concerned with the issue of local leadership in the countries of East-Central Europe. It is an attempt to examine, with a comparative method, the profile and the role of the local political elites (members of the Municipal Councils) in six towns in six transitional democracies of the region.

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

Notes:

How does the elite continue to affect the evolution of local communities in the developing region of former Sovietized Europe? This book is concerned with the issue of local leadership in the countries of East-Central Europe. It is an attempt to examine, with a comparative method, the profile and the role of the local political elites (members of the Municipal Councils) in six towns in six transitional democracies of the region. ”Since the breakdown of the Communist regimes, a lot of outstanding research has been done on the new political elites in Central and Eastern Europe. The local level of politics in the region has been also extensively studied from public policies or public law perspectives. There are not so many studies related to the local political elites in the region. The work of Roxana Marin is filling this gap, by using the comparative perspective in order to study these elites.“ (Radu Carp, Professor of Political Science, University of Bucharest) ”Few scholars approach the complex topic of local elites, and even fewer conduct field research in so many countries. Roxana Marin is among these few. Her outstanding book is a testimony of an accomplished researcher, who pushes the academic ambitions and standards higher and higher. The complex comparative endeavor pursued by Roxana Marin represents political science at its best.“ (Laurentiu Stefan, PhD, West University of Timisoara, Romania)

ISBN:

9783966659734

3966659735

OCLC:

1244630854

Publisher Number:

9783966659734