As with other comparative exercises, the comparative analysis of local governance faces some methodological challenges, including sample design and the measurement of the concepts involved. One of the main issues is the analysis of the patterns of infl uence of various actors on local government decisions. This article proposes a measurement model to analyse patterns of influence using comparative surveys of political leaders. This model holds that patterns of infl uence are organised around four sectors of actors (local government, intergovernmental, pro-growth, and public interest groups), and that these sectors are organised according to two political arenas (governmental and social). Using a survey of European mayors across 17 countries...
[eng]This article analyses Spanish Mayors' perceptions on three areas of possible reforms that are c...
The study of local government takes interest due to the new and varied responsibilities, consequence...
The authors point to the fact that the local government in Europe has a long tradition, so that in e...
As with other comparative exercises, the comparative analysis of local governance faces some methodo...
For about 20 years, a group of scholars organized into the standing groups on Local Government and P...
For about 20 years, a group of scholars organized into the standing groups on Local Government and P...
The study of political coalitions within the local institutions in Spain, is a complex subject not o...
Studies on local interest groups have generated a considerable number of theories on urban power tha...
Between 1987 and 2013 Spain has implemented programs of rural development through the LEADER methodo...
Much of the literature on quality of democracy is case study-oriented and focused on nation states. ...
Local public authorities have traditionally been an area for experimenting with reforms of varying i...
En el libro de 1948, The Administrative State, Dwight Waldo critica el ideal de la "ciudadanía efici...
En el libro de 1948, The Administrative State, Dwight Waldo critica el ideal de la "ciudadanía efic...
This research has been financed by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness: «Una nueva ...
The aim of this research note is to provide a set of indicators to help measure the concepts of loca...
[eng]This article analyses Spanish Mayors' perceptions on three areas of possible reforms that are c...
The study of local government takes interest due to the new and varied responsibilities, consequence...
The authors point to the fact that the local government in Europe has a long tradition, so that in e...
As with other comparative exercises, the comparative analysis of local governance faces some methodo...
For about 20 years, a group of scholars organized into the standing groups on Local Government and P...
For about 20 years, a group of scholars organized into the standing groups on Local Government and P...
The study of political coalitions within the local institutions in Spain, is a complex subject not o...
Studies on local interest groups have generated a considerable number of theories on urban power tha...
Between 1987 and 2013 Spain has implemented programs of rural development through the LEADER methodo...
Much of the literature on quality of democracy is case study-oriented and focused on nation states. ...
Local public authorities have traditionally been an area for experimenting with reforms of varying i...
En el libro de 1948, The Administrative State, Dwight Waldo critica el ideal de la "ciudadanía efici...
En el libro de 1948, The Administrative State, Dwight Waldo critica el ideal de la "ciudadanía efic...
This research has been financed by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness: «Una nueva ...
The aim of this research note is to provide a set of indicators to help measure the concepts of loca...
[eng]This article analyses Spanish Mayors' perceptions on three areas of possible reforms that are c...
The study of local government takes interest due to the new and varied responsibilities, consequence...
The authors point to the fact that the local government in Europe has a long tradition, so that in e...