Add to ORKGLocal government is claimed to be in a state of transition. The classic representative local democracy is being complemented with participatory democracy, market and network democracy, and these changes are accompanied by an evolution in the local elite, labeled as the professionalization of the councilor. This paper outlines the vision of the local political elite upon contemporary local democracy, and explores the relation with the professionalization of the councilor. Data were collected on the base of a questionnaire sent to a representative sample of Belgian local councilors. The results indicate that councilors still prefer their classic role as representative councilors, and confirm the strong influence of political parties in the Be...
In many Western countries, citizens tend to support democratic ideals, while at the same time being ...
As a response to the perceived legitimacy crisis that threatens modern democracies, local government...
In many Western countries, citizens tend to support democratic ideals, while at the same time being ...
Local government is claimed to be in a state of transition. The classic representative local democra...
This paper addresses the vision of local councilors in Belgium towards democratic renewal at the loc...
It is often argued that local governance conflicts with the prescribed functioning of local councill...
Recent evolutions in Western societies have sparked renewed debate on the state of political represe...
The combination of general evolutions in local government and specifics of the Belgian context place...
Like national politicians, local representatives are claimed to become increasingly professionalised...
In this paper we try to scrutinize the role of local executive politicians in relation to the democr...
In the Belgian region of Flanders one can identify a proliferation of local network-like arrangement...
Although citizens see representative democracy today almost unanimously as the most desirable form o...
It is widely acknowledged that elected representatives have often benefited from a variety of steppi...
It is widely acknowledged that elected representatives have often benefited from a variety of steppi...
Different concepts of local democracy imply different tasks, functions and reform strategies for loc...
In many Western countries, citizens tend to support democratic ideals, while at the same time being ...
As a response to the perceived legitimacy crisis that threatens modern democracies, local government...
In many Western countries, citizens tend to support democratic ideals, while at the same time being ...
Local government is claimed to be in a state of transition. The classic representative local democra...
This paper addresses the vision of local councilors in Belgium towards democratic renewal at the loc...
It is often argued that local governance conflicts with the prescribed functioning of local councill...
Recent evolutions in Western societies have sparked renewed debate on the state of political represe...
The combination of general evolutions in local government and specifics of the Belgian context place...
Like national politicians, local representatives are claimed to become increasingly professionalised...
In this paper we try to scrutinize the role of local executive politicians in relation to the democr...
In the Belgian region of Flanders one can identify a proliferation of local network-like arrangement...
Although citizens see representative democracy today almost unanimously as the most desirable form o...
It is widely acknowledged that elected representatives have often benefited from a variety of steppi...
It is widely acknowledged that elected representatives have often benefited from a variety of steppi...
Different concepts of local democracy imply different tasks, functions and reform strategies for loc...
In many Western countries, citizens tend to support democratic ideals, while at the same time being ...
As a response to the perceived legitimacy crisis that threatens modern democracies, local government...
In many Western countries, citizens tend to support democratic ideals, while at the same time being ...