The UK now has a number of Directly Elected Local Authority Mayors, as well as the elected Mayor of London. But the extra layer of governance (and accountability) has implications for coalition formation at the local level. Drawing on research carried out in Germany, Martin Gross and Marc Debus argue that local politicians take the party affiliation of directly elected mayors into account when forming coalitions at the local level
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Drawing on empirical evidence from 11 CDU–Green coalitions in large German municipalities, this arti...
This article examines the determinants of coalition formation on the local level. In addition to sta...
We develop a simple spatial model suggesting that Members of Parliament (MPs) strive for the inclusi...
Government formation is a crucial phase after elections. This article focusses on coalition formatio...
Directly electing mayors on the London model is back on the political agenda. Eleven core English ci...
While the literature on directly elected mayors has largely neglected the relationship between mayor...
The introduction of directly elected mayors potentially represents a major reform of the operation o...
England’s biggest cities will soon vote on whether or not they want to be run by directly elected ma...
On 4th May 2000, Ken Livingstone was elected Mayor of London on a turn-out of only 33.6%, a day when...
This paper studies the role of partisanship in the road to the Belgian mayoralty. It confirms the ex...
Conservative and Liberal Democrat ministers have sought maximum publicity for their policies of dece...
Within the context of debates regarding depoliticisation, this article considers how the introductio...
This paper examines coalition formation at the local level in Belgian municipalities. Coalition theo...
We analyze empirically the coalition formation of local governments using a novel reduced form econo...
In this article we explore the tensions in metropolitan level governance between strategic planning ...
Drawing on empirical evidence from 11 CDU–Green coalitions in large German municipalities, this arti...
This article examines the determinants of coalition formation on the local level. In addition to sta...
We develop a simple spatial model suggesting that Members of Parliament (MPs) strive for the inclusi...
Government formation is a crucial phase after elections. This article focusses on coalition formatio...
Directly electing mayors on the London model is back on the political agenda. Eleven core English ci...
While the literature on directly elected mayors has largely neglected the relationship between mayor...
The introduction of directly elected mayors potentially represents a major reform of the operation o...
England’s biggest cities will soon vote on whether or not they want to be run by directly elected ma...
On 4th May 2000, Ken Livingstone was elected Mayor of London on a turn-out of only 33.6%, a day when...
This paper studies the role of partisanship in the road to the Belgian mayoralty. It confirms the ex...
Conservative and Liberal Democrat ministers have sought maximum publicity for their policies of dece...
Within the context of debates regarding depoliticisation, this article considers how the introductio...
This paper examines coalition formation at the local level in Belgian municipalities. Coalition theo...
We analyze empirically the coalition formation of local governments using a novel reduced form econo...
In this article we explore the tensions in metropolitan level governance between strategic planning ...
Drawing on empirical evidence from 11 CDU–Green coalitions in large German municipalities, this arti...