The Routledge Handbook of Local Elections and Voting in Europe

Herausgeber: Gendzwill, Adam; Kjaer, Ulrik; Steyvers, Kristof

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Produktbeschreibung

This handbook represents the standard reference text and practical resource for everybody who analyses issues as local electoral systems, voting behavior or political representation in Europe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 536
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2024
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032194882
• ISBN-10: 103219488X
• Artikelnr.: 70340350

Autorenporträt

Adam Gend¿wi¿¿ is Assistant Professor in the Department of Local Development and Policy at the University of Warsaw, Poland. Ulrik Kjaer is Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political Science at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. Kristof Steyvers is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Ghent University, Belgium.

Inhaltsangabe

PART 1: Introduction 1. From perennial bridesmaids to fully fledged
spouses: advancing the comparative study of local elections and voting
PART 2: The Nordic States 2. Denmark: How two and a half parties rule
within a multiparty system 3. Finland: Local autonomy, tenacious national
parties, and sovereign, but indifferent voters 4. Iceland: Where localism
prevails 5. Norway: Local democracy by trial (and error) 6. Sweden: Joint
election day, party dominance, and extensive turnout PART 3: The British
Isles 7. Ireland: An atypical electoral system for an atypical local
government system 8. United Kingdom: Diversity amid the Cinderella
elections? PART 4: The Rhinelandic States 9. Austria: Strong participation
across federal diversity 10. Belgium: Between national barometer and local
atmosphere 11. Germany: A variety of local elections in a federal system
12. Liechtenstein: Two leading parties in a direct democratic framework 13.
Luxembourg: Toward a thinner relationship between local and national
elections? 14. The Netherlands: Increasing responsibilities and
nationalized elections 15. Switzerland: Low turnout but no second-order
elections PART 5: The Southern European States 16. Andorra: Local elections
in quasi-federal institutions 17. Cyprus: National parties' dominance and
the decline of electoral participation 18. France: Competition only in
large cities 19. Greece: Mayors in the foreground, parties behind the
scenes 20. Italy: Hard-to-decipher local elections and voting 21. Portugal:
Elections and voting in a dual-tier local government system 22. Spain: One
main system to govern them all? Stable institutions in heterogeneous
contexts PART 6: New Democracies: The Central and Eastern European States
23. Czech Republic: Local elections in a fragmented municipal system 24.
Estonia: The consolidation of partisan politics in a small country with
small municipalities 25. Hungary: The expansion and the limits of national
politics at the local level 26. Latvia: Electoral drama in local
governments 27. Lithuania: Between a volatile electorate and the revival of
nonpartisanship 28. Poland: A hyperlocalized system? 29. Slovakia: A
gradual weakening of political parties in a stable local electoral system
30. Ukraine: The first experiences with voting in the amalgamated
territorial communities PART 7: New Democracies: The Southeastern European
States 31. Albania: The path to decentralized democratic governance 32.
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Local elections within a weak and contested state
33. Bulgaria: More open local electoral rules 34. Croatia: Games of local
democracy in the shadow of national politics 35. Kosovo: Local elections
and ethnic ramifications 36. Moldova: Party-shifting mayors within a
nationalized local party system 37. Montenegro: Local elections in the
shadow of national politics 38. North Macedonia: Local elections and
parliamentary political dynamics 39. Romania: A case of national parties
ruling local politics 40. Serbia: Three phases of local electoral politics
after 1990 41. Slovenia: Where strong, nonpartisan mayors are reelected
many times over PART 8: Conclusions 42. 'Happily ever after'? Comparing
local elections and voting in 40 European countries