Directly Elected Mayors in Urban Governance :Impact and Practice
Directly Elected Mayors in Urban Governance :Impact and Practice
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13 June, 2018
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Description
Directly elected mayors are political leaders who are selected directly by citizens and head multi-functional local government authorities. This book examines the contexts, features and debates around this model of leadership, and how in practice political leadership is exercised through it.
The book draws on examples from Europe, the US, and Australasia to examine the impacts, practices, and debates of mayoral leadership in different cities and countries. Themes that recur throughout include the formal and informal powers that mayors exercise, their relationships with other actors in governance - both inside municipalities and in broader governance networks - and the advantages and disadvantages of the mayoral model.
Both qualitative and quantitative approaches are used to build a picture of views of and on directly elected mayors in different contexts from across the globe. This book will be a valuable resource for those studying or researching public policy, public management, urban studies, politics, law, and planning.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781447327028 |
| ISBN10 | 1447327020 |
| Number Of Pages | 296 |
| Item Weight | 1000 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | Bristol University Press |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
"A timely and important book on a significant development in city governance and regional leadership; everything you need to know about directly elected mayors." Keith Grint, Professor of Public Leadership, Warwick Business School, UK
Author's Bio
De Montford University University of Warsaw Massey University Katarzyna Szmigiel-Rawska is Professor in the Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies at the University of Warsaw, Poland. Robin Hambleton is Emeritus Professor of City Leadership in the Faculty of Environment and Technology at the University of the West of England, Bristol and Director of Urban Answers. An expert on urban innovation, city management and local governance, he was the founding President of the European Urban Research Association (EURA) and Dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs (CUPPA) at the University of Illinois at Chicago. David Sweeting is Senior Lecturer in Urban Studies at the University of Bristol.