Typologies of Local Government Systems

Heinelt, Hubert; Hlepas, Nikolaos-K.

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“…This view of the role of institutions has favored studies that try to identify instances of different "adjustments" of notions of democracy to various institutional frameworks. For instance, Haus and Sweeting (2006a, b) used the rich existing theoretical framework on typologies of local government (Borraz and John, 2004;Genieys et al, 2004;Goldsmith and Larsen, 2004;Leach and Wilson, 2004;Wollmann, 2004;Heinelt and Hlepas, 2006) to model different types of local democracy -such as "local representative" northern European local democracy and "strong mayor" models in southern Europe-to predict distinct types of local leadership. On the other hand, Denters and Klok (2013) explored whether local institutions that promote citizen participation are related to more responsive attitudes among local leaders.…”

Section: Mayors' Notions Of Democracymentioning

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Exogenous and endogenous determinants of Spanish mayors’ notions of democracy: a multilevel regression analysis

Vallbé

Iglesias

2018

Rev. Esp. Cienc. Polít.

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A common ground in the literature on elite's notions of democracy is (1) that leaders' notions of democracy can be successfully captured by a representative-participatory dimension, and (2) that the way leaders view democracy is paramount to understand their behavior. Taking on an institutional perspective, the most common model combines an endogenous and exogenous origin of leaders' notions of democracy. The theory assumes that both local institutional arrangements and personal characteristics may have an impact on the way local leaders perceive democracy and behave. However, while some evidence has been found to support the exogenous aspect of this theory (leaders' ideology influence their notions of democracy), the impact of local institutional arrangements on leaders' notions of democracy has received more limited empirical support. In this paper we provide a model of endogenous and exogenous factors on local elite's notions of democracy. In particular, we show that local leaders' political experience endogenizes the effect of ideology on their notions of democracy and on their support to democratic reforms. We test our model using survey data from a sample of mayors in Spanish municipalities and find empirical support for our model. One of our main findings is that the effect of ideology on mayors' support for particular views of democracy decreases with political experience.Keywords: notions of democracy, mayors, elite, ideology, career. ResumenExiste acuerdo en la literatura sobre las nociones de democracia sostenidas por la elite acerca de (1) que las nociones de democracia pueden ser representadas adecuadamente mediante una dimensión representativa-participativa, y (2) que el modo en que los líderes conciben la democracia es relevante para comprender su comportamiento. Desde una perspectiva institucionalista, el modelo más común combina el origen endógeno y exógeno de las nociones de democracia de los líderes políticos. La teoría asume que tanto los aspectos institucionales como las características individuales tienen un impacto sobre la manera en que los líderes perciben la democracia y actúan. Sin embargo, aunque existe evidencia para apoyar el aspecto exógeno de esta teoría (la ideología de los líderes influye en su visión sobre la democracia), el impacto del diseño institucional local sobre las nociones de democracia ha recibido menor apoyo empírico. En este trabajo se proporciona un modelo de factores endógenos y exógenos de las nociones de democracia la elite política municipal. En particular, mostramos que la experiencia política endogeniza el efecto de la ideología sobre las nociones de democracia y el apoyo a reformas institucionales democráticas. Ponemos a prueba nuestro modelo mediante datos de encuesta sobre una muestra de alcaldes de municipios españoles y encontramos apoyo empírico para el mismo. Uno de los principales hallazgos es que el efecto de la ideología sobre el apoyo de los alcaldes a ciertas visiones concretas de la democracia decrece con la experiencia política.

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Section: Mayors' Notions Of Democracymentioning

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Exogenous and endogenous determinants of Spanish mayors’ notions of democracy: a multilevel regression analysis

Vallbé

Iglesias

2018

Rev. Esp. Cienc. Polít.

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“…According to most classifications of local government systems, both Sweden and Norway belong to the Northern European group (Heinelt & Hlepas ; Hesse & Sharpe ; Lidström ). Both are unitary states, but with far‐reaching responsibilities delegated to the local level.…”

Section: Local Government Systems In Sweden and Norwaymentioning

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Ties That Bind? Effects of Inter‐level Mobility on MP Attitude to Local Government in Two Scandinavian Countries

Aars

2014

Scand Pol Stud

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The aim of this article is to examine to what degree the movement of elected representatives from local to central level affects the outlook of the ones who move ‘upwards’. Two Scandinavian countries – Sweden and Norway – serve as comparative cases. In both countries a high share of members of parliament (MPs) has served as local councillors before being elected to parliament. According to conventional wisdom, this high share of inter‐level mobility would strengthen ties between government tiers. Hence, parliamentarians with local political background are assumed to have greater confidence in the capacities of local government. It turns out that Sweden corresponds to this assumption, while the Norwegian results to some extent contradict the same hypothesis. In the Norwegian case, MPs who previously held office as local councillors are actually more sceptical towards local government than MPs with no experience from local politics. In the last section of the article a number of explanations for the disparate findings are being discussed. For one, it appears to be a higher level of controversy related to local government in Norway than in Sweden. In turn, this accounts for some of the scepticism being expressed by the very MPs who themselves have held local office. Second, greater financial dependency in the Norwegian case creates incentives for strategic action which, in turn, might undermine confidence between levels of government. These are strategies that are harder to conceal vis‐à‐vis MPs who have themselves gained experience from local politics.

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“…Councils choosing the mayoral route (subject to prior approval in a local referendum) were initially allowed to choose between a cabinet and an alternative model under which mayors would take day-to-day policy decisions on the advice of a council manager -a senior civil servant likely to be the authority"s incumbent chief executive. This course proved immediately politically sensitive, given that it would reduce elected councillors to a second-tier role under a "presidential" mayor and his/her unelected aide (Heinelt, H. and Hlepas, N-K, 2006). Only one council, Stoke-onTrent, ever adopted it, and when it subsequently abandoned this in favour of the leader and cabinet model the Government amended the provisions in the Local Government Act 2000 to remove the option altogether (HM Stationery Office, 2007).…”

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Typologies of Local Government Systems

Cited by 106 publications

References 15 publications

Exogenous and endogenous determinants of Spanish mayors’ notions of democracy: a multilevel regression analysis

Exogenous and endogenous determinants of Spanish mayors’ notions of democracy: a multilevel regression analysis

Ties That Bind? Effects of Inter‐level Mobility on MP Attitude to Local Government in Two Scandinavian Countries

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