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Project

The Local Council: Cornerstone or Fragment of Local Democracy? Belgian Councillors in a Comparative Perspective (De gemeenteraad)

This project is turned to the role of local councillors in a changing governmental environment. More in particular it focuses on the vision of local councillors on: a) local democracy, government and policy b) the position/functioning and influence of (members of) the local council in (a) c) their political recruitment en career development d) their role perception and behaviour in their function as a local councillor. The project is dominantly quantitative research phase in 15 European countries it covers a more qualitative indepth analysis of the research questions in Belgium, the Netherlands and France.

Date:1 Jan 2008 →  31 Oct 2012
Keywords:comparative local politics and urban government, local council
Disciplines:Other political science, Citizenship, immigration and political inequality, Public administration, Political organisations and institutions, Other economics and business, Multilevel governance, Political behaviour, International and comparative politics, Political theory and methodology, National politics