Directly Elected Mayors in Urban Governance : : Impact and Practice / / ed. by David Sweeting.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• MitwirkendeR: Blair, Alasdair,; Burton, Paul,; Cheyne, Christine,; Copus, Colin,; Dadd, Michael,; Egner, Björn,; Elcock, Howard,; Gendźwiłł, Adam,; Hambleton, Robin,; Headlam, Nicola,; Hepburn, Paul,; Ismail, Nasrul,; Jüptner, Petr,; Oliver, Thom,; Svara, James H.,; Sweeting, David,; Swianiewicz, Paweł,; Szmigiel-Rawska, Katarzyna,
• HerausgeberIn: Sweeting, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: directly elected mayors in urban governance -- UK perspectives -- Mayoral governance in Bristol: has it made a difference? -- Can the directly elected mayoral model deliver? Innovation, limitation and adaptation: lessons from the City of Bristol -- Do mayors make a difference? In their own words… -- Directly elected mayors: necessary but not sufficient to transform places? The case of Liverpool -- Embracing social responsibilities through local leadership: comparing the experience of the mayors of Bristol and Liverpool -- International perspectives -- The two worlds of elected mayors in the US: what type of mayor should cities choose? -- Popular leaders or rats in the ranks? Political leadership in Australian cities -- Directly elected mayors in New Zealand: the impact of intervening variables on enhanced governing capacity -- Directly elected mayors in Germany: leadership and institutional context -- Breeding grounds for local independents, bonus for incumbents: directly elected mayors in Poland -- Debating directly elected mayors in the Czech Republic: political games and missing expertise? -- Comparative perspectives -- New and established mayoralties: lessons for local governance in constructing new political institutions – the English and Polish cases -- Directly elected mayors: a route to progressive urban leadership? -- Conclusions and reflections -- Index