Local Elites, Political Capital and Democratic Development Governing Leaders in Seven European Countries /

This book helps to understand in which ways local governing elites are important for the success or failure of national democratic development. Although we know a great deal about the general importance of civil society and social capital for the development of sustainable democracy, we still know l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Szücs, Stefan (Editor ), Strömberg, Lars (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wiesbaden : VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften : Imprint: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2006.
Edición:1st ed. 2006.
Colección:Urban and Regional Research International,
Temas:
Political science.
Political Science.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Studying Local Elites and Democratic Development
  • Introduction: Studying Local Elites and Democratic Development
  • Western Democracies
  • The Untouchables: Stability among the Swedish Local Elite
  • From Despair to Complacency: The Development of the Dutch Local Elite
  • The New Baltic Democracies
  • Toward Democratic Governance: The Lithuanian Local Elite
  • Estonian Local Elites a Decade after the Transition to Democracy
  • The Development of Democracy and Local Governance in Latvia
  • The Commonwealth of Independent States
  • Local Governance in Belarus during the Regime of Authoritarian Democracy
  • The Formation of Democracy and Local Governance in Russia
  • Comparative Analysis Across Countries and Cities
  • Universal Change and the Conditions for Democratic Development
  • Political Capital and How it Grows
  • Conclusion: Democracy Needs Local Political Capital.

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