The Changing Context of Local Democracy : Role Perception and Behaviour of Municipal Councillors (Paperback)

1. Introduction: The Role Perception and Behaviour of Municipal Councillors in the Changing Context of Local Democracy 2. Councillors’ Notions of Democracy, and their Role Perception and Behaviour in the Changing Context of Local Democracy 3. Citizen Democracy and the Responsiveness of Councillors: The Effects of Democratic Institutionalisation on the Role Orientations and Role Behaviour of Councillors 4. The Hidden Constitutions: How Informal Political Institutions Affect the Representation Style of Local Councils 5. New Public Management Reforms and Democratic Legitimacy: Notions of Democratic Legitimacy among West European Local Councillors 6. Urban Governance and its Impact on the Role Perception and Behaviour of European City Councillors