Farewell to the Party Model?: Independent Local Lists in East and West European CountriesMarion Reiser, Everhard Holtmann Springer Science & Business Media, 14.05.2008 - 290 Seiten Marion Reiser, Everhard Holtmann Local independent lists as political actors are a common phenomenon on the local level in many European countries – in established Western democracies as well as in the ‘new’ democracies in Central and Eastern Europe. In some West European countries, these non-partisan groups have been an established and stable element in the local political system for decades. Ty- cally, they understand themselves as protectors of a harmonious factual political style. In their opinion, good local politics is not compatible with party politics so they consequently perceive themselves as non-parties. During the last two d- ades, presence and success of local lists have steadily increased in these co- tries. Furthermore, during the last years local lists emerged also in countries which had been formerly fully party-politicised on the local level. Explanations offered for these developments are often based on the observation of a general decline of trust in established parties and politicians. Hence, it has been argued that the disenchantment with political parties is a fertile ground for local lists. For the Central and East European countries, this argument can be - ployed only to a certain extent. Local lists established themselves in the early 1990’s as important actors on the local level especially due to a lack of party organisation in the process of democratic consolidation. |
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... function. Playing this role in the local fields of domestic politics, too, political parties here must bind together ... functional equivalents of parties. As our data for Germany show, in small municipalities quite often independent ...
... function. Playing this role in the local fields of domestic politics, too, political parties here must bind together ... functional equivalents of parties. As our data for Germany show, in small municipalities quite often independent ...
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... functions' (Kevenhoerster 1976) – no matter, whether local government since decades or longer is embedded in a federal or a unitarian system of governance. The ever lasting – maybe only felt – characteristics of local social communities ...
... functions' (Kevenhoerster 1976) – no matter, whether local government since decades or longer is embedded in a federal or a unitarian system of governance. The ever lasting – maybe only felt – characteristics of local social communities ...
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... functional cohabitation – of political parties and Ill's on local grounds and, more clear-cut, in the entire multilevel-system. 6. Lines of convergence for parties and 'non-parties': the ongoing parliamentarisation of local politics ...
... functional cohabitation – of political parties and Ill's on local grounds and, more clear-cut, in the entire multilevel-system. 6. Lines of convergence for parties and 'non-parties': the ongoing parliamentarisation of local politics ...
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... function as interpreters of social interests, as conveyor belts for popular demands and as a laboratory for citizens' participation. Instead of emphasising once more the well-known basic democratic functions in the input sector, we ...
... function as interpreters of social interests, as conveyor belts for popular demands and as a laboratory for citizens' participation. Instead of emphasising once more the well-known basic democratic functions in the input sector, we ...
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... functions of parties and contrasting them with pure locally focussed functions of Ill's. Then the question is: does a clear functional sharing really exist, reserving complex steering functions to parties as multi-policy managing actors ...
... functions of parties and contrasting them with pure locally focussed functions of Ill's. Then the question is: does a clear functional sharing really exist, reserving complex steering functions to parties as multi-policy managing actors ...
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In Search for a Composite | 39 |
Local and National Parties in Hungary | 62 |
Gábor Soós 63 | 79 |
Nonparty Lists in Local Election in Poland | 105 |
Agnieszka DudziĔska 105 A bridging case? | 127 |
Local Lists in West European Countries | 149 |
All Politics is Local Partisan or National? Local Lists in Belgium | 169 |
Local Parties in Sweden | 194 |
Independent Lists in Norwegian Local Politics | 211 |
Independents and Citizens Groups in Portuguese Municipalities | 233 |
Small Parties Independents | 253 |
Conclusion | 277 |
List of Contributors | 295 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
active alternatives analysis associations average candidates CEA’s central cities citizens coalitions committees communities compared considered constitution council councillors countries Czech defined democracy democratic dominance East elections electoral empirical especially established European existence factors formation four function Germany groups important increase independent lists independent local lists indicates influence inhabitants institutional interests issues leaders least less local elections local government local lists local parties local politics major mayor means municipalities national parties nominal non-partisan lists non-party organisations participation party politics party system percent performance political parties political system position present question reasons refer regarded regional relevance representative respect role seats share shows similar small parties social society specific structure success Table tion towns types units voters votes West
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