Larry Rose, University of Oslo
(4 July, Monday)

Robin Hambleton, University of Illinois at Chicago
(5 July, Tuesday)

Nirmala Rao, London University, Goldsmith College
(6 July, Wednesday)

• Helge O Larsen: The Political Executive in Local Government: Models, Trends and Reforms

• Nirmala Rao: From Committees to Leaders and Cabinets: The British Experience

• Hellmut Wollmann: The directly-elected executive mayor in German local government  

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Supplementary readings

• Armstrong, H (1999), ‘The Key Themes of Democratic Renewal’, Local Government Studies, 25(4), pp. 19-25.

• Ashworth, R, C. Copus and A. Coulson, (2004), Local Democratic Renewal: An Introduction, Local Government Studies, 30 (4), pp. 459-466.

• Baldersheim, Harald (1992). ‘Aldermen into Ministers: Oslo’s Experiment with a City Cabinet’, Local Government Studies, 18: 18-30.

• Caulfield, J. & Larsen, H.O. (eds.)(2002), Local Government at the Millenium, Opladen: Leske & Budrich.

• DETR, (1998), Modern Local Government: In Touch With the People, Cmnd 4014, London, The Stationery Office.

• Ejersbo, N, Hansen, M.B. & Mouritzen, P.E. (1998): ‘The Danish Local Government CEO: From Town Clerk to City Manager’ in Klausen, K.K. & Magnier, A. The Anonymous Leader, Odense: Odense University Press.

• Elander, Ingemar & Stig Montin (1990), ‘Decentralization and Control: Central and Local Government Relations in Sweden.’ Policy and Politics Vol. 18(3) pp 165-180.

• Ladner, Andreas (2002). ‘Size and direct democracy at the local level: the case of Switzerland’, in Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 20(6) pp 813-828.

• Larsen, Helge O. (2002), Directly Elected Mayors – Democratic Renewal or constitutional Confusion, in: Caulfield, Janice and Larsen, Helge (eds.), Local Government at the Millennium, Opladen: Leske + Budrich, pp. 111-133

• Linder, Wolf (1991). ‘Local Government. The Case of Switzerland’ in: Hesse, Jens Joachim (ed.). Local Government and Urban Affaires in International Perspektive. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. pp. 409-428

• Montin, Stig (2000) ‘Between Fragmentation and Co-Ordination: The Changing Role of Local Government in Sweden.’ Public Management 2 (1) pp 1-23.

• Mouritzen, P.E. & Svara, J. H. (2002), Leadership at the apex, Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.

• Rao, N (2000), Reviving Local Democracy: New Labour, New Politics? Bristol, Policy Press.

• Rao, N (2002) ‘Options for Change: Mayors, Cabinets or the Status Quo?’ Local Government Studies, 29 (1), pp. 1-16.

• Rao, N and K. Young, (1999), ‘Revitalising Local Democracy’ in R. Jowell et al (eds.) British Social Attitudes: the 19th Report, Aldershot, Ashgate.

• Serritslew, S. (2003): ‘Shaping local councillor preferences: party politics, committee structure and social background’, Scandinavian Political Studies, No. 3.

• Wollmann, Hellmut (2000), ‘Local government modernization in Germany. Between incrementalism and reform waves’, in Public Administration, vol. 78, no.4, pp 915-936

• Wollmann, Hellmut (2000), ‘Local government systems: from historic divergence towards convergence? Great Britain, France and Germany as cases in point’, in Government and Policy, vol. 18, pp. 33-55

• Wollmann, Hellmut (2002), ‘Recent Democratic and Administrative Reforms in Germany`s Local Government. Persistence and Change’, in Caulfield, Janice and Larsen, Helge (eds.), Local Government at the Millennium, Opladen: Leske + Budrich, pp. 63-92

• Wollmann, Hellmut (2004), ‘Urban leadership in German local politics: the rise, role and performance of the directly elected (chief executive) mayor’ in International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 150-165.

Annick Magnier, University of Florence
(7 July, Thursday)

• O. Borraz and P. John "The Transformation of Urban Political Leadership in Western Europe", International Journal of Urban and Regional research, Vol. 28, No. 1 (2004): 107-120.

• Davies, J.S. 2002. Urban Regime Theory: A Normative-Empirical Critique. Journal of Urban Affairs 24 (1): 1-17.

• Dowding, K. 2001. Explaining Urban Regime. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 25 (1) 7-19.

• Goldsmith, M. and H. Larsen. 2004. Local Political Leadership: Nordic Style. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 28 (1): 121-133.

• Harding, A. 1997. Urban regimes in a Europe of the cities? European Urban and Regional Studies. 4 (1): 291-314.

• Mossberger, K. and G. Stoker. 2001. The Evolution of Urban Regime Theory. The Challenge of Conceptualization. Urban Affairs Review. 36 (6): 810-835.

• Pierre, J. 1999. Models of Urban Governance. The Institutional Dimension of Urban Politics. Urban Affairs. 34(3): 372-396.

• Stone, C.N. 2001. The Atlanta Experience Re-examined: The Link between Agenda and Regime Change. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.. 25 (1): 20-34.

• DiGaetano, A. and E. Strom. 2003. Comparative Urban Governance. Urban Affaire Review. 3: 356-395.

• Ferman, B. 1996. Challenging the growth machine. Lawrence. University Press of Kansas.

• Imbroscio, D.L. 1998. "Reformulating Urban Regime Theory: The Division of Labour Between State and market Reconsidered." Journal of Urban Affairs. 20 (3): 233-248.

• John, P. 2000. A Europe of regimes? Urban collective action in the global era. ESRC Cities: Competition and Cohesion Programme, Workshop on Urban Governance, 25-26 September. Chewton Place, Bristol.

• Kantor, P.; H.V. Savitch and S.V. Haddock. 1997. The Political Economy of Urban Regimes. Urban Affairs Review. 32 (3): 348-377.

• Logan, J and Molotch, H. 1987, Urban Fortunes. The Political Economy of Place, University of California Press, Berkeley.

• Sellers, J.M. 2002. The Nation-State and Urban Governance. Towards Multilevel Analysis. Urban Affairs Review. 37 (5): 611-641.

• Stoker, G. and K. Mossberger. 1994. Urban regime theory in comparative perspective. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy. 12: 195-212.

• Stone, C.N. 1989. Regime politics: Governing Atlanta, 1946-1988. Lawrence, University Press of Kansas.

• Stone, C.N. 1993. Urban Regimes and the Capacity to Govern: A Political Economy Approach. Journal of Urban Affairs. 15 (1): 1-28

Katalin Pallai, Urban Specialist, Budapest
(9 July, Saturday)

• Gábor Demszky: Liberalism in Practice, in: Pallai ed.: The Budapest Model, Budapest: Open Society Institute-LGI, 2003. p. 13-34.

• Katalin Pallai: Strategic Planning and Management Reforms, in: Pallai ed.: The Budapest Model, Budapest: Open Society Institute-LGI, 2003. p. 34-78.

  Downloadable at http://lgi.osi.hu/publications/2003/246/cover.pdf and http://lgi.osi.hu/publications/2003/246/Bpk_eng_all.pdf

Vincent Hoffmann-Martinot, CNRS Bordeaux
(11 July, Monday)

• Clark, Terry Nichols. 1996. "Structural Realignments in American City Politics: Less Class, More Race, and a New Political Culture", Urban Affairs Review, Vol 31, No. 3, January, pp. 367-404.

• Clark Terry Nichols and Ronald Inglehart. 1998. "The New Political Culture: Changing Dynamics of Support for the Welfare State and Other Policies in Postindustrial Societies", in: Terry Clark and Vincent Hoffmann-Martinot (Eds.). The New Political Culture. Boulder, Co.: Westview Press (Urban Policy Challenges): 9-68.

• Hoffmann-Martinot Vincent. 2000. "The fragmented democracy of French big cities". In: Oscar W. Gabriel, Vincent Hoffmann-Martinot, and Hank Savitch (Eds.). Urban Democracy. Opladen: Leske+Budrich: 261-311

Michal Illner, Czech Academy of Science
(12 July, Tuesday)

• Lowndes, Vivian. 1995. „Citizenship and Urban Politics" Chapter 9, pp. 160-180, in: Judge, David, Stoker, Jerry and Harold Wolman (ed.). 1995. Theories of Urban Politics. London: Sage.

• Fainsten, Susan S. and Clifford Hirst. 1995. „Urban Social Movements" Chapter 10, pp.181-204, in: Judge, David, Stoker, Jerry and Harold Wolman (eds.). 1995. Theories of Urban Politics. London: Sage.

• Swianiewicz, Pawel. 2001. „Between Active Appreciation, Passive Approval and Distrustful Withdrawal. Citizens‘ Perception of Local Government Refoms and Local Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe." Chapter 1, pp. 15-40, in: Swianiewicz, Pawel (ed.). Public Perception of Local Governments. Budapest: Local Government and Public Service Initiative.

• Wright, Glenn. 2002. „Conclusion: A Four Country Comparison. Assessment of Progress Toward Local Democratic Systems." Chapter 6, parts 2.2 and 2.3, pp. 388-408, in: Soós, Gábor, Tóka, Gábor and Glen Wright (eds.). The State of Local Democracy in Central Europe. Budapest: Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative.

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Supplementary readings

• Rose, Lawrence, et al. 1996. „Political Culture and Citizen Involvement." Chapter 3, pp. 43-104, in: Baldersheim, Harald et al. (eds.). Local Democracy and the Processes of Transformation in East/Central Europe. Boulder: WestviewPress

• Loughlin, John. 2001. „Introduction", pp. 1-33, in: Loughlin, John. „The Transformation of the Democratic State in Western Europe.Subnational Democracy in the European Union. New York: Oxford University Press Inc.

Hubert Heinelt, Darmstadt University of Technology
(13 July, Wednesday)

• M. Haus, H. Heinelt, M. Stewart (eds.) "Urban Governance and Democracy", London and new York: Routledge:

  - chapter 2: Haus & Heinelt: How to achieve governability at the local level: Theoretical and conceptual considerations on a complementarity of urban leadership and community involvement, p. 12-39

  - chapter 8: Getimis: "Changes in urban political leadership: leadership types and styles in the era of urban governance", p. 168-189.

  - chapter 10: Klausen and Sweeting "Legitimacy and community involvement in local governance", p. 214-233.

• P. John and A. Cole "Political Leadership in the New Urban Governance" Local Government Studies, Vol 25, No 4: 98-115.

• P. John and A. Cole (2000) "When Do Institutions, Policy Sectors and Cities Matter?" Comparing Networks of Local Policy Makers in Britain and France; Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 33 No. 2, March 2000.

• O. Borraz and P. John "The Transformation of Urban Political Leadership in Western Europe", International Journal of Urban and Regional research, Vol. 28, No. 1 (2004): 107-120.

• Karl Löfgren and Colin Smith (2003). "Political Parties and Democracy in the Information Age", ch. 2 in Rachel Gibson, Paul Nixon and Stephen Ward, eds.: Political Parties and the Internet. Net Gain? London: Routledge.

• Matti Mälikä, Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko and Reijo Savolainen, eds. (2004). e-Transformation in Governance. Hershy: Idea Group Publishing (Section IV: Building Urban and Regional Communities)

• Harald Baldersheim "From Aldermen to Ministers: The Oslo Model Revisited" in Transforming Political Leadership in Local Government, edited by Nirmala Rao and Rikke Berg (forthcoming)