Perspectives on Local Governance Across Europe

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Book’s Scope and Content

Chapter 2 Devil in Details: Beyond Deceptive Comparisons of European Local Governments

Chapter 3 The Notion of Democracy Among Actors Involved in Local State-Society Relations

Chapter 4 Determining the Democratic Quality of Non-Electoral Representation in Local State–Society Networks

Chapter 5 Legitimacy Claims of Societal Actors Involved in Local State-Society Relations

Chapter 6 Ideology, Trust and Autonomy: Differences Between Elected Politicians and All Other Participants of Local State-Society Networks

Chapter 7 Does Metagovernance Matter? The Patterns and Effects of Local Politicians’ Participation in Local State-Society Relations

Chapter 8 The Unbearable Lightness of Coherence Within Local Governance Arrangements

Chapter 9 Throughput Legitimacy in European Local State-Society Networks

Chapter 10 Collaborative Governance and the Rescaling of Local-State Society Networks

Chapter 11 The Prevalence of Low-Relevance Networks in Central and Eastern Europe and the Post-Communist Legacy

Chapter 12 Advisory Councils at the Local Level: Do they Add Value for Participation?

Chapter 13 How Members of Youth Network in Europe Perceive Their Influence

Chapter 14 Participation Without Influence? On the Role of Councils for Elderly and Councils on Disability

Chapter 15 Organized Business and Trade Unions in Local Governance

Chapter 16 Alike in Diversity? Local Action Groups in Nine European Countries

Chapter 17 Power to Rule: The Perception of Power and Relevance in Local Educational Networks in Europe