Local Elections. Candidates and Political Parties

Convenor
Prof. Norbert Kersting

Type

Open Panel

Language

English

Chair

Prof. Hellmut Wollmann

Discussants

Prof. Jefferey Sellers

Description

In Local elections, Political Parties and candidates play an important role. Eletoral reforms, societal change and political achange lead to new party systems. The charcteristics of candidates are highly elevant n direct elections of elected mayors.

Session

RC05 Comparative Studies on Local Government and Politics

Papers

Local Leadership of Long Duration: the Notables as Successful Mayors in Andalusia during Four Decades of Local Democracy
Author: Prof. Francisco Collado Campaña
Non-Competitive Elections and Lack of Candidates at the Local Level – a Comparison of Poland and Germany
Author: Prof. Marion Reiser
Co-Author(s): Dr. Marek Mazurkiewicz
Partisan and Nationalist Coalitions Under Varying Local Electoral Systems
Author: Dr. Michael Latner
Personalistic Politics in Turkish Local Elections: Independent and Minor Party Mayors in Turkey
Author: Dr. Toygar Sinan Baykan
Co-Author(s): Dr. Osman Kocaaga
Results of Local Election and Recall Referendum at the Local Level
Author: Prof. Mitsuhiko Okamoto
Revenge of left-behind places. Sources of the Sub-national Success of Populist Parties in Czech Cities
Author: Miss Eliska Drapalova
Why Are there More Female Local Councillors in Norway than in Denmark?
Author: Dr. Signe Bock Segaard
Co-Author(s): Prof. Ulrik Kjaer, Dr. Jo Saglie

Local Elections. Candidates and Political Parties

Papers

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