Local Elites, Political Capital and Democratic Development Governing Leaders in Seven European Countries /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Szücx, Stefan (Editor), Strömberg, Lars (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2006.
• Subjects: Political science.; Political Science and International Relations.; Political Science.

This book helps to understand in which ways local governing elites are important for the success or failure of national democratic development. Although we know a great deal about the general importance of civil society and social capital for the development of sustainable democracy, we still know l...