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...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Studying Local Elites and Democratic Development
• Introduction: Studying Local Elites and Democratic Development
• Western Democracies
• The Untouchables: Stability among the Swedish Local Elite
• From Despair to Complacency: The Development of the Dutch Local Elite
• The New Baltic Democracies
• Toward Democratic Governance: The Lithuanian Local Elite
• Estonian Local Elites a Decade after the Transition to Democracy
• The Development of Democracy and Local Governance in Latvia
• The Commonwealth of Independent States
• Local Governance in Belarus during the Regime of Authoritarian Democracy
• The Formation of Democracy and Local Governance in Russia
• Comparative Analysis Across Countries and Cities
• Universal Change and the Conditions for Democratic Development
• Political Capital and How it Grows
• Conclusion: Democracy Needs Local Political Capital.