Kurt Houlberg

De kommunalt ansatte løfter rigtig mange opgaver, mens kommunalpolitikerne udstikker den politiske linje og foretager de politiske prioriteringer. Det handler om at udøve kommunalpolitisk lederskab. Heldigvis er landets knapt 2.500 kommunalpolitikere tæt på borgerne og brænder for det lokale demokrati og de lokale fællesskaber. Denne bog giver en række forskningsbaserede indspark til, hvordan det kommunalpolitiske lederskab kan udøves. Det handler om alt fra kommunestyret og økonomisk råderum til stående udvalg og bestyrelsesposter. Der er fokus på kommunalpolitikernes motivation, erfaringer og forståelse af informationer, og samspillet med ansatte, borgere og organisationer står centralt. Bogen sætter spot på arbejdet med innovation og teknologi samt på tilliden til og imellem kommunalpolitikerne. På den måde er det bogens mål at udruste både erfarne og nye kommunalpolitikere til at lykkes endnu bedre med deres kommunalpolitiske lederskab. Bogen er redigeret af professor Ulrik Kjær, Institut for Statskundskab, SDU og professor Lotte Bøgh Andersen, Institut for Statskundskab, AU.

This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date picture of territorial change on the municipal level across all European countries. Taking a thematic and comparative perspective, the book builds on extensive quantitative data and a large survey of academic experts in 33 European countries. Territorial organisation of the municipal level in Europe is strongly diversified and yet far from stable. Politically speaking, territorial reforms tend to be risky and difficult, as such changes affect vital interests and identities. Despite such difficulties, the last two decades have witnessed considerable changes in territorial divisions at the municipal level across a range of European countries. In this book, the authors describe and analyse these changes comprehensively, making a vital contribution to understanding the reasons and dynamics of territorial reform processes. This book will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners in local or sub-national government, institutional design and more broadly to political science, public administration/policy, human geography, sociology and economics.

This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date picture of territorial change on the municipal level across all European countries. Taking a thematic and comparative perspective, the book builds on extensive quantitative data and a large survey of academic experts in 33 European countries. Territorial organisation of the municipal level in Europe is strongly diversified and yet far from stable. Politically speaking, territorial reforms tend to be risky and difficult, as such changes affect vital interests and identities. Despite such difficulties, the last two decades have witnessed considerable changes in territorial divisions at the municipal level across a range of European countries. In this book, the authors describe and analyse these changes comprehensively, making a vital contribution to understanding the reasons and dynamics of territorial reform processes. This book will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners in local or sub-national government, institutional design and more broadly to political science, public administration/policy, human geography, sociology and economics.