TY - JOUR

T1 - Still want to Party?

T2 - An assessment of Party Politicization in Directly Elected Mayoral Authorities in England and Germany’s North-Rhine Westphalia

AU - Bottom, Karin

AU - Reiser, Marion

PY - 2014/9

Y1 - 2014/9

N2 - Very little attention has been paid to the political impact of directly-elected mayors. This paper sheds light on the topic by comparing the English case with that of North Rhine-Westphalia. Both demonstrate that parties continue to monopolize their local political systems and most aspects of mayoral office; nevertheless, some de-party-politicization is noted. There is much to learn about the English case from observation of the mayoral model in North Rhine-Westphalia.

AB - Very little attention has been paid to the political impact of directly-elected mayors. This paper sheds light on the topic by comparing the English case with that of North Rhine-Westphalia. Both demonstrate that parties continue to monopolize their local political systems and most aspects of mayoral office; nevertheless, some de-party-politicization is noted. There is much to learn about the English case from observation of the mayoral model in North Rhine-Westphalia.

KW - Politics

KW - directly-elected mayor

KW - local parties

KW - party-politicization

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84904971302&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/09540962.2014.945799

DO - 10.1080/09540962.2014.945799

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 34

SP - 339

EP - 346

JO - Public Money and Management

JF - Public Money and Management

SN - 0954-0962

IS - 5

ER -