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Title: |
Social Bonds to City Hall |
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| Edited by: |
Peter Dahler-Larsen |
| ISBN10-13: |
8778386179 : 9788778386175 |
| Illustrations: |
tables & charts |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
180x260mm |
| Pages: |
162 |
| Weight: |
.382 Kg. |
| Published: |
Odense University Press (DK) - January 2002 |
| List Price: |
21.00 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 6 |
| Subjects: |
Politics & government : Europe : Australia |
| In recent years, administrative leadership of local governments has responded to the pressures generated by financial strain, control from central government, structural reforms, and demands from citizens, users, and organised interests. As a result, the working conditions for municipal CEOs are changing. This book is about the bonds between individual CEOs and their organisation in Western local governments. By bonds we mean not only formal contracts, but also norms and values. Survey data, interviews and field studies are used to answer questions which are equally relevant to scholars and practitioners, such as: What impact do structural reforms have on the job as administrative leader in local government? What are the value orientations and educational backgrounds of the people applying for the job today? How are the required qualifications of municipal CEOs defined? What impact do pressures on local government have on CEOs? Which factors shape the daily life of a municipal CEO? And finally, why do CEOs in some settings have long tenures, while others run the daily risk of being fired? An international team of 13 researchers carry out comparative analyses covering: Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden United Kingdom. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Foreword; Preface; CEOs and their Bonds to City Hall: A Thematic and Methodological Introduction; The Glass Cage: the Institutional Structure Around the Position of Municipal CEO; Changes in Required Qualifications for CEOs: an Analysis of Job Postings; Background and Recruitment Characteristics of European CEOs; Beyond the City Hall: Municipal Administrative Leadership and Local Community; Values of Local Government CEOs in Job Motivation: How Do CEOs See the Ideal Job?; Playing by the Rules in Portuguese Local Government: Interpretations of the Discourse of Administrative Leadership; Actors, Structures, and Rules: the Life of Danish CEOs; Threats and Challenges in the Organisational Environment Affecting the CEO; Leaving the Job as CEO. |
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