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  • Contemporary Drivers of Local Development

    Contemporary Drivers of Local Development

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    This book was born from the joint effort of the professors and researchers of a university course on Comparative Local Development. It contains 25 articles on social, economic and institutional factors of Local Development, highlighting drivers of the development of settlements and regions in urban and rural spaces. The book has been organized according to the genre of the contributions as follows.

    • Conceptual framework, theory, and measurement. This chapter contains articles designing conceptual frameworks, identifying theories, setting up models, measuring...
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  • Nonpartisan Entrepreneurs: Comparative Analyses of Slovene and European Mayors, their Functions, Opinions and Activities

    Nonpartisan Entrepreneurs: Comparative Analyses of Slovene and European Mayors, their Functions, Opinions and Activities

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    The aim of this book is to contribute to the contemporary debate on the mayor's political role in the local community. The book presents the results of the international POLLEADER survey (the survey included mayors of municipalities with more than 10,000 inhabitants in 29 European countries), focusing specifically on the comparison between what a Slovenian mayor is, what is his function in practice and what his European counterparts are like.  It addresses, among other things, how they became mayors, what their social environment is and how their political careers have evolved; how...

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  • Democratization Processes in Poland and Slovenia: Comparative Study

    Democratization Processes in Poland and Slovenia: Comparative Study

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    Edited volume is researching the behaviour of democratic institutions of state regulation, to ascertain their relationship and openness to citizens and their initiatives, and is examining the possibilities of civil society forming policies. 

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Cover for Nonpartisan Entrepreneurs: Comparative Analyses of Slovene and European Mayors, their Functions, Opinions and Activities Nonpartisan Entrepreneurs: Comparative Analyses of Slovene and European Mayors, their Functions, Opinions and Activities
Vladimir Prebilič, Irena Bačlija Brajnik (Author)
January 22, 2020

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