The institute of mayor in European states: the order of formation and basic characteristics

 
PIIS013207690009683-3-1
DOI10.31857/S013207690009683-3
Publication type Article
Status Published
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Occupation: Leading Research Fellow of the Human Rights Department, Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Journal nameGosudarstvo i pravo
EditionIssue 5
Pages108-114
Abstract

The article deals with the order of formation and main features of the institute of mayor in European countries. It’s argued that mayor personifies the whole mechanism of urban management and acts as an arbiter in relations between various interest groups. Different models of local executive power are analyzed that are largely determined by the order of mayor’s election or appointment. The author considers certain “presidentialization” of the local political system and decollectivization of decision-making process to be the main tendencies of the functioning of the modern municipal mechanism. It’s also pointed out that the legislator desires to separate elections of the head of local administration and of the municipal council with the aim to depoliticize the institute of mayor and to separate it from political conflicts and inter-party struggle usually accompanying local council elections.

Keywordsmayor, local council, municipal elections, the mechanism of urban management, executive power, delegated competence, political parties, local referendum, the right of veto, a vote of no confidence
Received16.01.2020
Publication date22.06.2020
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