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County councils in a multi-level position : Formal powers and assumed autonomy / Anders Lidström and Katarina Roos -- Perceptions of New Public Management Reforms / Hubert Heinelt and Max-Christopher Krapp -- County councillors : between revenue shortfalls and growing responsibilities / Dubravka Jurlina Alibegovic and Suncana Slijepcevic -- The political representation focuses of second tier councillors in Europe / Cristina Stanu -- Representational styles among county and municipal councillors / Jacob Aars, Bjarte Folkestad and Lawrence E. Rose -- Patterns of gender representation in councils at the second tier of local government : Assessing the gender gap in a unexplored institutional setting / Carmen Navarro and Lluís Medir -- Notions of democracy of councillors at the municipal and second tier of local government and their role perception and behaviour / Hubert Heinelt -- The importance of political parties in county government / Colin Copus, David Sweeting and Thom Oliver -- Parties and ideology : How parties shape their manifestos to obtain votes / Björn Egner -- Actors' influence and horizontal power relations at the second tier of local government / Panagiotis Getimis and Nikos Hlepas -- The political career of county councillors in Europe : Examining the internal logic of professionalization and comparative country patterns / Xavier Bertrana, Jaume Magre, Joan Manel Sánchez, Kristof Steyvers, Tony Valcke and Tom Verhelst -- Political professionalization of county councillors in Europe / Dan Ryavý and Daniel Cermák -- Family, ambition, local rootedness and party : A study of the activation and apprenticeships of the county councillor in Europe / Eric Kerrouche and Corentin Poyet
