The Careers of European Local Councillors: A Cross-National Comparison
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15210%2F12%3A33119182" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15210/12:33119182 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4335/10.1.63-84(2012)" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.4335/10.1.63-84(2012)</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4335/10.1.63-84(2012)" target="_blank" >10.4335/10.1.63-84(2012)</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Careers of European Local Councillors: A Cross-National Comparison
Original language description
This article is concerned with the political careers of local councillors. More specifically, the key question is about a possible professionalization of councillor careers at the local level in Europe. If the careers of local councillors tend to followa number of standard routes, to what degree can these be perceived of as professionalized? In our effort to identify dominant courses of mobility, we distinguish between three successive stages of councillor careers: Pre-electoral experiences, in-councilorientations, and future career aspirations. In the ideal model of professionalization there is a strong link between career stages. Professionalization is seen as a unidirectional process by which an occupational group gradually acquires the traits ofa profession. By and large, local political careers in European countries do not adhere to the linear model of professionalization. Instead, a fits-and-start model seems more suitable, indicating that professional careers to a large exten
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AO - Sociology, demography
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA403%2F08%2F0421" target="_blank" >GA403/08/0421: Changes of municipal councils in European perspective</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2012
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
LEX LOCALIS-JOURNAL OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT
ISSN
1581-5374
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
10
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
SI - SLOVENIA
Number of pages
22
Pages from-to
63-84
UT code for WoS article
000299647100004
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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