Foreword
List of contributors
List of illustrations
Introduction / John Garrard
English mayors: what are they for? / John Garrard
The Scottish provost since 1800: tradition, continuity and change in the leadership of local self-government / Irene Maver
Symbolism or substance? the mayoralty in Northern Ireland / Colin Knox
The mayoralty in the Republic of Ireland / Muiris MacCarthaigh and Mark Callanan
The end of French mayors? / Olivier Borraz and Emmanuel Negrier
The impact of the German occupation (1940-44) on the Belgian and Dutch mayoralty / Nico Wouters
Servants of the state, agents of the party, representatives of the people: the German mayoralty in the twentieth century / Anthony McElligott
The mayoralty in Italy / James L. Newell
From party and state domination to Putin's "power vertical": the subjugation of mayors in communist and post-communist Russia / Cameron Ross
The mayor in American local government / Benjamin A. Lloyd, Donald F. Norris and Thomas J. Vicino
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Heads of the local state : mayors, provosts and burgomasters since 1800. ISBN 9780754652625. Published by Ashgate in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
