Project news 2014

30 October 2014 (dissemination of results)

The second comparative paper resulting from this project was distributed at the ”25 Years After the Communism: East and West of Europe in Search for Solidarity. Mid-term Conference of ESA RN 36, 16-18 October 2014, Gdańsk. Title of paper: The focus of representation: a comparative analysis of county councillors in Europe. Details here

The first comparative paper was also presented to a Romanian audience at the International Conference of Sociology and Social Work, 17-18 October 2014, Sibiu. Title of paper: Guvernanță, schimbare politică și reprezentare în cinci noi democrații. Details here

30 September 2014 (data collection)

The data collection (415 cases) for the content analysis of the activity reports of county councillors in Romania was completed.

31 August 2014 (dissemination of results)

The first comparative paper resulting from this project will be presented at the 2014 Policy and Politics conference, organised by the University of Bristol. Title of paper: Collaborative governance and political representation at the second tier of local government: an analysis of five new democracies. Details here

26 May 2014 (dissemination of results)

More project results presented at the 22nd NISPAcee conference in Budapest. Title of the paper: Political representation and governance-oriented mechanisms at the second tier of local government in Romania. Details here.

10 May 2014 (dissemination of results)

Project results presented at the International Conference of the Romanian Sociological Association in Iași. Title of the paper: Political representation and local governance in Romania. Details here.