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There are various images of the political leader in Europe’s cities and towns. There is the time-honoured ceremonial mayor watching over the keys of the city. But there also is the political boss ruthlessly governing his/her ‘subjects’. We might also offer the streamlined university educated professional or the executive committee leader promoted to a primus inter pares after long service in a political party.
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Bäck, H., Magnier, A., Heinelt, H. (2006). Introduction. In: Bäck, H., Heinelt, H., Magnier, A. (eds) The European Mayor. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-90005-6_1
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