Mayors and Urban Governance: Developing a Facilitative Leadership Style
Mayors and Urban Governance: Developing a Facilitative Leadership Style
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市长和城市治理：发展促进型领导风格
DOI：
10.1111/j.1540-6210.2008.00910.x
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发表时间：
2008
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通讯作者：
G. Stoker
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作者：
S. Greasley;G. Stoker
现代城市治理，由于其苛刻和复杂的环境，需要一种促进式的地方政治领导风格，这种风格是可见的，向外看，开放的，比更既定的形式更少的党派性。本文探讨了自2002年引入行政管理形式以来，英格兰地方政治领导的新宪法表达的影响。市长形式，虽然只在少数几个城市建立，但与更广泛的理事会领导模式相比，显示出支持更便利的领导风格的迹象。这一发现可以用市长的决策资源及其与追随者的关系来解释，而这些资源又是由新的宪法安排对其作用的体制框架所创造的。政治领导力不仅仅是个性、能力或偶然性的产物，尽管所有这些因素都起着一定的作用。至关重要的是，从改革者的角度来看，制度设计确实有所作为，可以鼓励特定风格和形式的领导实践。
Modern urban governance, because of its demanding and complex environment, requires a facilitative style of local political leadership that is visible, outward looking, open, and less partisan than more established forms. This article examines the impact of new constitutional expressions of local political leadership in England since the introduction of executive forms of governance for larger municipalities in 2002. The mayoral form, though established in only a handful of municipalities, is showing signs of supporting a more facilitative leadership style compared to the more widespread council leader model. This finding may be explained by the decision-making resources of mayors and their relationship to followers, which are, in turn, created by the institutional framing of their role by new constitutional arrangements. Political leadership is not simply a product of personality, capabilities, or contingency—although all of these factors play a part. Crucially, from the perspective of reformers, institutional design does make a difference and can encourage leadership practices of a particular style and form.