In the shadow of the mayor

Michel Koebel & translated by Oliver Waine — 2014-06-25T04:55:00Z

After his investigation into the representativeness of local councillors in France, Michel Koebel has now turned his attention to the selection and sociology of cabinet members in medium-sized municipalities in France. This study highlights the hierarchy and ranking processes at play in local councils and the importance of “social filtering” according to age, gender and profession.
---- Series: Local elections as seen by the social sciences
Multiple factors come into play when French

- From the Field / democracy, local councillors, local democracy, municipal, elections, mayors

Do local politicians represent the people? A sociological portrait

Michel Koebel & translated by Oliver Waine — 2012-11-28T05:55:00Z

France's 500,000 local councillors are regularly presented as the most popular elected officials and those closest to the French public. However, access to the positions of municipal councillor and mayor are increasingly subject to sexual, generational, residential and, above all, social selectivity: more retirees, civil servants and executives, and fewer manual workers and self-employed people.
Municipal councillors are regularly presented as the most popular elected officials with the

- Debates / inequalities, local authorities, local councillors, local democracy, municipal, elections, discrimination, mayors

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In the shadow of the mayor

Do local politicians represent the people? A sociological portrait