Democratic Values in Times of Radical Change: A Comparison at the Local Level between Lithuania, Belarus, Russia, Sweden and the Netherlands

This paper addresses the question how policy-values among policy makers change in times of turbulence. In fivecountries, experiencing radical political change in the last ten years the change in policy values is measured andrelated to the succession of local policy makers, in terms of rejuvenation, generational succession and period-effects.The research is based on a survey conducted in 1989, and repeated in 1996 and 2000 among politicians and senioradministrators at the local level in Sweden, the Netherlands, Russia, Lithuania and Belarus. The conclusion is that itare first and foremost perio... Mehr ...

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Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
Verlag/Hrsg.: Kaunas University of Technology
Schlagwörter: Democratic Values / Radical Change / Comparative analysis
Sprache: Englisch
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This paper addresses the question how policy-values among policy makers change in times of turbulence. In fivecountries, experiencing radical political change in the last ten years the change in policy values is measured andrelated to the succession of local policy makers, in terms of rejuvenation, generational succession and period-effects.The research is based on a survey conducted in 1989, and repeated in 1996 and 2000 among politicians and senioradministrators at the local level in Sweden, the Netherlands, Russia, Lithuania and Belarus. The conclusion is that itare first and foremost period effects that account for the attitude change among local policy makers. This can beexplained by the development of the urgency of policy problems, through these periods.