Minder lokale mandatarissen in Brussel? Scenario’s en impact
The number of municipal councillors and aldermen in the Brussels-Capital Region is relatively high, and increases at each election. In the debates on the functioning of the political institutions of the Region the idea to reduce the number of local representatives is regularly raised. This contribut...
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| author | Emilie van Haute Kris Deschouwer Thibault Gaudin Rudi Janssens Dimokritos Kavadias Ann Mares Jean-Benoit Pilet Vivien Sierens Aurélie Tibbaut |
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| description | The number of municipal councillors and aldermen in the Brussels-Capital Region is relatively high, and increases at each election. In the debates on the functioning of the political institutions of the Region the idea to reduce the number of local representatives is regularly raised. This contribution explores the possible implications of such a reduction. Three scenarios are examined: a reduction by 10 %, by 20 % and by 30 %. For each of these scenarios, the consequences for the ideological diversity in the municipal councils, the workload for the representatives and the aldermen, the formation of coalitions, the gender balances and the position of the Dutch speaking elected representatives are simulated. For the smaller fractions, the Dutch speaking representatives and the gender balances the effects are clearly negative. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0d82f9c7e9e6404cb5ad37a8c473aecd2022-12-22T00:45:11ZengUniversité Saint-Louis BruxellesBrussels Studies2031-02932018-10-0110.4000/brussels.1868Minder lokale mandatarissen in Brussel? Scenario’s en impactEmilie van HauteKris DeschouwerThibault GaudinRudi JanssensDimokritos KavadiasAnn MaresJean-Benoit PiletVivien SierensAurélie TibbautThe number of municipal councillors and aldermen in the Brussels-Capital Region is relatively high, and increases at each election. In the debates on the functioning of the political institutions of the Region the idea to reduce the number of local representatives is regularly raised. This contribution explores the possible implications of such a reduction. Three scenarios are examined: a reduction by 10 %, by 20 % and by 30 %. For each of these scenarios, the consequences for the ideological diversity in the municipal councils, the workload for the representatives and the aldermen, the formation of coalitions, the gender balances and the position of the Dutch speaking elected representatives are simulated. For the smaller fractions, the Dutch speaking representatives and the gender balances the effects are clearly negative.http://journals.openedition.org/brussels/1868electionselectoral systemfederalisminstitutionsmunicipalitiespolitical staff |
| spellingShingle | Emilie van Haute Kris Deschouwer Thibault Gaudin Rudi Janssens Dimokritos Kavadias Ann Mares Jean-Benoit Pilet Vivien Sierens Aurélie Tibbaut Minder lokale mandatarissen in Brussel? Scenario’s en impact Brussels Studies elections electoral system federalism institutions municipalities political staff |
| title | Minder lokale mandatarissen in Brussel? Scenario’s en impact |
| title_full | Minder lokale mandatarissen in Brussel? Scenario’s en impact |
| title_fullStr | Minder lokale mandatarissen in Brussel? Scenario’s en impact |
| title_full_unstemmed | Minder lokale mandatarissen in Brussel? Scenario’s en impact |
| title_short | Minder lokale mandatarissen in Brussel? Scenario’s en impact |
| title_sort | minder lokale mandatarissen in brussel scenario s en impact |
| topic | elections electoral system federalism institutions municipalities political staff |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/brussels/1868 |
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