1. Minder lokale mandatarissen in Brussel? Scenario's en impact
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Vivien Denis Sierens, Dimokritos Kavadias, Kris Deschouwer, Rudi Janssens, Thibault Gaudin, Aurélie Tibbaut, Jean-Benoît Pilet, Emilie Van Haute, Ann Mares, Politieke Wetenschappen, Faculteit Economische en Sociale Wetenschappen en Solvay Business School, Brussels Informatie-, Documentatie- en Onderzoekscentrum, and Innovation, Diversity and Educational Approaches
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Cultural Studies ,élections ,Federalism ,gemeenten ,Geography, Planning and Development ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,verkiezingen ,02 engineering and technology ,Opinion publique partis groupes de pression ,communes ,Elections ,Institutions ,Municipalities ,lcsh:Social Sciences ,personnel politique ,Systèmes électoraux et consultatifs ,federalism ,electoral system ,050602 political science & public administration ,urban studies ,institutions ,Region ,système électoral ,Partis politiques groupes de pression ,région ,Science politique générale ,fédéralisme ,municipalities ,05 social sciences ,federalisme ,instellingen ,politiek personeel ,021107 urban & regional planning ,kiesstelsel ,Electoral system ,Systèmes fédéraux ,Political staff ,0506 political science ,lcsh:H ,gewest ,Institutions politiques comparées - Abstract
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., SCOPUS: re.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published
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- 2018