Here are some useful sites if you want to start researching the rise, impact and nature of elected mayors in local politics.
Official Mayor of London site lists duties and gives access to recent reports and statements.
MayorWatch an independent site which aims to scrutinise the activities of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly (GLA). Its website provides access to some background information on the history of government in London and the current structure and roles of the official bodies. It includes access to news stories and discussion forums.
City Mayors. established by Urban Publishing Co. It aims to provide access to news headlines and information about mayors and their urban policy initiatives in cities worldwide. The site includes news stories on all aspects of local government policy including health, employment, transport and local politics. It highlights innovative solutions adopted by mayors. Other features include international salary surveys and discussion forums. Also useful are biographies of selected mayors and an extensive directory of links to mayor, local government and local government professional organisations worldwide.
New Local Government Network research and comment on mayors.
Political Studies Association (UK) has some papers on mayors you can search all proceedigns from 1994-2007
Institute for Public Policy research has some coment and surveys on mayors.
LSE London has some discussion papers on the GLA and government in London which can be read online.
Cost of London’s mayor a pamphlet by Victoria Borwick which was published by conservative think tank the Centre for Policy studies in 2007. It provides analysis of the economic cost of supporting a mayor in London. There are criticisms of the extravagances of Ken Livingstone and its cost to London taxpayers.
How are mayors measuring up?This site provides access to a paper published in July 2004 by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. It contains the preliminary findings of research conducted by Dr Gerry Stoker and the Evaluating Local Government New Constitutions and Ethics research project. This considers the expereinces of eleven directly elected mayors in England.
More papers and reports can be found by browsing the Intute mayors section.
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