After the Local Elections in Bulgaria in 2019 - A Profile of the Municipal Mayor
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.58894/EJPP.2020.1.347
municipal mayors
party elites
local decentralization
Abstract
The article presents the results of a survey on the profile of the municipal mayor in Bulgaria after the local elections in autumn of 2019. The article is a continuation of a previous empirical study on competencies and social profile of the municipal mayor in the mandate 2015 - 2019. The main goal of the study is to identify the average profile of Bulgarian municipal mayors in terms of their age, gender, education, professional and political experience, party affiliation, and others. In the spirit of the new institutionalism, the study has been broadened in order to include a tracing of institutional traditions, legislative competencies, comparative analysis with the other EU Member States, conclusions from the real practice.
