David Guéranger. Interpreting the "mayors' blues": Institutional communication and the crisis of voluntary political engagement. Métropolitiques.eu
, Métropolitiques, 2020. ⟨halshs-02490241⟩
With municipal elections approaching, 50% of mayors do not wish to stand for re-election. This figure reflects a "mayors' blues," i.e., a deep unease among those who embody local democracy. The author sees this as a sign of a crisis in voluntary political engagement, in a context of disengagement by the state and an aging population of local officials, in addition to the success of a communication campaign orchestrated by the Association of Mayors of France.
David Guéranger. Sad municipal campaigns: Some worrying developments in local democracy. La vie des idées
, La Vie des Idées, 2020. ⟨hal-02524501⟩
At a time when democratic representation is experiencing a serious crisis of confidence at the national level and inter-municipal cooperation is developing, depriving mayors of some of their power, local democracy is suffering from decentralization laws.