Björn Egner
Biographic Data
| ID | 4378901 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Björn Egner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Björn |
| FAMILY NAME | Egner |
| SIGNATURE | EGNER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Technische Universität Darmstadt |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9444-1135 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Sustainability and housing in municipal policy-making – interconnections and tensions
Housing accounts for approximately 20% of greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union, making it a key area for municipal climate policies. This paper examines the intersection of housing and environmental policies in three Finnish cities (Oulu, Tampere, Turku) and three German cities (Kiel, Mainz, Wiesbaden). Utilising data from policy documents and 49 interviews with local councillors, the study explores the perspectives on sustainability in…
Solidarity in the European Union and the resilience of the state as a communicative frame
Local Strategies to Counter the Rise of Housing Rents – Munich and Dresden in Comparison
This article aims is analysing discourses and historically grown practices and strategies on the local level concerning housing policy. The research questions are twofold: How do cities cope with the problem of rising housing rents? How is the problem perceived in the cities, and what do cities actually do? The article draws from a rich qualitative analysis of two cases, namely Munich and Dresden, which follow quite different strategies on housin…
In search of determinants for quoted housing rents
Housing policy made a comeback on the German political agenda. Apartment rental prices increased drastically in most major cities over the last years. Despite wide agreement by policymakers regarding the need for regulation of the housing market, there is close to no empirical evidence on the drivers of rent prices. We follow a comparative, quantitative approach to determine the driving factors of rent prices in German cities, taking economic, so…
Parliaments in Disguise? How German Councillors perceive Local Councils
Drawing on a survey among German local councillors, the article is discussing the question if German local councils do constitute ‘parliamentary’ bodies. To which extent do local councillors perceive the council as a parliament and themselves as members of a parliament? This question is especially interesting in Germany, where the public largely associates terms like ‘parliament’ with the local council and ‘government’ with the mayor and the exec…
Das deutsche Gemeinderatsmitglied
Local Councillors in Europe
Councillors are the essence of local representative democracy, linking ordinary citizens and decision-makers in municipal arenas. In cross-national perspective, and taking in countries from across Europe, this book analyses the recruitment patterns, career, party associations, role perceptions, and attitudes to democracy, representation, and participation of local councillors. Matters such as gender, parties, institutions, municipal reform, funct…
Local Councillors in Europe
Regieren als Geldausgeben? Zum Einfluss der Koalitionsbildung in den deutschen Landtagen auf die Staatsquote der Bundesländer1
Kein Politikfeld ist mit dem „Regieren“ so eng verknüpft wie die Staatsfinanzen. Der Zusammenhang basiert in der Regel auf einer oder mehreren der folgenden Überlegungen: Erstens kann man sich etwas naiv darauf zurückziehen, dass es gar nicht entscheidend ist, was genau eine Regierung tut. Regieren ist eben, was Regierungen tun (oder das, was die Regierung selbst dafür hält). Unabhängig davon, ob man die naive oder die zynische Perspektive vorzie…
Regieren
Unter der ebenso schlichten wie provokativen Überschrift „Regieren“ sollen in diesem Band Beiträge zum aktuellen Verständnis der Herausforderungen einer Ausrichtung von politischer Herrschaft auf die zielgerichtete Veränderung der Gesellschaft versammelt werden. In einem ersten Teil geht es um normativ-theoretische Grundlagenfrage des modernen Regierens. Im Mittelpunkt stehen hier Grundbegrifflichkeiten der Konzeptualisierung von Regieren sowie F…
Das deutsche Gemeinderatsmitglied
Regieren
Regieren
Ein übertragbarer Amtsinhaber-Bonus bei Kommunalwahlen
Explaining the Differences in the Role of Councils
Political leadership at the local level has attracted growing attention in recent years in parallel with reforms of local government and of the municipal administration, as well as the debate on a shift from government to governance. Considering the power triangle of (i) the mayor, (ii) the municipal administration (executive officers) and (iii) the council, it is surprising that the latter has gained little interest so far. This article analyses…
A Transferable Incumbency Effect in Local Elections
Does the outcome of the direct election of the head of the government influence the election of the legislative body? We test whether findings from research on divided government, contamination and incumbency effects observed at the national level can be transferred to the local level. In particular, we analyse quasi-presidential local government systems with a directly elected mayor. Our main hypothesis is that the party of the incumbent mayor s…
Parliaments in Disguise? How German Councillors perceive Local Councils
Drawing on a survey among German local councillors, the article is discussing the question if German local councils do constitute ‘parliamentary’ bodies. To which extent do local councillors perceive the council as a parliament and themselves as members of a parliament? This question is especially interesting in Germany, where the public largely associates terms like ‘parliament’ with the local council and ‘government’ with the mayor and the exec…
A Transferable Incumbency Effect in Local Elections
Does the outcome of the direct election of the head of the government influence the election of the legislative body? We test whether findings from research on divided government, contamination and incumbency effects observed at the national level can be transferred to the local level. In particular, we analyse quasi-presidential local government systems with a directly elected mayor. Our main hypothesis is that the party of the incumbent mayor s…
Explaining the Differences in the Role of Councils
Political leadership at the local level has attracted growing attention in recent years in parallel with reforms of local government and of the municipal administration, as well as the debate on a shift from government to governance. Considering the power triangle of (i) the mayor, (ii) the municipal administration (executive officers) and (iii) the council, it is surprising that the latter has gained little interest so far. This article analyses…
Local Strategies to Counter the Rise of Housing Rents – Munich and Dresden in Comparison
This article aims is analysing discourses and historically grown practices and strategies on the local level concerning housing policy. The research questions are twofold: How do cities cope with the problem of rising housing rents? How is the problem perceived in the cities, and what do cities actually do? The article draws from a rich qualitative analysis of two cases, namely Munich and Dresden, which follow quite different strategies on housin…
Ein übertragbarer Amtsinhaber-Bonus bei Kommunalwahlen
Explaining the Differences in the Role of Councils
Political leadership at the local level has attracted growing attention in recent years in parallel with reforms of local government and of the municipal administration, as well as the debate on a shift from government to governance. Considering the power triangle of (i) the mayor, (ii) the municipal administration (executive officers) and (iii) the council, it is surprising that the latter has gained little interest so far. This article analyses…
A Transferable Incumbency Effect in Local Elections
Does the outcome of the direct election of the head of the government influence the election of the legislative body? We test whether findings from research on divided government, contamination and incumbency effects observed at the national level can be transferred to the local level. In particular, we analyse quasi-presidential local government systems with a directly elected mayor. Our main hypothesis is that the party of the incumbent mayor s…
Regieren als Geldausgeben? Zum Einfluss der Koalitionsbildung in den deutschen Landtagen auf die Staatsquote der Bundesländer1
Kein Politikfeld ist mit dem „Regieren“ so eng verknüpft wie die Staatsfinanzen. Der Zusammenhang basiert in der Regel auf einer oder mehreren der folgenden Überlegungen: Erstens kann man sich etwas naiv darauf zurückziehen, dass es gar nicht entscheidend ist, was genau eine Regierung tut. Regieren ist eben, was Regierungen tun (oder das, was die Regierung selbst dafür hält). Unabhängig davon, ob man die naive oder die zynische Perspektive vorzie…
Regieren
Unter der ebenso schlichten wie provokativen Überschrift „Regieren“ sollen in diesem Band Beiträge zum aktuellen Verständnis der Herausforderungen einer Ausrichtung von politischer Herrschaft auf die zielgerichtete Veränderung der Gesellschaft versammelt werden. In einem ersten Teil geht es um normativ-theoretische Grundlagenfrage des modernen Regierens. Im Mittelpunkt stehen hier Grundbegrifflichkeiten der Konzeptualisierung von Regieren sowie F…
Das deutsche Gemeinderatsmitglied
Regieren
Regieren
Das deutsche Gemeinderatsmitglied
Local Councillors in Europe
Councillors are the essence of local representative democracy, linking ordinary citizens and decision-makers in municipal arenas. In cross-national perspective, and taking in countries from across Europe, this book analyses the recruitment patterns, career, party associations, role perceptions, and attitudes to democracy, representation, and participation of local councillors. Matters such as gender, parties, institutions, municipal reform, funct…
Local Councillors in Europe
Parliaments in Disguise? How German Councillors perceive Local Councils
Drawing on a survey among German local councillors, the article is discussing the question if German local councils do constitute ‘parliamentary’ bodies. To which extent do local councillors perceive the council as a parliament and themselves as members of a parliament? This question is especially interesting in Germany, where the public largely associates terms like ‘parliament’ with the local council and ‘government’ with the mayor and the exec…
In search of determinants for quoted housing rents
Housing policy made a comeback on the German political agenda. Apartment rental prices increased drastically in most major cities over the last years. Despite wide agreement by policymakers regarding the need for regulation of the housing market, there is close to no empirical evidence on the drivers of rent prices. We follow a comparative, quantitative approach to determine the driving factors of rent prices in German cities, taking economic, so…
Local Strategies to Counter the Rise of Housing Rents – Munich and Dresden in Comparison
This article aims is analysing discourses and historically grown practices and strategies on the local level concerning housing policy. The research questions are twofold: How do cities cope with the problem of rising housing rents? How is the problem perceived in the cities, and what do cities actually do? The article draws from a rich qualitative analysis of two cases, namely Munich and Dresden, which follow quite different strategies on housin…
Solidarity in the European Union and the resilience of the state as a communicative frame
Sustainability and housing in municipal policy-making – interconnections and tensions
Housing accounts for approximately 20% of greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union, making it a key area for municipal climate policies. This paper examines the intersection of housing and environmental policies in three Finnish cities (Oulu, Tampere, Turku) and three German cities (Kiel, Mainz, Wiesbaden). Utilising data from policy documents and 49 interviews with local councillors, the study explores the perspectives on sustainability in…
Political science (11 works) · Economics (5 works) · Local government (5 works) · Public Administration and Political Analysis (5 works) · Comparative government (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works)