Summary information

Study title

Finnish Local Government Barometer 2000: Members of Municipal Councils

Creator

Foundation for Municipal Development

Study number / PID

FSD1155 (FSD)

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1155 (URN)

10.60686/t-fsd1155 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Finnish Local Government Barometers

The Foundation for Municipal Development conducts annual surveys covering opinions on local (municipal) democracy, local government, local economy and services. Respondents are generally local inhabitants, municipal managers and the chairpersons of municipal boards. The data enable comparison between the opinions of the inhabitants on the one hand, and the managers and chairpersons on the other. The surveys also study municipal managers' views on the policies of the Government of Finland and the functionality of local co-operation. The survey series was launched in 1992. The FSD collections...

Abstract

The survey charted Finnish municipal councillors' opinions on municipal affairs: administration, finances, decision-making, democracy, taxation, services, leadership, and the role of elected officials. The respondents were presented with a number of statements and asked whether they agree or not. One section pertained to the respondents' own characteristics, and what kind of issues they promote (e.g. privatisation of services or interests of minorities). Councillors were also asked why they had wanted to become involved in municipal politics and decision-making. Opinions of the sufficiency of certain municipal services were canvassed. The survey studied the respondents' views on which persons or bodies have real power in municipal decision-making, and what kind of municipal leadership system they would prefer. Background variables included the respondents' sex, party allegiance, municipality size, and region.

Social sciencesElites and leadershipGovernment, political systems and organisations

Political participationManagementLocal financePublic sectorMunicipalitiesMunicipal managersMunicipal governmentLocal governmentDistribution of powerPublic servicesConsolidation of municipalitiesMunicipal councillors

Data collection period

12/05/2000 - 13/06/2000

Country

Finland

Time dimension

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

Finnish municipal councillors

Excludes: the Åland Islands municipalities

Sampling procedure

Information not available

Kind of data

Quantitative

Data collection mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Publisher

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Publication year

2003

Terms of data access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

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