Local Government Studies

2014 - 2025

Current editor(s): Helen Hancock

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Volume 45, issue 6, 2019

Interlocal collaboration and local climate protection pp. 777-802

Jisun Youm and Richard C. Feiock

Local government’s disaster management capacity and disaster resilience pp. 803-826

Dae Woong Lee

Does democratic local governance facilitate local economic development? Evidence from Bangladesh pp. 827-847

Monzur Hossain and Paritosh Kumar Roy

The role of local government in rural communities: culture-based development strategies pp. 848-868

Mikaela Vasstrøm and Roger Normann

Revitalizing Local Government Performance Management: Further Dissecting the Role of Socioeconomic Status and Social Mobilization Policy pp. 869-892

Ganesh Prasad Pandeya and Tatsuo Oyama

Promoting neoliberal ideology in Finnish rural community development: the creation of new moral actors pp. 893-912

Hanna-Mari Husu and Kaisu Kumpulainen

Practitioners’ perspectives on in-house versus arm’s-length structures of local economic development delivery in Ontario, Canada pp. 913-936

Adrian Buttazzoni, Godwin Arku and Evan Cleave

Breaking up a partnership to build a competitive market in Denmark’s ambulance service: how can studies of contract reversals learn from the sociology of markets? pp. 937-956

Sarah Wadmann, Iben Emilie Christensen, Jakob Kjellberg and Carsten Greve

Fiscal and political determinants of local government involvement in public-private partnership (PPP) pp. 957-976

Agnieszka Kopańska and Roman Asinski

Organisational choices in public procurement: what can public management learn from the private sector? pp. 977-1000

Andrea S. Patrucco, Antonella Moretto, Stefano Ronchi and Davide Luzzini

In participatory budgeting we trust? Fairness, tactics and (in)accessibility in participatory governance pp. 1001-1020

Catherine Wilkinson, Jo Briggs, Karen Salt, John Vines and Emma Flynn

Extreme cities: the peril and promise of urban life in the age of climate change pp. 1021-1028

Kit England

The politics of scale in policy: scalecraft and education governance pp. 1023-1026

Hayley Henderson

E-participation in smart cities: technologies and models of governance for citizen engagement pp. 1026-1028

Zhang Qing

Volume 45, issue 5, 2019

Special issue on municipal amalgamations: guest editors’ introduction pp. 603-610

Yaniv Reingewertz and Soren Serritzlew

Merging county administrations – cross-national evidence of fiscal and political effects pp. 611-631

Sebastian Blesse and Felix Roesel

Population size or population density? An empirical examination of scale economies in South Australian local government, 2015/16 pp. 632-653

Carolyn Tran, Michael Kortt and Brian Dollery

Why voluntary municipal merger projects fail: evidence from popular votes in Switzerland pp. 654-675

Michael Andrea Strebel

Exploiting the common pool or looking to the future? A study of free-riding leading up to the 2007 municipal amalgamations in Denmark pp. 676-696

Sune Welling Hansen

Voter turnout and municipal amalgamations—evidence from Denmark pp. 697-723

Yosef Bhatti and Kasper M. Hansen

David and Goliath in the poll booth: group size, political power and voter turnout pp. 724-747

Peter Bönisch, Benny Geys and Claus Michelsen

Rhetoric in municipal amalgamations: a comparative analysis pp. 748-767

Joseph Drew, Eran Razin and Rhys Andrews

The UK’s changing democracy: the 2018 democratic audit pp. 768-769

Tom Caygill

Questioning performance measurement: metrics, organizations and power pp. 769-772

Melissa Hawkins

Whose government is it? The renewal of state-citizen cooperation pp. 772-775

Tom Entwistle

Volume 45, issue 4, 2019

Community engagement in Australian local governments: a closer look and strategic implications pp. 453-480

Helen E. Christensen and Dana McQuestin

Can the cultural environment affect governmental transparency on sustainability? Useful measures for policy makers and practitioners pp. 481-503

Mercedes Ruiz-Lozano, Andrés Navarro-Galera, Pilar Tirado-Valencia and Araceli De Los Ríos-Berjillos

Reputation reform strategies in local government: investigating Denmark and Norway pp. 504-525

Åshild Skjegstad Lockert, Hilde Bjørnå, Kristian H. Haugen and Heidi Houlberg Salomonsen

Who votes for mayor? Evidence from midsized American cities pp. 526-545

Austin M. Aldag

Do the illegal and legal rents of politicians affect municipal election outcomes? Empirical evidence pp. 546-568

Bernardino Benito, María-Dolores Guillamón, Ana-María Ríos and Francisco Bastida

Auckland, New Zealand – fair game for central party politics pp. 569-592

Karen Webster, Andy Asquith, Maheswaren Rohan, Andrew Cardow and Mandisi Majavu

Governing climate change: polycentricity in action? pp. 593-595

Paul Tobin

Power and capacity in urban climate governance: Germany and England compared pp. 595-597

Tomas Maltby

Knowledge, policymaking and learning for European cities and regions pp. 597-599

Philipp Trein

Performance goals in public management and policy: the nature and implications of goal ambiguity pp. 599-602

Thomas Elston

Volume 45, issue 3, 2019

Local emergency management special issue: guest editors’ introduction pp. 293-301

Gina Yannitell Reinhardt and Lex Drennan

Local emergency management special issue: a foreword by Dr Barry Quirk CBE pp. 302-307

Barry Quirk

The concept of resilience: a bibliometric analysis of the emergency and disaster management literature pp. 308-327

Fatih Demiroz and Thomas W. Haase

Resilience policy in practice — Surveying the role of community based organisations in local disaster management pp. 328-349

Lex Drennan and Lochlan Morrissey

Local politics in an international context: a linguistic analysis of community resiliency in Memphis, TN pp. 350-371

Leah Cathryn Windsor, Andrew J. Hampton, James Grayson Cupit and Alistair James Windsor

Residential taxable value recovery in coastal Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina pp. 372-393

Skip Krueger, Julie Winkler and Ronald L. Schumann

Using community education interventions to build resilience and avert crises: how accidental dwelling fires decreased in Essex County, UK pp. 394-412

Gina Yannitell Reinhardt and Kakia Chatsiou

Perceptions of disaster resilience in four Texas coastal communities pp. 413-432

Kirby Goidel, Jennifer A. Horney, Paul M. Kellstedt, Emily Sullivan and Stephanie E. V. Brown

Maintaining the status quo: understanding local use of resilience strategies to address earthquake risk in Oklahoma pp. 433-452

Ray HsienHo Chang, Alex Greer, Haley Murphy, Hao-Che (Tristan) Wu and Steven Melton

Volume 45, issue 2, 2019

Coming out of the shadow? Studies of local governments in Central and Eastern Europe in European academic research pp. 153-174

Pawel Swianiewicz and Anna Kurniewicz

Dynamic-opportunistic behaviour in local government contracting-out decisions during the electoral cycle pp. 175-195

Emilio J. de la Higuera-Molina, Ana M. Plata-Díaz, Antonio M. López-Hernández and José L. Zafra-Gómez

Strengthening the local representative system: the importance of electoral and non-electoral representation pp. 196-218

Hester M. van de Bovenkamp and Hans Vollaard

Boundary-spanning strategies for aligning institutional logics: a typology pp. 219-240

José Nederhand, Martijn Van Der Steen and Mark Van Twist

The impact of revenue diversification on municipal debts: comparing short-term and long-term debt levels pp. 241-261

Jongmin Shon and Junghack Kim

Towards a framework for measuring local government return on investment in arts and cultural development pp. 262-280

Trudie Walters, Lisa Chandler and Stephen Clark

Reimagining the future public service workforce pp. 281-283

Ian C. Elliott

How far to nudge? Assessing behavioural public policy pp. 283-286

Sarah Ball

How far to nudge? Assessing behavioural public policy pp. 286-287

Jason Lowther

How language works in politics pp. 288-290

Mark Sandford

Kill it to save it: an autopsy of capitalism’s triumph over democracy pp. 290-292

Jason Lowther

Volume 45, issue 1, 2019

Territorial reforms in Europe: effects on administrative performance and democratic participation pp. 1-23

Falk Ebinger, Sabine Kuhlmann and Joerg Bogumil

Do citizens hold mayors accountable for local conditions? Evidence from Italian municipalities pp. 24-42

Giorgio Di Pietro

Political board’s contribution to strategic management: a case study pp. 43-63

Roy Liff

Evaluating local government performance in times of crisis pp. 64-100

Isabel Narbón-Perpiñá, Maria Balaguer-Coll and Emili Tortosa-Ausina

Managing revenue collection outsourcing in Tanzania’s local government authorities: a case study of Iringa Municipal Council pp. 101-123

Michael Greyson Mgonja and Japhace Poncian

Don’t push too hard. Examining the managerial behaviours of local authorities in collaborative networks with nonprofit organisations pp. 124-145

Anna Uster, Itai Beeri and Dana Vashdi

Handbook of policy formulation pp. 146-147

Jason Lowther

Policy problems and policy design pp. 147-149

Nick Turnbull

Substance not spin: an insider’s view of success and failure in government pp. 149-152

Jason Lowther