Local Government Studies

2014 - 2025

Current editor(s): Helen Hancock

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Volume 44, issue 6, 2018

How does intergovernmental fiscal environment affect general fund balances of major American cities? pp. 745-765

Yonghong Wu and Yu Shi

How best to open up local democracy? A randomised experiment to encourage contested elections and greater representativeness in English parish councils pp. 766-787

Matt Ryan, Gerry Stoker, Peter John, Alice Moseley, Oliver James, Liz Richardson and Matia Vannoni

Querying the resilient local authority: the question of ‘resilience for whom?’ pp. 788-806

Amanda Fitzgerald

Grassroots democracy and local government in Northern Syria: the case of democratic confederalism pp. 807-825

Nathalie Colasanti, Rocco Frondizi, Joyce Liddle and Marco Meneguzzo

Is regional government-governance nexus delivering on social sustainability promises? Empirical evidence from Moranbah in Australia pp. 826-847

Marita Basson, Henriette van Rensburg, Michael Cuthill and Michael O. Erdiaw-Kwasie

Level of services, spatial dependence and allocative efficiency in local governments pp. 848-873

Francesco Vidoli and Elisa Fusco

Collaborative leadership and financial sustainability in local government pp. 874-893

Jungin Kim

Political leaders and changing local democracy: the European mayor pp. 894-896

Rachel Wall

Handbook of social policy evaluation pp. 896-899

Jason Lowther

Fiscal decentralization and local finance in developing countries pp. 899-901

Kojo Oduro

Volume 44, issue 5, 2018

Organisational culture and strategic change in Australian local governments pp. 601-623

Salha Alshumrani, Rahat Munir and Kevin Baird

Does it matter ‘who governs?’ Governance networks, local economic development policies, and the Great Recession pp. 624-648

Twyla Blackmond Larnell

Advocating within and outside the shadow of hierarchy: local government responses to Melbourne’s outer suburban deficits pp. 649-669

Steven R. Henderson

Decentralised governance and empowerment of county governments in China: betting on the weak or the strong? pp. 670-696

Yong Fan, Yan Wu, Alfred Wu and Wei Wang

Assessing electronic service delivery in municipalities: determinants and financial consequences of e-government implementation pp. 697-718

Tjerk Budding, Bram Faber and Raymond Gradus

Cultural policy, local government and museums: an Australian perspective pp. 719-738

Helena Robinson

Who stole the town hall? The end of local government as we know it pp. 739-741

Whyeda Gill-Mclure

Social policy review 29: analysis and debate in social policy 2017 pp. 741-744

Jason Lowther

Volume 44, issue 4, 2018

Analysing managerial perceptions of when and how to structure public involvement in public-private partnerships pp. 443-464

Eric J. Boyer, Juan D. Rogers and David M. Van Slyke

How do municipal amalgamations affect turnout in local elections? Insights from the 2015 municipal reform in the Austrian state of Styria pp. 465-491

Reinhard Heinisch, Thomas Lehner, Armin Mühlböck and Christian H. Schimpf

Silos as barriers to public sector climate adaptation and preparedness: insights from road closures in Norway pp. 492-511

Merethe Dotterud Leiren and Jens Kr. Steen Jacobsen

Effects of municipal mergers on voter turnout pp. 512-530

Simon Lapointe, Tuukka Saarimaa and Janne Tukiainen

An empirical assessment of local autonomy and special district finance in the US pp. 531-551

Yu Shi

Town twinning and political support pp. 552-576

Markus Tausendpfund and Lisa Schäfer

Sustainability reporting by Australian local government authorities pp. 577-600

Md Moazzem Hossain

Volume 44, issue 3, 2018

Pushed by national politics or pulled by localism? Voting for independent local parties in the Netherlands pp. 305-328

Simon Otjes

The use of local direct democracy in the Czech Republic: how NIMBY disputes drive protest behaviour pp. 329-349

Tomáš Dvořák

Cooperation, not cost savings: explaining duration of shared service agreements pp. 350-370

Austin M. Aldag and Mildred Warner

Drivers and barriers of inter-municipal cooperation in health services – the Norwegian case pp. 371-390

Bjørnulf Arntsen, Dag Olaf Torjesen and Tor-Ivar Karlsen

Austerity, rationing and inequity: trends in children’s and young peoples’ services expenditure in England between 2010 and 2015 pp. 391-415

Calum J. R. Webb and Paul Bywaters

‘Faulty’ fiscal illusion: examining the relationship between revenue diversification and tax burden in major US cities across the economic cycle pp. 416-435

Yu Shi and Jie Tao

‘Joined-up’ local governments? Restructuring and reorganising internal management pp. 436-438

Averill Campion

Kittens are evil: Little heresies in public policy pp. 438-441

Emily St Denny

Volume 44, issue 2, 2018

Beyond privatisation and cost savings: alternatives for local government reform pp. 173-182

Germà Bel, Robert Hebdon and Mildred Warner

What happens after a local referendum? The effect of direct democratic decision-making on protest intentions pp. 183-203

Anna Kern

Mayoral scalar strategies and the role of the central state after the financial crisis pp. 204-228

Oliver Dlabac

Metropolitan challenges and reform pressures across Europe – the perspectives of city mayors pp. 229-254

Oliver Dlabac, Lluís Medir, Mariona Tomàs and Marta Lackowska

Adjustments in municipal fiscal crises. Are they different according to the gender of the mayor? pp. 255-274

Roberto Cabaleiro Casal and Enrique Buch Gómez

The relationship between competition and efficiency of waste-collection services in the Czech Republic pp. 275-296

Jan Pavel and Jan Slavík

Local government in England: centralisation, autonomy and control, by Colin Copus, Mark Roberts and Rachel Wall, London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, 206 pp., £59.99 (hardback), £47.99 (eBook), ISBN 978-1-137-26417-6 (hardback); 978-1-137-26418-3 (eBook) pp. 297-298

Peter Eckersley

Centralisation, devolution and the future of local government in England, by Steve Leach, John Stewart and George Jones, Abingdon, Routledge, 2017, 180 pp., £120.00 (hardback), £32.99 (paperback), £32.99 (eBook), ISBN 97811387222373 (hardback), 9781138222380 (paperback); 9781315407944 (eBook) pp. 299-301

Chris Game

Centralisation, devolution and the future of local government in England, by Steve Leach, John Stewart and George Jones, Abingdon, Routledge, 2017, 180 pp., £120.00 (hardback), £32.99 (paperback), £32.99 (eBook), ISBN 97811387222373 (hardback), 9781138222380 (paperback); 9781315407944 (eBook) pp. 301-303

Tony Smith

Volume 44, issue 1, 2018

If territorial fragmentation is a problem, is amalgamation a solution? – Ten years later pp. 1-10

Pawel Swianiewicz

Erratum pp. 1-1

The Editors

Corrigendum pp. 1-1

The Editors

Privatisation, contracting-out and inter-municipal cooperation: new developments in local public service delivery pp. 11-21

Germà Bel and Raymond Gradus

Inter-municipal cooperation in the case of spillovers: evidence from Western German municipalities pp. 22-43

Christian Bergholz

Can alternative service delivery save cities after the Great Recession? Barriers to privatisation and cooperation pp. 44-63

Yunji Kim

Contracting out local road and park services: economic effects and their strategic, contractual and competitive conditions pp. 64-85

Andrej Christian Lindholst, Ole Helby Petersen and Kurt Houlberg

The effects of market concentration on costs of local public services: empirical evidence from Dutch waste collection pp. 86-104

Raymond Gradus, Martijn Schoute and Elbert Dijkgraaf

Internal factors of intermunicipal cooperation: what matters most and why? pp. 105-126

Jana Soukopová and Gabriela Vaceková

Intermunicipal cooperation, public spending and service levels pp. 127-150

Maarten A. Allers and J.A. de Greef

Does intermunicipal cooperation increase efficiency? A conditional metafrontier approach for the Hessian wastewater sector pp. 151-171

Frédéric Blaeschke and Peter Haug