Local Government Studies

2014 - 2025

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Volume 41, issue 6, 2015

Biased Budgeting in the Public Sector: Evidence from Italian Local Governments pp. 819-840

Eugenio Anessi-Pessina and Mariafrancesca Sicilia

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Councillor’s Dilemma between Strong Mayors and Citizens’ Needs pp. 841-860

Sonia Bussu

Abolishing the Audit Commission: Framing, Discourse Coalitions and Administrative Reform pp. 861-880

Katherine Tonkiss and Chris Skelcher

Social Capital and the Number of Governments within a County: A Potential Problem with Social Capital pp. 881-897

Matthew Moore and Nicholas Recker

How Second Order Are Local Elections? Voting Motives and Party Preferences in Belgian Municipal Elections pp. 898-916

Sofie Marien, Ruth Dassonneville and Marc Hooghe

Local Political Decision-Making: A Case of Rationality or Appropriateness? pp. 917-936

Jens Nilsson

Theorising European Integration of Local Government – Insights from the Fusion Approach pp. 937-955

Marius Guderjan

The Economic and Political Impacts of Top-Down Territorial Reforms: The Case of Sub-City Governments pp. 956-976

António F. Tavares and Miguel Rodrigues

Welfare Loss with Municipal Amalgamations and the Willingness-to-Pay for the Municipality Name pp. 977-996

Nils Soguel and Julie Silberstein

The Impact of the Housing Bubble on the Growth of Municipal Debt: Evidence from Spain pp. 997-1016

Bernardino Benito, Cristina Vicente and Francisco Bastida

Negotiating Cohesion, Inequality and Change: Uncomfortable Positions in Local Government, by Hannah Jones, Bristol, Policy Press. 2013, ISBN 9781447310037 pp. 1017-1019

Ted Cantle

Achieving Ethical Competence for Public Service Leadership, by Terry L. Cooper & Donald C. Menzel (eds), Armonk, NY, M.E Sharpe, 2013, ISBN: 978-0-7656-3246-3 pp. 1019-1020

Mirza Ahmad

Complex Contracting, Trevor L. Brown, Matthew Potoski & David M. Van Slyke, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN 978-1107038622 pp. 1020-1022

J Gordon Murray

Volume 41, issue 5, 2015

Democratic anchorage and performance: Comparing two network approaches to land-use and transport-system development pp. 653-672

Anders Tønnesen

Grass-Root Organisations, Intergovernmental Collaboration, and Emergency Preparedness: An Institutional Collective Action Approach pp. 673-694

Simon A. Andrew, Kyujin Jung and Xiangyu Li

Framing Gov2.0: A Q-Methodological Study of Practitioners’ and Local Politicians’ Opinions pp. 695-712

Tom Barrance

Councillors in Context: The Impact of Place upon Elected Representatives pp. 713-734

Michael Thrasher, Galina Borisyuk, Mary Shears and Colin Rallings

Income Inequality and Redistributive Spending: Evidence from Panel Data of Texas Counties pp. 735-754

Kwang Bin Bae

Local Politics Online: The Influence of Presumed Influence on Local Politicians’ Online Communication Activities in Germany pp. 755-773

Uli Bernhard and Marco Dohle

Political Fragmentation and Fiscal Status: Evidence from Municipalities in Israel pp. 774-793

Yaniv Reingewertz

Contracting for Energy Efficiency: The Diffusion of Novel Contracting Practices at Local Government Level pp. 794-813

Sarah M.L. Krøtel

Stephen Wearne and Keith White-Hunt, Managing the Urgent and Unexpected: Twelve Project Cases and a Commentary pp. 814-815

Richard Kerley

Julian Dobson, How to Save Our Town Centres: A Radical Agenda for the Future of High Streets pp. 815-817

Scott Dickinson

Volume 41, issue 4, 2015

A Comparison of Impact of Management on Local Government Employee Outcomes in US and Australia pp. 495-515

Yvonne Brunetto, Stephen Teo, Rodney Farr-Wharton, Dennis Lambries, Patrick Gillett and William Tomes

The Centre Decides and the Local Pays: Mandates and Politics in Local Government Financial Management in China pp. 516-533

Yongmao Fan

The Flypaper Effect: Do Political Institutions Affect Danish Local Governments’ Response to Intergovernmental Grants? pp. 534-552

Marie Kjaergaard

The Legacy of the Northern Way? pp. 553-570

Joyce Liddle and Christianne Ormston

Symposium Introduction: Local Responses to ‘Austerity’ pp. 571-581

Nick Bailey, Glen Bramley and Annette Hastings

The Limits to Resilience? The Impact of Local Government Spending Cuts in London pp. 582-600

Amanda Fitzgerald and Ruth Lupton

Coping with the Cuts? The Management of the Worst Financial Settlement in Living Memory pp. 601-621

Annette Hastings, Nick Bailey, Maria Gannon, Kirsten Besemer and Glen Bramley

Recession, Austerity and the ‘Great Risk Shift’: Local Government and Household Impacts and Responses in Bristol and Liverpool pp. 622-644

Patricia Kennett, Gerwyn Jones, Richard Meegan and Jacqui Croft

Katherine Tonkiss, Migration and Identity in a Post-National World pp. 645-647

Phillip Cole

Richard Carr, One Nation Britain: History, the Progressive Tradition, and Practical Ideas for Today’s Politicians pp. 647-648

George Jones

Richard C. Box, Public Service Values pp. 648-650

Anne-Marie Reynaers

Peter Macfadyen, Flatpack Democracy: A DIY Guide to Creating Independent Politics pp. 650-652

Steve Leach

Volume 41, issue 3, 2015

Multi-Agency Protocols as a Mechanism to Improve Partnerships in Public Services pp. 321-338

Axel Kaehne

Does the Mayor’s Party Brand Matter? The Prospect of Statewide Parties’ Policy in Local Government pp. 339-361

Bjørn Ervik

Regenerating the City: People, Politics, Power and the Public Sphere pp. 362-378

Paul Bunyan

PPP Procurement in Ireland: An Analysis of Tendering Periods pp. 379-400

Eoin Reeves, Dónal Palcic and Darragh Flannery

A Framework to Measure the Financial Performance of Local Governments pp. 401-420

Gerard Turley, Geraldine Robbins and Stephen McNena

Using Twitter for Dialogic Communication: Local Government Strategies in the European Union pp. 421-444

Alejandro Sáez Martín, Arturo Haro de Rosario and María Del Carmen Caba Pérez

Determinants of E-Democracy Adoption in Turkish Municipalities: An Analysis for Spatial Diffusion Effect pp. 445-469

Mehmet Zahid Sobaci and Kadir Y. Eryigit

Belfast beyond Violence: Flagging up a Challenge to Local Government? pp. 470-488

Roz Goldie and Joanne Murphy

Rethinking Public Strategy Sean Lusk and Nick Birks Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, ISBN 9781137377579 (HC), 9781137377562 (PB), 9781137377586 (EB) pp. 489-491

Edoardo Ongaro

Participatory Democracy in Southern Europe: Causes, Characteristics and Consequences Joan Font, Donatella Porta, and Yves Sintomer (eds) London, Rowman and Littlefield International, 2014, ISBN 9781783480739 (HC), 9781783480746 (PB), 9781783480753 (EB) pp. 491-493

Joyce Liddle

Volume 41, issue 2, 2015

Parliaments in Disguise? How German Councillors perceive Local Councils pp. 183-201

Björn Egner

Choosing Coalition Partners in Belgian Local Government pp. 202-219

Ellen Olislagers and Kristof Steyvers

Evaluating and Theorising Committee Scrutiny: A UK Comparative Perspective pp. 220-239

Michael Cole and Laura McAllister

Reintegration Failure and Outsourcing Upside: Organisation of Public Transport in Norway pp. 240-259

Merethe Dotterud Leiren

Democratic Culture and Participatory Local Governance in Bangladesh pp. 260-279

Wahed WahedUzzaman and Quamrul Alam

Making a Difference: Strategic Positioning in Municipal Reputation Building pp. 280-300

Arild Wæraas

Multi-Level Governance as ‘Post-Constitutional’ Politics: Subnational Actors and the Swedish Constitution pp. 301-319

David Feltenius

Volume 41, issue 1, 2015

Managing Municipal Austerity: Mitigation of Social Risks pp. 1-19

Darinka Asenova, Stephen Bailey and Claire McCann

Analysing Local Policy Agendas: How Dutch Municipal Executive Coalitions Allocate Attention pp. 20-43

Gerard Breeman, Peter Scholten and Arco Timmermans

Enhancing Participation in Disadvantaged Urban Neighbourhoods pp. 44-62

Laurens de Graaf, Merlijn van Hulst and Ank Michels

Amalgamation Impacts on Local Public Expenditures in Sweden pp. 63-77

Niklas Hanes

Political Consensus and Fiscal Outcomes pp. 78-99

Kurt Houlberg and Lene Holm Pedersen

What are the Local Political Costs of Centrally Determined Reforms of Local Government? pp. 100-118

Ulrik Kjaer and Robert Klemmensen

The Contradictory Effects in Efficiency and Citizens’ Participation when Employing Geo-ICT Apps within Local Government pp. 119-136

Muhammad Kurniawan and Walter T. de Vries

Buying Local Votes: The Effect of Individual Campaign Spending Under a Semi-Open PR System in the Belgian Local Elections pp. 137-155

Gert-Jan Put, Bart Maddens and Jef Smulders

Do Local Government Reforms Result in Higher Levels of Trust in Local Politicians? pp. 156-179

Marit Reitan, Kari Gustafsson and Arild Blekesaune

Symphony Hall: A Dream Realised pp. 180-181

Andrew Coulson

Privacy, Big Data, and the Public Good: Frameworks for Engagement pp. 181-182

Colin Combe