A practitioner-led research agenda for local government

Andrew Walker and Gregory Stride

Local Government Studies, 2024, vol. 50, issue 6, 1182-1190

Abstract: The last 50 years of local government studies have documented extraordinary changes: economic transformations, international democratisation, the digital revolution and the rise of the internet have transformed local government. Looking forward to the next 50 years: climate change, ageing populations, financial pressure, populist politics, will all come home to roost in the day-to-day work of local government. This paper makes the case for building a research agenda around the practical experiences of local policy practitioners. Using our experience from a series of interviews with over sixty local government chief executives, and the example of two research projects built around LGIU’s local authority members network in England, the paper describes the valuable opportunities that come from engaging with local government practitioners for developing and directing research.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2024.2411597

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