Local Government Studies, Volume 42, Issue 1 (2016)

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Did the Big Stick Work? An Empirical Assessment of Scale Economies and the Queensland Forced Amalgamation Program
Joseph Drew, Michael A. Kortt & Brian Dollery
Pages: 1-14
Published online: 31 Jan 2014
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Does Size Still Matter? An Empirical Analysis of the Effectiveness of Victorian Local Authorities
Joseph Drew & Brian Dollery
Pages: 15-28
Published online: 07 Feb 2014
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Risk Factors and Drivers of Financial Sustainability in Local Government: An Empirical Study
Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar, Andrés Navarro Galera, Laura Alcaide Muñoz & María Deseada López Subirés
Pages: 29-51
Published online: 27 Jul 2015
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Austere State Strategies: Regenerating for Recovery and the Resignification of Regeneration
Lee Pugalis
Pages: 52-74
Published online: 07 Aug 2015
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Combining Citizen Participation and Expert Analysis: A Wild, Wild Horses Problem in British Columbia
Michael Brydon & Aidan R. Vining
Pages: 75-96
Published online: 27 Aug 2015
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Divergence in Community Participation Policy: Analysing Localism and Community Empowerment Using a Theory of Change Approach
Steve Rolfe
Pages: 97-118
Published online: 28 Aug 2015
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Shaping Political Preferences: Information Effects in Political-Administrative Systems
Jens Blom-Hansen, Martin Baekgaard & Søren Serritzlew
Pages: 119-138
Published online: 04 Sep 2015
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Rewards and Consequences: Redistricting on the Chicago City Council
Matthew A. Shapiro & Daniel Bliss
Pages: 139-163
Published online: 07 Sep 2015
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Book Review
Romain Pasquier, Regional Governance and Power in France: The Dynamics of Political Space
Joyce Liddle
Pages: 164-165
Published online: 09 Nov 2015
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Edited by Stephen Jivraj and Ludi Simpson, Ethnic Identity and Inequalities in Britain
Asif Afridi
Pages: 165-167
Published online: 31 Oct 2015
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Ewan Ferlie and Edoardo Ongaro, Strategic Management in Public Services Organizations: Concepts, Schools and Contemporary Issues
Paul Joyce
Pages: 167-170
Published online: 03 Nov 2015
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