Local Government Studies, Volume 43, Issue 5 (2017)

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Remembering Professor George Jones
Pages: 693-696
Published online: 01 Sep 2017
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Revisited Series

Review
Ten years after: revisiting the determinants of the adoption of municipal corporations for local service delivery
António F. Tavares
Pages: 697-706
Published online: 26 Jul 2017
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Municipalities’ willingness to adopt process innovations: evidence for higher cost-efficiency
Hannes W. Lampe
Pages: 707-730
Published online: 09 May 2017
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What a difference a Mayor makes. A case study of the Liverpool Mayoral model
Nicola Headlam & Paul Hepburn
Pages: 731-751
Published online: 05 Jun 2017
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Political incentives and transaction costs of collaboration among US cities for economic development
Christopher V. Hawkins
Pages: 752-775
Published online: 12 Jun 2017
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Trust in the leadership of governors and participatory governance in Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Yu Noda
Pages: 776-797
Published online: 21 Jun 2017
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Review
Central coercion or local autonomy? A comparative analysis of policy instrument choice in refugee settlement policies
Vilde Hernes
Pages: 798-819
Published online: 20 Jun 2017
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The efficiency and effectiveness of municipally owned corporations: a systematic review
Bart Voorn, Marieke L. van Genugten & Sandra van Thiel
Pages: 820-841
Published online: 20 Apr 2017
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Views of public health leaders in English local authorities – changing perspectives following the transfer of responsibilities from the National Health Service to local government
Stephen Peckham, Erica Gadsby, Linda Jenkins, Anna Coleman, Donna Bramwell & Neil Perkins
Pages: 842-863
Published online: 08 May 2017
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Beatriz Cuadrado-Ballesteros and Isabel Mária García-Sánchez, Local governments in the digital era. Looking for accountability
Sanja Korac
Pages: 864-866
Published online: 12 Jul 2017
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Stefan Müller-Doohm (tr. Daniel Steuer), Habermas: a biography
Peter Matthews
Pages: 867-869
Published online: 10 Jul 2017
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Fiona Spotswood, Beyond behaviour change: key issues, interdisciplinary approaches and future directions
Jason Lowther
Pages: 869-871
Published online: 01 Sep 2017
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Gerry Stoker and Mark Evans, Evidence-based policy making in the social sciences: methods that matter
Jason Lowther
Pages: 871-873
Published online: 28 Jul 2017
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