Local Government Studies, Volume 44, Issue 2 (2018)

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Beyond privatisation and cost savings: alternatives for local government reform
Germà Bel, Robert Hebdon & Mildred Warner
Pages: 173-182
Published online: 18 Jan 2018
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What happens after a local referendum? The effect of direct democratic decision-making on protest intentions
Anna Kern
Pages: 183-203
Published online: 14 Dec 2017
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Mayoral scalar strategies and the role of the central state after the financial crisis
Oliver Dlabac
Pages: 204-228
Published online: 06 Nov 2017
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Metropolitan challenges and reform pressures across Europe – the perspectives of city mayors
Oliver Dlabac, Lluís Medir, Mariona Tomàs & Marta Lackowska
Pages: 229-254
Published online: 24 Jan 2018
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Adjustments in municipal fiscal crises. Are they different according to the gender of the mayor?
Roberto Cabaleiro Casal & Enrique Buch Gómez
Pages: 255-274
Published online: 13 Oct 2017
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The relationship between competition and efficiency of waste-collection services in the Czech Republic
Jan Pavel & Jan Slavík
Pages: 275-296
Published online: 04 Dec 2017
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Book Reviews

Book Review
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)
Peter Eckersley
Pages: 297-298
Published online: 19 Jan 2018
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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)
Chris Game
Pages: 299-301
Published online: 25 Jan 2018
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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)
Tony Smith
Pages: 301-303
Published online: 08 May 2018
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