Local Government Studies

📢 🆕 NEW article in Local Government Studies Journal: 'Women’s political leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic: a case study of the City Council of Cali, Colombia'. From Felipe Jaramillo Ruiz, Luis Carlos Ojeda-Oliveros and Santiago Rubio. doi.org/10.1080/030039…

📢 🆕 in Local Government Studies Journal: 'Safety, trust, and the role of co-production in combating violence: local government-community relations in the Arab minority in Israel' by Jawad Abu Younis, Anna Uster and Itai Beeri. doi.org/10.1080/030039…

📢🆕in Local Government Studies Journal: 'Does government transparency really matter for citizens’ satisfaction to public service? Empirical evidence from China'. From authors, Shuang Ling, WenHao Zhang and XiaoZhou Liu doi.org/10.1080/030039…

(1/5) 📚 Desde Cali Visible compartimos un logro académico: una investigación sobre el liderazgo político de las mujeres en el Concejo de Cali (2016–2024), coescrita por nuestro coordinador @luiscarlosoj junto a Felipe Jaramillo y @El_Santicristo, publicada en @LGStudies👇

📢🆕in Local Government Studies journal: 'The Double-edged sword: China’s local government special bonds and county-level economic growth' by Huiwen Chen and Rongxue Jin from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law doi.org/10.1080/030039…

📢 🆕 NEW in Local Government Studies Journal: 'In sync or out of tune? Investigating intraparty opinion homogeneity between national leaderships and local representatives' by Matthias Van Campenhout, Christophe Lesschaeve and Julie Sevenans. doi.org/10.1080/030039…

📢 🆕 NEW in Local Government Studies journal: 'Transparency in local government: exploring the impact of female leadership and political context' by Bruna Filipa Gonçalves Ribeiro, Miguel Ângelo Rodrigues and Francisca Tejedo-Romero doi.org/10.1080/030039…

New academic research on public sector innovation, Brexit & enterprise zones, local government Twitter use & blame avoidance amongst local government officers. Volume 52, Issue 1 of Local Government Studies is now available. Most articles are #openaccess tandfonline.com/toc/flgs20/52/…

📢 🆕 in Local Government Studies Journal: 'Factors influencing accessible electronic service delivery in Chinese municipalities: a comparative analysis' by Biao He & Vincent Homburg from the University of Tartu. doi.org/10.1080/030039…

📢 🆕NEW article in LGS journal: 'It’s all in the details: comparing and explaining variation in the ‘policy specificity’ of sub-city climate activities'. Paul Tobin, Neil Carter, Joshua Barritt, Anna Sanders and James Jackson #openaccess doi.org/10.1080/030039…

📢🆕 in Local Government Studies Journal: 'Arenas of conflict? How local integration infrastructures & multi-level dynamics shape the space for conflict and cooperation at the local level in Austria'. From Albert Kraler & Isabella Skrivanek #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1080/030039…

📢 🆕 NEW in Local Government Studies Journal: The scope of active labour market policies in local labour market programmes in Swedish municipalities – driven by needs or values? From Olov Hemmingsson and Gustav Lidén #openaccess doi.org/10.1080/030039…

📢 🆕 NEW in Local Government Studies Journal: 'Institutional pressures and local climate policy isomorphism in Ireland' by Paul Wagner from @EdinburghNapier doi.org/10.1080/030039…

📢 🆕 NEW in Local Government Studies Journal, ‘Upturning the turnout voting upside down: the case of the Arab local government in Israel’ from Mohammed Khalaile, Yousef Makladeh and Doron Navot #openaccess. doi.org/10.1080/030039…

📢 🆕 blog post from Dr. Nicolai De Wulf and @joris_voets 'Crisis management in cities: how politicians and public servants worked together during the Ukrainian refugee reception', published by @INLOGOV inlogov.com/2025/11/18/cri…

📢 🆕 NEW in Local Government Studies Journal: Andrew Hickey and Sally Hourigan analyse local government community plans from Queensland, Australia to examine the ways that the community concept is rendered with functional meaning. doi.org/10.1080/030039…

📢 🆕 NEW article in Local Government Studies Journal: Eun Young Kim finds that decentralization without fiscal independence of local governments weakens the link between local governments and citizens doi.org/10.1080/030039…

📢 🆕 in LGS Journal: When crisis hits, politics and administration must work hand in hand. What can we learn from Flemish cities that built “emergency villages” for Ukrainian refugees? Read the full article #LocalGovernment @GovPA_UGent @joris_voets doi.org/10.1080/030039…

📢🆕in Local Government Studies Journal: 'Councillors’ intentions to seek re-election in a gender-balanced local government system: evidence from Iceland' from authors Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir & Hafsteinn Einarsson from @uni_iceland doi.org/10.1080/030039…

📢 🆕 NEW in Local Government Studies: ‘Political resistance, representation, and identity during English local government re-organisation: a micro-case study’ from Tabitha Baker and Ian Gwinn from @bournemouthuni doi.org/10.1080/030039…