The Commonwealth e-journal of local governance is a peer-reviewed journal that aims to strengthen the research voice of local government in the Commonwealth by providing a forum for researchers and practitioners interested in local government ideas and practices. Its overall focus is upon improving local governance and supporting local government as an agent of development.
Contents
- Editorial: Sustainable democracy, development and environmental policies - Steve Martin and Alison Brown
Research and evaluation
- Place-based leadership in a global era - Robin Hambleton
- Local governments in rural West Bengal, India and their coordination with line departments- Bhaskar Chakrabarti, Raghabendra Chattopadhyay, Suman Nath
- Cabinet governance and political stability in English urban councils - Stephen Greasley
- Local government improvement in England: policies, progress and prospects- Steve Martin
- Municipal local economic development and the multiplier effect: - Lucienne Heideman
- Public sector responses to climate change: Evaluating the Role of Scottish Local Government - Tony Jackson, William Lynch
Commentary and conference notes
- Professionalising local government leadership: A foundational imperative - Olubunmi Ajayi
- Reconceptualising shared services - Peter McKinlay
- The local capacity, local community and local governance dimensions of sustainability in Australian Local Government - Brian Dollery, Lin Crase, Bligh James Grant
- The 2011 Commonwealth Local Government Conference: Energising Local Economies: An overview – Sue Rhodes
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Issue 7, Commonwealth e-journal of local governance, November 2010
Topics include:
- community-led strategic planning in New Zealand
- the emergence of community and strategic planning in New South Wales
- state planning in Ghana
- institutional policy learning and federal-urban engagement in Canada
- local government in Botswana
- mainstreaming HIV/AIDs in Gauteng municipalities
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Topics include:
- on-line citizens panels
- rate-pegging in New South Wales
- decentralisation of the development budget in papua New Guinea
- improving institutional and service delivery capacity in conflict affected areas:
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_issue 5, Commonwealth e-journal of local governance, March 2010. This is a special edition on the 2009 Commonwealth Local Government Conference, held in Freeport, The Bahamas, and contains background information on the theme and outcomes and papers presented to the research colloquium that was held prior to the conference.
Topics covered in this edition include:
- Improving local government: the Commonwealth vision
- Confronting the urban challenge in Kampala
- Village forums or development councils: participation in rural West Bengal
- A Canadian approach to municipal consolidation in major city-regions
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The political-administrative interface in South African municipalties
plus commentary and practicew notes on electoral quotas, local-level governance, municipal-aboriginal relations, addresssing human trafficking, decentralisation, and reserved seats for women.
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Issue 4 of the Commonwealth e-journal of local governance was published in November 2009.
Topics covered in this edition include:
- Local government and traditional authorities in concert: towards a more productive relationship
- Local government level restorative adjudication: an alternative model of justice for children in Bangladesh
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Sustainable cities: Canadian reality or urban myth?
plus commentary and practice notes on MDGs, capacity building, gender mainstreaming and local government reform.
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Issue 3 of the Commonwealth e-journal of local governance was published on 14 May 2009 at the fifth annual Commonwealth Local Government Conference held in Freeport, Bahamas.
Topics covered in this edition include:
- Can international local government partnerships make a difference?
- From citizen participation to participatory governance
- Deeping local democracy in South Asia
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A Canadian approach to municipal consolidation in major city-regions
Issue 2 of the Commonwealth e-journal of local governance was published in February 2009. - Developmental Local Government in South Africa: Institutional fault lines
- From Citizen Participation to Participatory Governance
- Representative Democracy in Australian Local Government
- Indicators of Community Cohesion in an Australian Country Town.
Themes covered in issue 1 include:
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Concepts of local democracy and citizenship
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Strategic leadership and planning
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Traditional leadership and local government
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Improving local governance
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Decentralisation and recentralisation
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Municipal finance and capacity
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Global issues and local government: climate change, health, economic transformation, urbanisation
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Social inclusion
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Performance measurement and management
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Inter-government relations
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