Commonwealth e-journal of local governance

CLGF, in partnership with the University of Technology Sydney Centre for Local Government, launched the Commonwealth e-journal of local governance on 7 May 2008.

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.

The journal brings together perspectives of researchers and local government practitioners to disseminate information, ideas and good practice across the Commonwealth. From 2011 the journal is edited by Alison Brown, Cardiff University and published by UTS Publishing, University of Technology, Sydney.

Latest issue

Issue 11, Commonwealth e-journal of local governance, December 2012

Issue 11 of the Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance is now available online.

This issue highlights crucial issues facing Commonwealth local governments today − ensuring national influence, maximising revenue generation, encouraging probity in staffing appointments, or dealing with problems of social exclusion and alcoholism, are some of the varied challenges faced by local administrations.

Contents:

Research and evaluation

Managing central-local relationships: the case of New Zealand
Community-led developments in Englands small towns: the market towns initiative
Rates versus developer contributions as revenue sources for local government
Driving up standards: civil service management and decentrlisation in Uganda

Commentary and reports

Social inclusion in north Sydney
Upzila parashads in Bangladesh: roles and functions of elected representatives and bureaucrats
Transforming development with grassroots planning in Madhya Pradesh, India.

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Previous issues

Issue 10, Commonwealth e-journal of local governance, July 2012

Issue 10 features, among other things, a round up from the Good Practice Scheme by CLGF Project Officer Rachael Duchnowski, politics in a women majority council in Australia, and a review of a blog from a two-wheeled study of rural communities in Canada.

Contents include

Research and evaluation

Local government and local development: bridginf the gap through critical discourse
Rural municipal development and reform in Canada
Women in charge: politics in a women majority council in Australia

Commentary

Working Relationships for Sustainability: Improving Work-based relationships in local government to bring about sustainability goals
Review of the Commonwealth Local Gopvernment Good Practice Scheme

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Issue 8/9, Commonwealth e-journal of local governance, November 2011

This special double edition features papers from the third ‘Commonwealth Local Government Research Colloquium’ held in Cardiff on 13-15 March 2011.
Guest Editors: Steve Martin and Alison Brown.

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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Issue 6, Commonwealth e-journal of localIssue governance, July 2010

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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I ssue 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
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, 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
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, May 2009

This issue was published 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
A Canadian approach to municipal consolidation in major city-regions

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Issue 2 of the Commonwealth e-journal of local governance, February 2009.

Topics covered in this edition include:

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.

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Issue 1 of the Commonwealth e-journal of local governance, May 2008.

Themes covered in issue 1 include:

Concepts of local democracy and citizenship
Strategic leadership and planning
Traditional leadership and local government
Improving local governance
Decentralisation and recentralisation
Municipal finance and capacity
Global issues and local government: climate change, health, economic transformation, urbanisation
Social inclusion
Performance measurement and management
Inter-government relations

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The Commonwealth e-journal of Local Governance is published on the UTS e-press website at: http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/cjlg/index

The e-journal will be published 2 or 3 times per year. If you are interested in submitting a paper please contact alison.brown@cardiff.ac.uk or susan.rhodes@clgf.org.uk.