Commonwealth Local Government Forum
CJLG
Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance
The Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance is a peer-reviewed e-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 and is edited by Prof Alison Brown, Cardiff University and published by UTS Publishing on behalf CLGF.
The Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance was launched on 7 May 2008 by CLGF, in partnership with the University of Technology Sydney, Centre for Local Government, under the founding editorship of Prof Graham Sansom.
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Latest Issue 26
Graham Sansom
In this issue:
Research and Evaluation (peer-reviewed)
Michael Falla, Jason Prior, Brent Jacobs PDF
Rebecca McNaught, Kalara McGregor, Matthew Kensen, Rob Hales, Johanna Nalau
Participation of chiefs in decentralised local governance in Ghana
Emmanuel Debrah PDF
Tanya Jakimow PDF
Betwixt agency and accountability: re-visioning street-level bureaucrats
Priyanshu Gupta, Manish Thakur, Bhaskar Chakrabarti PDF
Gordon Morris PDF
Regionalism from above: intergovernmental relations in Canadian metropolitan governance
Zack Taylor PDF
POLICY AND PRACTICE
Perspectives on metropolitan governance
Alex Gooding, Alan Harding, Peter McKinlay, Marius Pieterse
Fact Sheets on decentralisation in Africa
Jaap de Visser, Tinashe Chigwata PDF
Latest Issue 25
Editorial Graham Sansom, University of Technology Sydney
Download Issue 25 here.
In this issue:
Research and Evaluation (peer-reviewed)
Preety Choudhari, Trisha Roy, Khushboo Verma, Reena Bharti, Sonia Verma PDF
Wilfred U Lameck, Rudie Hulst PDF
Bernard Afiik Akanpabadai Akanbang, Anass Ibn Abdallah PDF
Trends in rural fiscal decentralisation in India’s Karnataka state: a focus on public health
Megha Rao, Arnab Mukherji, Hema Swaminathan PDF
Resourcing local government in Ghana: the potential of volunteering to deliver basic services
Ronald Adamtey, Clifford Amoako, Benjamin Doe PDF
Factors affecting the performance of South African municipal officials: stakeholders’ perspectives
Tyanai Masiya , Yul Derek Davids, Mary S Mangai PDF
Jimmy Francis Obonyo, William Muhumuza PDF
Indigenous peoples’ human rights, self-determination and local governance – Part 2
Ed Wensing PDF
Latest Issue 24
In this issue:
Editorial Graham Sansom, University of Technology Sydney
RESEARCH AND EVALUATION (PEER REVIEWED)
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Localising the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa: implementation challenges and opportunities Eunice Annan-Aggrey, Elmond Bandauko, Godwin Arku |
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Organisational citizenship behaviour and service delivery in urban local governments in Uganda Wilberforce Turyasingura, Lazarus Nabaho |
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Vinothan Naidoo |
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Sarah de Vries |
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Voting in New Zealand local government elections: the need to encourage greater voter turnout Andy Asquith, Karen Webster, Andrew Cardow |
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Indigenous peoples’ human rights, self-determination and local governance – Part 1 Ed Wensing |
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POLICY AND PRACTICE
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Paradzai Munyede, Delis Mazambani, Jakarasi Maja |
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Niaz Ahmed Khan, Jannatul Ferdous, Md Imran Hossain Bhuiyan |
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Latest Issue 23
In this issue:
RESEARCH AND EVALUATION (PEER REVIEWED)
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Promoting inclusive urban economies in a world of changing technology and patterns of trade Glen Robbins |
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Rose B Namara |
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Local government in England: evolution and long-term trends John Parr |
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Decentralisation and urban primary health services: a case study of Delhi’s Mohalla Clinics Sejal Patel, Priyankita Pant |
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Tewodaj Mogues, Kwaku Owusu-Baah |
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POLICY AND PRACTICE
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Recent trends in Australian local government reform Graham Sansom |
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BOOK REVIEW
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Review: How to Steal a City: The Battle for Nelson Mandela Bay, an Inside Account by Crispian Olver Thina Nzo |
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Latest Issue 22
In this issue:
Editorial Gareth Wall, University of Birmingham
RESEARCH AND EVALUATION (PEER REVIEWED)
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Joydeep Guha, Bhaskar Chakrabarti |
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Sara Dewachter, Patricia Bamanyaki, Nathalie Holvoet |
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A critique of the newly proposed model of decentralisation in Lesotho Hoolo ‘Nyane |
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Performance management in Ghana’s local government: a case study of Ada East District Assembly Justice Nuse Sosu |
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Moazzam Ali Janjua, Rainer Rohdewohld |
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Property rate in Ghana: a poor local revenue source or underexploited potential? Abdulai Kuyini Mohammed |
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POLICY AND PRACTICE
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Sustainable community services for older people Chris Taylor, Jed Donoghue |
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Post-Covid-19 and local economic development (LED): sharing experiences from Ghana Bilattey Bimi |
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BOOK REVIEW
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Review: The case for Community Wealth Building by Joe Guinan and Martin O’Neill Gareth Wall |
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Latest Issue 21
In this issue:
Editorial Yvette Selim, University of Technology Sydney and Gareth Wall, University of Birmingham
RESEARCH AND EVALUATION (PEER REVIEWED)
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Yves Cabannes |
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Legislating community engagement at the Australian local government level Helen Christensen |
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David Anaafo |
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Municipal finance for housing: local government approaches to financing housing in cities Christopher Feather |
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Local government and community events in New Zealand: a case study of two neighbouring cities Joany Grima |
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Community governance and service delivery in Nepal: an assessment of influencing factors Keshav K Acharya, Habib Zafarullah |
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BOOK REVIEWS
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Review: Bangladesh: Reform Agenda for Local Governance by Tofail Ahmed Soumyabrato Bagchi |
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POLICY AND PRACTICE
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Commonwealth Local Government Forum’s support of Local Councils Associations in Pakistan Noor Akbar |
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Latest Issue 20
In this issue:
Editorial by Gareth Wall, CLGF and Gordon Morris, University of Exeter
RESEARCH AND EVALUATION (PEER REVIEWED)
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Paul Smoke |
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Women’s local government representation in Auckland – does size matter? Karen Webster, Judy McGregor |
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Rural policy, rural quangos – searching for clarity in West Dorset, south west England Gordon Morris |
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Anél du Plessis, Oliver Fuo |
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Adam Andani |
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The consequences of path dependency on funding for infill development in Victoria, Australia Emily Killin, Alan March |
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Democratisation of local government planning in Bangladesh Shuvra Chowdhury |
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Decision-making processes in Sylhet City Corporation: who plays the dominant role? Muhammad Mustofa Kamal,Anwara Begum,Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Hossienie |
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Botswana development vision and localisation of UN Sustainable Development Goals Norbert Musekiwa, David Mandiyanike |
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POLICY AND PRACTICE (NON-REFEREED)
PRACTICE
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Kenneth Okwaroh Ochieng |
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Intergovernmental planning and budgeting in Zimbabwe: learning the lessons of the past Tinashe C Chigwata, Sylvester Marumahoko |
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Lillian Muyomba-Tamale, Kiran Cunningham |
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BOOK REVIEWS
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Review: Directly Elected Mayors in Urban Governance: Impact and Practice edited by David Sweeting Andrew Walker |
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Jonathan Carr-West |
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Previous Issue 19
In this issue:
Editorial by Alison Brown, University of Cardiff
Research and evaluation
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Successful, safe and sustainable cities: towards a New Urban Agenda David Satterthwaite |
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Mind the gap: Australian local government reform and councillors’ understandings of their roles Su Fei Tan, Alan Morris, Bligh Grant |
Australian local governments and the early national broadband network roll-out: an online survey
Tooran Alizadeh, Heather Shearer
Assignment of functions to local authorities in Lesotho
Hoolo Nyane
Amalgamation of South Africa’s rural municipalities: is it a good idea?
Mkhululi Ncube, Jabulile Monnakgotla
Provincial–regional ANC politics in the Northern Cape: corruption or everyday informal practices?
Thina Nzo
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Citizen participation in urban local government: a case study of Kanaighat Paurashava in Bangladesh Mohammad Shahjahan Chowdhury, Md Aktaruzzaman |
Can organisation development principles in India's local governments improve governance?
Sonali Srivastava, Madhavi Rajadhyaksha
Practice
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The Greenway social housing estate: lessons in community development Chris Taylor, Jed Donoghue |
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The ward sabha in Bangladesh – lessons from Kerala and West Bengal Tofail Ahmed |
News and reviews
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Book review – Reclaiming Local Democracy: A progressive future for local government Gordon Morris |
Book review – Cities and Agriculture
Aloysius Clemence Mosha
Previous issue
Issue 18
In this issue:
Editorial by Alison Brown, University of Cardiff
Research and evaluation
Supporting local governance and local economic development – some experiences from Swaziland,
Terry Parker
Role of courts in interpreting local government's environmental powers in South Africa,
Oliver Fuo
Symbolic politics, legalism and implementation: the case of street vendors in India,
Philip Amis
Urban agriculture in Botswana,
Aloysius Clemence Mosha
Women’s leadership in local government in the Caribbean,
Kizzann Lee Sam
Network governance and capacity of local governments to deliver LED in Uganda,
Rose B Namara, Gerald Kagambirwe Karyeija, Betty C Mubangizi
Learning in Australian local government: A roadmap for improving education and training,
Ronald Woods, Sarah Artist, Geraldine O’Connor
Public participation in services delivery projects in Buikwe District Local Government Uganda,
Sylvester Kugonza, Robert Mukobi
Mobilising internally generated funds to finance development projects in Ghana’s Northern Region,
Felix Puopiel, Musah Chimsi
The ‘silent pistol’ in Ghana’s local government system: presiding members vs. chief executives Issah Justice Musah-Surugu, Emmanuel Yeboah-Assiamah
Local government administration in Nigeria: the search for relevance,
Ozohu-Suleiman Abdulhamid, Paul Chima
News and reviews
Bligh Grant
Tofail Ahmed
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