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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Editorial by Gareth Wall, CLGF and Gordon Morris, University of Exeter
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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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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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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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In this issue:
Editorial by Alison Brown, University of Cardiff
Research and evaluation
Successful, safe and sustainable cities: towards a New Urban Agenda David Satterthwaite |
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
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
The Greenway social housing estate: lessons in community development Chris Taylor, Jed Donoghue |
The ward sabha in Bangladesh – lessons from Kerala and West Bengal Tofail Ahmed |
News and reviews
Book review – Reclaiming Local Democracy: A progressive future for local government Gordon Morris |
Book review – Cities and Agriculture
Aloysius Clemence Mosha
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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