📢🆕NEW in Local Government Studies Journal: ‘The impact of city-county amalgamations on small administrative units: evidence from land transfer in China' from authors Tao Zheng and Bindong Sun. doi.org/10.1080/0300...

📢🆕 in Local Government Studies journal, 'From single-issue to sustained Influence: factors driving the endurance of local political parties' by Felicia Andreassen, Gissur Ó Erlingsson & Susanne Wallman Lundåsen #openaccess doi.org/10.1080/0300...

📢 🆕 NEW in Local Government Studies: 'Managing inclusive co-creation processes in a superdiverse neighborhood: drivers of inclusion in the case of Rotterdam' from authors Warda Belabas, Ingmar van Meerkerk and Thomas van den Kieboom. #openaccess doi.org/10.1080/0300...

📢 🆕 in LGS Journal: 'Politician–manager relationship, procurement decisions & corruption risk in local governments' from authors Riccardo Mussari, Fabio Monteduro, Simona Caramia & Veronica Allegrini from the Department of Business & Law, Siena University in Italy. doi.org/10.1080/0300...

📢 🆕 NEW in Local Government Studies Journal: 'Unlocking the potentials of Information and Communication Technology on citizen participation in Tanzania local government authorities: the citizen’s perspectives' from authors Nicholaus Ngowi, Gasper Kissoka & Parestico Pastory doi.org/10.1080/0300...

📢 🆕 NEW in LGS: 'Twitter communication in times of crisis: how do German local governments frame social media messages and how do citizens react?' Hannes Lampe & Dominik Vogel explore how different message framings affect citizen responses: #openaccess www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 🆕 NEW in Local Government Studies Journal: 'When do cities propose taxes? Evidence from California municipalities, 1996–2010'. Daniel Alvord & Jennifer Nations find that city leaders’ negative evaluative assessments of fiscal outlook predict tax proposals in future years. doi.org/10.1080/0300...

📢 🆕 in Local Government Studies: 'The responses of government officials to questions from local councillors: analysis from a blame avoidance perspective' from authors Chun-Ming Tsui, Yu-Cheng Jiang & Hongwung Wang from Taiwan University #openaccess

Happy to see this one with Suzy Leland in @lgstudies.bsky.social get an issue. One of the first pieces on special district dissolution (3rd?). What lies beneath these creatures of the state: understanding the death of specialised governments in the U.S.

📢 🆕 in Local Government Studies journal: 'Digital coproduction in Seoul: the case of Seoul’s government and citizen-led platforms' from Hanchan Hwang & Ran Kim. doi.org/10.1080/0300...

📢 🆕 in Local Government Studies: 'Contested waters: analysing third-party challenges in French water contract governance (2005–2023)' by Justine Le Floch and Stéphane Saussier doi.org/10.1080/0300...

When judging papers for the the George Jones Prize, editors were also very taken with the following article, which had an early career researcher, Henrique Hott as lead author, ‘Are newcomers financially responsible? Evidence from close elections in Brazilian municipalities doi.org/10.1080/0300...

📢 🏆Simone van de Wetering wins the George Jones Prize for best paper in issue 50 of LGS with an early career researcher as lead author: ‘Facilitating citizen participation in marginalised neighbourhoods: selective empowerment in between vulnerability and active citizenship’ doi.org/10.1080/0300....

📢 🏆 Delighted to announce that Mildred Warner is the winner of the John Stewart Prize for the best paper published in issue 50 of LGS for her paper, ‘Pragmatic municipalism: privatization and remunicipalization in the US’ doi.org/10.1080/0300... Free to access until the end of July 2026.

📢 🆕 in Local Government Studies: 'Cutting off the fiscal nose: the impact of anti-ESG policies on municipal borrowing costs in Oklahoma' from Travis Roach and Mariya Burdina doi.org/10.1080/0300...

"I am fed up. It was interesting, fascinating & frustrating". Julien van Ostaaijen & Sander Jennissen explore why Dutch political parties lose their local representatives in this INLOGOV blog, based on the full article in Local Government Studies @peckersley.bsky.social inlogov.com/2025/07/03/u...

📢 🆕 NEW in Local Government Studies Journal, 'The varied impact of direct democracy on local housing policies: unravelling the role of socioeconomic context' by Liu Menglin (Miley) from the University of California doi.org/10.1080/0300... #openaccess

📢 🆕 in Local Government Studies Journal: 'Reelected mayors and local fiscal policy outcomes. Are incumbent mayors more competent compared to newly elected ones?' by Joanna Siwińska-Gorzelak and Grazyna Bukowska doi.org/10.1080/0300... #openaccess

📢🆕 in Local Government Studies Journal 'The political dynamics of carbon emissions: evidence from Chinese firms' from Long Wang, Javier Cifuentes-Faura, Chang’an Wang & Xiaoqian Liu doi.org/10.1080/0300...

Nice to see the Guardian pick up on a new @lgstudies.bsky.social article by @alexnurse.bsky.social. The paper examines the often toxic nature of debates around local cycling infrastructure, and how cycling activists sometimes adopt counter-productive tactics www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...

📢🆕 in Local Government Studies Journal: 'Unfolding the relationship between regional resilience and policy instruments: the case of Brexit and enterprise zones in the UK' from Sina Hardaker #openaccess doi.org/10.1080/0300...

In our new article "Reasons political parties lose their representatives" @lgstudies.bsky.social we propose to better distinguish between party failure and party death, and to combine both in one theoretical model. The article is open access! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🆕📢NEW in LGS journal: ‘Diverse roles and perceptions of public officials and NGOs in local citizens’ assemblies – A comparative analysis of the cases of Poland and Hungary Paulina Pospieszna, Magni Szymaniak-Arnesen, Daniel Oross & Gabriella Kiss #openaccess doi.org/10.1080/0300...

📢🆕 NEW in Local Government Studies, 'Issue prioritisation decisions by local politicians: the role of order effects and justification requirements,' by Amandine Lerusse doi.org/10.1080/0300...

📢🆕 in Local Government Studies: 'Perceived local government performance and people’s life satisfaction: the role of trust in local government and political participation' from Na Li & Mang He doi.org/10.1080/0300...

NEW in LGS: Unlocking pathways in constrained local governance: exploring paradiplomacy under competitive-disharmony through the case of Istanbul, authored by Ahmet Cemal Ertürk & Nur Sinem Kourou doi.org/10.1080/0300...

🆕📢 NEW in LGS: ‘Unlocking pathways in constrained local governance: exploring paradiplomacy under competitive-disharmony through the case of Istanbul’ from Ahmet Cemal Ertürk and Nur Sinem Kourou doi.org/10.1080/0300...

📢🆕 NEW in LGS: 'Political competition and representation in municipal councils' Christophe Lévêque argues that political competition increases the number of high-status municipal councillors and is thus detrimental to the election of low-social-status candidates doi.org/10.1080/0300...

🆕📢 NEW in Local Government Studies Journal, ‘Local passion and national apathy: investigating the phenomenon of selective voting behaviour’ from Jakub Lysek, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic doi.org/10.1080/0300...

📢🆕 In LGS Journal: In their article on day care & economic hardship, @marcdebus.bsky.social @keonhison.bsky.social & @sarahwagner.bsky.social find that the number of full-time day care spots for children per capita in cities that face economic hardship is significantly lower. doi.org/10.1080/0300...

📢🆕 NEW in LGS journal: Rhys Andrews Malcolm J. Beynon & Frank Baafi @cu-cardiffbusiness.bsky.social find big, wealthy, urban districts are associated with good infrastructure, whereas rural, poor districts & badly managed districts associated with weak infrastructure access doi.org/10.1080/0300...

🆕📢 NEW in Local Government Studies Journal: ‘Veto and versatile: understanding the local implementation of environmental policies in China’ from authors Jinke Liu and Xinming Deng doi.org/10.1080/0300...

✅ [Open access] Sharing our latest article @lgstudies.bsky.social We measure public sector innovation in Spanish local governments 💡Our public sector index is based on novelty, complexity, breadth, and value of innovation. 🔍 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🙌 #LAlcaide & #ILiarte #AIPublicGov

📢🆕 Has Northern Ireland fulfilled its aspirations for partnership working? Find out in this new research article from Colin Knox & Paul Carmichael @ulsteruniversity.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0300...

This special 50th anniversary edition of Local Government Studies is guest edited by @profcatdurose.bsky.social and features contributions from @tjarnold.bsky.social and @ariannagiovannini.bsky.social, alongside many other leading voices in local government research.

In a contribution to @lgstudies.bsky.social, @keonhison.bsky.social, @sarahwagner.bsky.social and I find that the nr of full day care spots for children in German cities is lower in case of economic hardship. This effect gets stronger if the mayor belongs to a left-wing party shorturl.at/p8YUK 1/3

📢🆕 in Local Government Studies Journal: Marte Winsvold and Bjarte Folkestad explore whether the media seem more hostile to losers in their article 'Media bias perceptions among politicians in the wake of Norwegian municipal mergers' #openaccess doi.org/10.1080/0300...

🎈🎉 50 years of Local Government Studies! This special issue of LGS explores the past, present, and future of local government studies. #openaccess. With guest editors @profcatdurose.bsky.social & @peckersley.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/toc/flgs20/5...

🆕 📢 in Local Government Studies: Focusing on the 2014–2020 Norwegian Local Government Reform, Thomas Margel Myksvoll & Troy Saghaug Broderstad analyse how local issue salience may impact local representatives’ stance on amalgamating their municipality with one or more others. doi.org/10.1080/0300...

📢🆕 in Local Government Studies Journal, 'When blame avoidance meets transparency: local governments’ bandwagon strategy in environmental information disclosure in China' from authors Shaowei Chen, Kai Jia & Kwan Nok Chan doi.org/10.1080/0300...

📣 When do citizens accept politicians with a day job? My new study in @lgstudies.bsky.social shows how it depends on public office professionalisation. When offices with greater time demands and higher pay are combined with day jobs, citizens trust politicians less. Open access: shorturl.at/m18Fd

📢🆕in Local Government Studies Journal: ‘Understanding freedom of information requests: predictors of request for public information to municipalities in Chile' José Hernández-Bonivento & Francisco Moller www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

NEW in LGS: Find out what motivates people to participate in digital co-creation in urban mobility planning. Article from Marie Kluge, Jannis Kachel and Michèle Knodt from Technische Universität Darmstadt in Germany doi.org/10.1080/0300...

NEW in LGS: In 'Using social media for supporting engagement in the public sector: a systematic literature review' Marco Contri, Silvia Fissi & Elena Gori offer a knowledge map that identifies the antecedents & determinants of the citizen engagement process via social media doi.org/10.1080/0300...

Our first issue of 2025 is now available to browse online! Articles include a lit review of using social media to support public engagement, local gov in Northern Ireland & a paper on whether the media seems more hostile to losers. Browse today at the link: www.tandfonline.com/toc/flgs20/5...

New in LGS@50: in 'The use of quantitative methods in local government studies, a review and a conclusive message' Amir Hefetz & Marianna Sebő demonstrate the substantial impact of empirical studies in local government studies #openaccess doi.org/10.1080/0300...

More and more of you are reading articles in Local Government Studies. We achieved an impressive 16,4621 downloads in 2024, continuing our trajectory from previous years. Thank you to all our readers, authors and editors. We look forward to another 50 years of local government studies!

New in LGS@50: in 'More open,more democratic or better at hiding? two decades of local government transparency in the UK' @benworthy.bsky.social & Megan Waugh ask how does transparency sit with the fragmented & disjointed landscape of local politics today? #openaccess doi.org/10.1080/0300...

Interesting paper from Ben Worthy & Megan Waugh More open, more democratic or better at hiding? Two decades of local government transparency in the UK 🖇️ doi.org/10.1080/0300... "FOI has made local government more transparent" but there are concerns about participation, outsourcing, & underfunding

Very good overview of the impact of transparency reforms on local govt, by @benworthy.bsky.social & Megan Waugh at tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... - "FOI and, to a lesser degree, Open Data have succeeded in making local government more open and accountable but have faced obstacles and limitations"