Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

The aim of the Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance is to strengthen the research 'voice' of local government in the Commonwealth by the focussed dissemination of local government ideas and practices within the sector. It does this by providing a forum for researchers and practitioners who have affiliation or interest in Commonwealth nations.

The Commonwealth e-Journal of Local Governance journal is auspiced by the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (UK), edited by Cardiff University(UK), and published by UTS Centre for Local Government (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia).

Key Editorial Priorities:

  • Improving local governance

  • Local government as an agent of development


    • Sub-themes:

    • Concepts of local democracy, citizenship and community participation/empowerment

    • Strategic leadership and planning

    • Traditional leadership and local government, or alternative sites of authority

    • Improving local governance (better systems, efficiency, effectiveness, ethics etc)

    • Decentralisation and re-centralisation

    • Municipal finance and capacity (including aid management)

    • Global issues and local government: climate change, health, economic transformation, urbanisation etc

    • Social inclusion (including gender equity and poverty alleviation)

    • Performance measurement and management

    • Inter-government relations

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    Section Policies

    Preface

    Unchecked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Unchecked Peer Reviewed

    Editorial

    Unchecked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Unchecked Peer Reviewed

    Background Papers

    Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Unchecked Peer Reviewed

    Research and Evaluation

    Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

    Practice

    Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Unchecked Peer Reviewed

    Commentary

    Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Unchecked Peer Reviewed

    News and Reviews

    Checked Open Submissions Unchecked Indexed Unchecked Peer Reviewed

    Conference Notes

    Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Unchecked Peer Reviewed

    Blog Review

    Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Unchecked Peer Reviewed

    Report

    Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
     

    Peer Review Process

    All articles submitted to the Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance are reviewed by at least two independent readers who are qualified experts in the subject field. Authors and reviewers remain anonymous during this process. Reviewers' recommendations are taken into consideration by the editors in determining publication and revisions.

     

    Publication Frequency

    The Journal is published bi-annually in May and November. Please email Alison Brown BrownAM@Cardiff.ac.uk for editorial proposals or current section closing dates in view of this schedule.

     

    Open Access Policy

    This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

     

    Archiving

    This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

     

    Disclaimer

    The views expressed in this journal are those of the authors and do not, and should not, be considered representative of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum or the UTS Centre for Local Government.

     


    ISSN 1836-0394