期刊名称：LOCAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES ISSN： 0300-3930 出版频率： Bi-monthly 出版社： ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2-4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON, ENGLAND, OXON, OX14 4RN   出版社网址： http://www.tandf.co.uk/ 期刊网址： http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/03003930.asp 影响因子： 0.804(2015年) 0.744(2014年) 0.62(2013年) 0.690 (2012年) 0.429(2011年) 主题范畴： REGIONAL & URBAN PLANNING;    POLITICAL SCIENCE;    PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 期刊简介(About the journal)    投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)    编辑部信息(Editorial Board)    About the journal Local Government Studies is the leading journal for the study of the politics, administration and management of local affairs. The journal publishes articles which contribute to the better understanding and practice of local government and which are of interest to scholars, policy analysts, policymakers and practitioners. The focus of the journal is on the critical analysis of developments in local governance throughout the world. The editors particularly welcome studies of issues related to European local government. Local Government Studies provides a unique forum for the consideration of all issues related to sub-national levels of government. Instructions to Authors Please submit all articles and address all correspondence regarding the progress of submitted papers in the first instance to the journal administrator, Laura Baker, The Institute of Local Government Studies, JG Smith Building, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; E-mail: l.m.baker@bham.ac.uk. The Editors of Local Government Studies welcome initial approaches from prospective authors. Acceptance of articles is subject to an anonymous refereeing process. Articles submitted to Local Government Studies should be original contributions and should not be under consideration for any other publication at the same time. If another version of the article is under consideration by another publication, or has been, or will be published elsewhere, authors should clearly indicate this at the time of submission. If submitting a hard copy, each manuscript should be submitted in duplicate, typewritten on A4/Letter paper, on one side only, double-spaced and with ample margins. All pages (including those containing only diagrams and tables) should be numbered consecutively. There is no standard length for articles but 4,000-6,000 words (including notes and references) is a useful target. The article should begin with an indented and italicised summary of around 100 words, which should describe the main arguments and conclusions of the article. The author should provide brief biographical details including affiliation, research interests and recent publications. The title of the article only should appear at the top of the first page of text. The title of the article together with the author's name, details of institutional affiliation, full address and other contact information (phone, fax and e-mail) should be included on a separate cover sheet. Any acknowledgements should be included on the cover sheet, as should a note of the exact length of the article. All diagrams, charts and graphs should be referred to as figures and consecutively numbered. Tables should be kept to a minimum and contain only essential data. Each figure and table must be given an Arabic numeral, followed by a heading, and be referred to in the text. To facilitate the typesetting process, notes should be grouped together at the end of the file. Tables should also be placed at the end. Any diagrams or maps should be copied to a separate disk in uncompressed .TIF or .JPG formats in individual files. These should be prepared in black and white. Tints should be avoided, use open patterns instead. If maps and diagrams cannot be prepared electronically, they should be presented on good quality white paper. Each disk should be labelled with the journal's name, article title, lead author's name and software used. It is the author's responsibility to ensure that where copyright materials are included within an article the permission of the copyright holder has been obtained. Confirmation of this should be included on a separate sheet included with the disk. Copyright in articles published in Local Government Studies rests with the publisher. Style Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts conform to the journal style. The Editors will not undertake retyping of manuscripts before publication. Sub-headings should be in capitals (or Roman numerals); sub-sub headings in lower case italic. Quotations should be in single quotation marks, double within single. Long quotations of five or more lines should be indented without quotes. Capitals should be used sparingly, principally for proper titles and where they may be necessary to avoid ambiguity. British spelling to be used throughout ('s' not 'z' in organisation etc.). Common foreign words such as regime, role, elite to be unaccented. No full stop after abbreviations (e.g. Dr, MP), and no apostrophe in plurals such as MPs, the 1930s. % to be written per cent. Dates should be in the form 31 March 1992; 1994-95. References Simple references to be inserted in round brackets at the appropriate place in the text, stating author's surname, publication date of work referred to and, where appropriate, relevant pages. For example: (Ludlow, 1992: 85). Comments to appear as notes, indicated consecutively throughout the article by raised numerals corresponding to the list of notes placed at the end of the manuscript. Reference list to appear after the list of notes, containing all the works referred to, listed alphabetically by author's surname (or name of sponsoring body), stating author's surname, forename and/or initials, date of publication, title of publication, edition, place of publication and publisher, and pages if relevant. For example: Walsh, K., 1995, Public Services and Market Mechanisms (London: Macmillan). Davis, H., 1997, 'Reviewing the Review', Local Government Studies, 23/3. Book Reviews: title (italic), authors(s) or editor(s) (capitals), place of publication, publisher, date of publication, no. of pages, price. Electronic Offprints Corresponding authors can receive their article by e-mail as a complete PDF. This allows the author to print up to 50 copies, free of charge, and disseminate them to colleagues. In many cases this facility will be available up to two weeks prior to publication. Or, alternatively, corresponding authors will receive the traditional 50 offprints. A copy of the journal will be sent by post to all corresponding authors after publication. Additional copies of the journal can be purchased at the author's preferential rate of ?5/$25 per copy. Editorial Board Editors: Colin Copus - University of Birmingham Stephanie Snape - University of Warwick Associate Editor 'in Practice': Professor Bas Denters - The University of Twente Professor George Frederickson - The University of Kansas Reviews Editor: Philip Whiteman - University of Birmingham Editorial Board: Dr Rachel Ashworth - University of Cardiff Professor Michael Connolly - Business School, University of Glamorgan Jo Dungey - Local Government Information Unit Clive Grace - University of Cardiff Professor Peter John - University of Manchester S. Leach - Department of Public Policy, De Montford University V. Lowndes - Department of Public Policy, De Montford University Dilys Hill - University of Southhampton George Jones - Department of Government, LSE S. Martin - Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University Nirmala Rao - Goldsmiths College, University of London J.D. Stewart - Professor of Local Government and Administration, University of Birmingham