A consideration of the previous articles in this themed edition shows a growing recognition of the need to address regeneration management skills in order to implement the important regeneration agenda. Gaps in such skills include leadership especially in the context of the multi agency and...

Local governments : a global presence / Richard Kerley, Joyce Liddle, Pam Dunning -- Local electoral systems / Michael Cole -- Local political leadership : the voters or councillors : who chooses who governs? / Colin Copus -- Traditional leaders and local government in Pacific Island countries /...

1 Introduction: Contested Perspectives on Vulnerability: Which Groups Are Vulnerable and Why? -- 2 Beyond Public Services: The Era of New Public Populism -- 3 The Impact of Brexit on Vulnerability: Using a Theoretical Lens of Transnational and Local Linkages -- 4 Vulnerability a Collective or...

Mobilising an enterprise surge in specific places has become the leitmotif of contemporary spatial interventions and state-sponsored strategies. Global economic shocks, rising demands for welfare services and public sector austerity measures are signifiers of the complex processes that have...