The Routledge Handbook of International Local Government

Richard Kerley is Emeritus Professor of Management at Queen Margaret University, UK, having previously been a Dean and Vice Principal over the period the former University College gained full University title. He is chair of the Centre for Scottish Public Policy and on the editorial boards of Local Government Studies and the International Journal of Public Management.Joyce Liddle is Professor at Newcastle Business School, University of Northumbria, UK. She is a Fellow of the British Academy of Social Sciences, Fellow of Regional Studies Association, and Fellow of Joint University Council. She recently stood down as Honorary Chair of the UK Joint University Council and was formerly Chair of its Public Administration Committee. She is EAB member on 7 international journals and researches in local and regional government, public leadership, management and entrepreneurship, and regularly publishes work in noted international journals in the field.Pamela T. Dunning is Associate Professor of Public Administration at Troy University, USA. She is Chair of the Section on Public Administration Education within the American Society of Public Administration (ASPA), a previous Hampton Roads Chapter President in ASPA, and is on the editorial board of the Sage Journal Teaching Public Administration.