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Local Economy is a peer-reviewed journal operating as an interdisciplinary forum for the critical review of policy developments in the broad area of local economic development and urban regeneration. It seeks not only to publish analysis and critique but also to disseminate innovative practice.

From its origins at the Local Economy Policy Unit (LEPU) at London South Bank University, the journal has grown into the premier UK-based journal for those who want to critically engage with problems of local economic development and regeneration. It maintains a commitment to grassroots activism, social justice and economic empowerment considered within the context of wider social, political and economic change.

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CURRENT ISSUE CONTENTS

December 2011; Volume 26, issue 8

Editorial

The localism agenda
Deian Hopkin and Hugh Atkinson

Viewpoint

The pitfalls and perils of payment by results
David Boyle

Feature

‘You can’t play politics with people’s jobs and people’s services’:
Localism and the politics of local government finance
Stuart Wilks-Heeg

The problem of letting go: The ‘Big Society’, accountable governance and ‘the curse of the decentralizing minister’
Matthew Flinders and David S. Moon

Management of community-owned facilities post-acquisition: Brokerage for shared learning
Sarah Skerratt and Clare Hall

In perspective

Prospects for local economic development in the north of England under the coalition
Michael Ward

Localism and local government finance
Mike Curtis

Localism, social capital and the ‘Big Society’
Andy Westwood

What is localism, and what implications do different models have for managing the local economy?
Paul Hildreth

Contours and conflicts in scale: Science, knowledge and urban development
Tim May and Beth Perry

Book Review

The Big Society: The Anatomy of the New Politics
Deian Hopkin