Call for Papers

Sam Aaronovitch Memorial Prizewinner December 2012

The Sam Aaronovitch Memorial Prize is awarded each year to any article in Local Economy which by both its quality and content best promotes the progressive values of LEPU’s founder Sam Aaronovitch.

SAGE are delighted to announce the winning article:

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

Local Economy

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Founded in 1986, Local Economy brings together policy analysts, researchers and practitioners concerned with local economic policies and social justice. Local Economy aims to make academic research accessible to all working in the broad field of local economic and social change.

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.

Local Economy covers a very broad range of issues and accommodates a diversity of perspectives. The editors intend to continue enlarging both the range of issues covered and the journal's international scope.