A research agenda for regional and local government

ABSTRACT

I A Research Agenda for Regional and Local Government i by Mark Callanan and John Loughlin is a forward-looking edited collection which attempts to construct and justify exploratory scholarship on regional and local government (Callanan & Loughlin, [1]). This is clearly linked to the cohering theme of the financial crisis, as, The League, as an example by the authors, did not lead any regional government prior to the crisis, and now commands governance of four Italian regions. As such, this typology is pioneering and future scholarship on this area is welcomed, particularly amidst the COVID-19 crisis and its potential reconfiguration of decentralization and regional authority following the financial crisis. Explicitly focusing on the financial crisis, the authors comparatively analyse similarities and differences of the EU's impact on regional and local governance surrounding the crisis. [Extracted from the article]