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Review: Local Government in England: Centralisation, Autonomy and Control by Colin Corpus, Mark Roberts, Rachel Wall

Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2018
Local Government in England: Centralisation, Autonomy and Control is a serious book and an important contribution to the scholarship around local government. It opens however, with a pleasingly comic tableau as academics from England, Portugal and Poland
Jonathan Carr-West
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Local Governments Debt

, 2016
[Excerpt] In the public sector, debt results when public organizations borrow money from an individual or another organization with the promise of repayment at a later date (Mikesell 2013).
openaire   +2 more sources

Revisiting Mission‐Oriented Cancer Research to tackle the increasing burden of cancer in Europe–a policy perspective

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Translational cancer research and its implementation through competitively selected Comprehensive Cancer Centers across Europe should be the primary policy focus for addressing the increasing cancer burden in Europe and counteract the present main strategy to convert cancer to a chronic disease.
Manuel Heitor, Julio Celis, Ulrik Ringborg   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

WORKSHOP ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT [PDF]

Public Economics,
Quinn, John, Timmons, Jack
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Implementing the Aberdeen Agenda in South Asia: A regional training program for elected members

Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2009
In 2005 CLGF members adopted the Aberdeen Agenda: Commonwealth Principles on Good Practice for Local Democracy and Good Governance. The twelve Principles were developed at the CLGF’s biennial conference in March 2005 and were subsequently forwarded to ...
Lucy Slack
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Metastasis on pause: How dormant tumor cells stay hidden within the tumor microenvironment and evade immune surveillance

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Dormant cancer cells can hide in distant organs for years, evading treatment and the immune system. This review highlights how signals from the surrounding tissue and immune environment keep these cells inactive or trigger their reawakening. Understanding these mechanisms may help develop therapies to eliminate or control dormant cells and prevent ...
Kanishka Tiwary, Jose Javier Bravo‐Cordero   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The challenges facing public libraries in the Big Society: The role of volunteers, and the issues that surround their use in England [PDF]

, 2015
The use of volunteers in English public libraries is nothing new, however their use is becoming ever greater and one may argue that we are increasingly seeing a mixed economy of public library provision, in the wider arena of the Big Society.
Anon, Anon, Anon, Casselden B, Corbetta P, Cresswell JW, Denzin NK, Department for Communities and Local Government, Dolan J, Farrington J, Gorman GE, Hill A, Keohane N, Local Government Association, Lott T, May L, McMenemy D, McSmith A, Minister for Government Policy, Page B, Pateman J, Pickard AJ   +21 more
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Editorial - Issue 3

Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2009
Editorial by Graham Sansom.
Graham Sansom
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The skills required for transition to university and study in biological sciences: A student perspective

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Bioscience students were asked for their opinions on the value and teaching of skills. 204 responded that teamwork, time management and study skills are necessary to reach University, that scientific writing, research, laboratory and presentation skills are taught effectively during their studies, while other skills are gained inherently through study ...
Janella Borrell, Susan Crennell
wiley   +1 more source

Complete Issue: No.2, January 2009 (1.2MB)

Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2009
Complete Issue of No. 2, January 2009 (1.2MB).
Editorial Board
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