Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance (Feb 2016)
Perspectives on Australian Local Government Reform edited by Brian Dollery and Ian Tiley
Abstract
Academic books emerge in a variety of ways. Some are the result of pure serendipity. For instance, in February 2011 Brian Dollery and I were completing a report that delved into the conceptual and theoretical foundations of shared services. Brian had also co-authored several case studies of shared services in Australian local government over the years, some of which I had contributed to.