Personalized activation policies for the long-term unemployed: the role of local governance in the UK. (2016)
Book Chapter
Fuertes, V., & McQuaid, R. (2016). Personalized activation policies for the long-term unemployed: the role of local governance in the UK. In M. Heidenreich, & D. Rice (Eds.), Integrating social and employment policies in europe: active inclusion and challenges for local welfare governance (93-117). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783474929.00012

In Chapter 5 on the UK, Vanesa Fuertes and Ronald McQuaid study how coordinated activation policies, which have been a core part of the UK welfare state since at least the 1990s, are implemented locally. Although service coordination is officially ac... Read More about Personalized activation policies for the long-term unemployed: the role of local governance in the UK..

Local worlds of coordinated activation policy. (2016)
Book Chapter
Zimmermann, K., Fuertes, V., & Aurich-Beerheide, P. (2016). Local worlds of coordinated activation policy. In M. Heidenreich, & D. Rice (Eds.), Integrating social and employment policies in europe: active inclusion and challenges for local welfare governance (235-264). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783474929.00018

In Chapter 11 on local worlds of coordinated activation in Europe, Katharina Zimmermann, Vanesa Fuertes and Patrizia Aurich-Beerheide shed light on the role of the local level as a generic actor in the organization of activation. The authors apply a... Read More about Local worlds of coordinated activation policy..

The Local Governance of Social Cohesion in EuropeINTERNATIONAL COMPARISON - LOCALISE programme WP4 Comparative report (2013)
Report
Fuertes, V., & McQuaid, R. W. (2013). The Local Governance of Social Cohesion in EuropeINTERNATIONAL COMPARISON - LOCALISE programme WP4 Comparative report. Edinburgh, Scotland: European Commission

Local Worlds of Social Cohesion - The Local Dimension of Integrated Social and Employment Policy, LOCALISE for short, is a Seventh Framework collaborative research project funded by the European Commission (localise-research.eu for details).

The... Read More about The Local Governance of Social Cohesion in EuropeINTERNATIONAL COMPARISON - LOCALISE programme WP4 Comparative report.

The Local Governance of Social Cohesion:UNITED KINGDOM Country Analysis - LOCALISE FP7 WP4 National Report (2013)
Report
Fuertes, V., & McQuaid, R. W. (2013). The Local Governance of Social Cohesion:UNITED KINGDOM Country Analysis - LOCALISE FP7 WP4 National Report. Edinburgh, Scotland: European Commission

This report is the UK part of the Seventh Framework European Commission programme: Local Worlds of Social Cohesion (LOCALISE). LOCALISE is focused on the organisational challenges of integrating social and employment policy, partly in response to the... Read More about The Local Governance of Social Cohesion:UNITED KINGDOM Country Analysis - LOCALISE FP7 WP4 National Report.

Introducing Psychological Factors into E-Participation Research (2012)
Book Chapter
Edelmann, N., & Cruickshank, P. (2012). Introducing Psychological Factors into E-Participation Research. In A. Manoharan, & M. Holzer (Eds.), E-Governance and Civic Engagement (338-361). IGI Global Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-083-5.ch017

This chapter looks at e-petitioning as a successful application of e-participation from a psychological perspective. It notes that e-participation should not be viewed uncritically, as digital technologies cannot remedy all (political) problems: inde... Read More about Introducing Psychological Factors into E-Participation Research.

Community Councils online: a survey (2012)
Report
Ryan, B., & Cruickshank, P. (2012). Community Councils online: a survey. Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh Napier University

A survey of Scottish Community Councils found that only 22% have up-to-date online public presences. Only 4% of Community Councils have easily accessible online planning content. Most Community Councils websites communicate from Community Councils to... Read More about Community Councils online: a survey.

Understanding the “e‐petitioner” (2011)
Journal Article
Cruickshank, P., & Smith, C. (2011). Understanding the “e‐petitioner”. Transforming government: people, process and policy, 5(4), 319-329. https://doi.org/10.1108/17506161111173577

Purpose: This article considers the ways in which large-scale e-participation projects can be evaluated. It argues that existing evaluation approaches can be improved upon by taking a closer look at the characteristics of the users of such systems, b... Read More about Understanding the “e‐petitioner”.

Is interactive digital television the future of E-Government services? a critical assessment of UK initiatives. (2008)
Journal Article
Smith, C. F., & Webster, W. (2008). Is interactive digital television the future of E-Government services? a critical assessment of UK initiatives. International Journal of Public Administration, 31, 771-796. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900690701690874

This article presents a critical assessment of the use of interactive Digital Television (iDTV) to deliver electronic government and public services in the UK. It considers the organisational and institutional context for innovation in service delive... Read More about Is interactive digital television the future of E-Government services? a critical assessment of UK initiatives..

Impacts of congestion charging on shopping trips in Edinburgh (2005)
Journal Article
Hu, S., & Saleh, W. (2005). Impacts of congestion charging on shopping trips in Edinburgh. Transport Policy, 12(5), 443-450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2005.06.004

This paper presents an investigation into the impacts of the introduction of congestion charges on shopping trips in Edinburgh. Other transport policies such as parking costs, public transport costs and petrol fees have also been investigated, using... Read More about Impacts of congestion charging on shopping trips in Edinburgh.

Developing sustainable communities in Edinburgh’s South East Wedge: The settlement model and design solution. (2003)
Journal Article
Deakin, M. (2003). Developing sustainable communities in Edinburgh’s South East Wedge: The settlement model and design solution. Journal of Urban Design, 8(2), 137-148. https://doi.org/10.1080/13574800306481

Sustainable communities are seen as offering the opportunity to manage growth in plan-led and environmentally friendly patterns of settlement. The settlement model put forward and design solution for the development of sustainable communities in the... Read More about Developing sustainable communities in Edinburgh’s South East Wedge: The settlement model and design solution..

Densification and urban compaction: reinforcing the drive for sustainability. (2002)
Journal Article
Cooper, J. A., Donegan, K. S., Ryley, T. J., Smyth, A., & Granzow, E. (2002). Densification and urban compaction: reinforcing the drive for sustainability. Transportation research record, 1817, 102-109. https://doi.org/10.3141/1817-13

The consumer response to sustainable development initiatives provided the focus for a series of research projects undertaken at the Transport Research Institute at Napier University. Evidence of the relationship between residential density and travel... Read More about Densification and urban compaction: reinforcing the drive for sustainability..

Political parties, democracy and the new information and communication technologies: theorising the relationships (1999)
Journal Article
Löfgren, K., & Smith, C. F. (1999). Political parties, democracy and the new information and communication technologies: theorising the relationships. Working paper / Faculty of Business, Glasgow Caledonian University,

As a result of the increased public penetration of the Internet and other forms of electronic networks in western liberal democracies there has, for some years now, been a growing academian interest in technologically mediated practices within politi... Read More about Political parties, democracy and the new information and communication technologies: theorising the relationships.