The 'Local Government and Local Governance Research Network' (LGLG-RN) aims to join researchers, planners, policy makers, and post-graduate students in the broad area of Local Government studies, in any region of the world, with the aim to enhance the interdisciplinary study in this field and to promote the exchange of information and discussion on issues related to Local and Urban Governance. The LGLG-mailing list is its instrument for the dissemination and discussion of scholarship on local and urban governance research.