Publications

Scotland in the United Kingdom : modernism, territory, devolved institutions and the union

McGarvey Neil, Kerley Richard

A Modern Guide to Local and Regional Politics (2022) (2022)

Local government's place in the Scottish polity : time for a re-think?

McGarvey Neil

(2020)

Local government

McGarvey Neil

Oxford Handbook of Scottish Politics (2020) (2020)

The Scottish conservatives and local government

Toner Lauren, Lamprinakou Chrysa, McGarvey Neil

Ruth Davidson's Conservatives The Scottish Tory Party 2011-19 (2020) (2020)

British political tradition and Scottish local government

McGarvey Neil

The Story of the Scottish Parliament The First Two Decades Explained (2019) (2019)

The role of the councillor

McGarvey Neil, Stewart Fraser

The Routledge Handbook of International Local Government (2018) (2018)

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Professional Activities

University of Wisconsin, Green Bay

Visiting researcher

16/4/2016

International Visiting Lecturer

Invited speaker

10/4/2016

Rountable on Local Taxation Reform

Participant

16/12/2015

Scottish Parliament Research Group Conference

Participant

2/10/2015

External Examiner for the Politics BA

External Examiner

15/9/2015

Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (EPOP) annual meeting

Participant

10/9/2015

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Projects

Local Government Boundary Commission Scotland

McGarvey, Neil (Principal Investigator)

An analysis of the impact of deprivation, population, population sparsity and other factors on the workload of councillors.

01-Jan-2014 - 30-Jan-2016

Councillor Workload Study for Scottish Local Government Boundary Commission

McGarvey, Neil (Principal Investigator)

The project examines the changing role of Scotland's councillors and will feed directly into the Scottish Local Government Boundary Commission's on-going review. It reviews whether factors such as population sparsity, multiple deprivation, size of council and how they impact on workload for councillors. It incolves an online census of al of Scotland's councillors and 30+ interviews

01-Jan-2014 - 31-Jan-2017

CO-ORDINATING SERVICE PROVISION AND IMPROVING LIE CHANCES FOR CHILDREN IN SEVERE POVERTY: A KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE PROGRAMME

Sime, Daniela (Principal Investigator) Connelly, Graham (Co-investigator) Fee, Jacqueline (Co-investigator) McGarvey, Neil (Co-investigator)

"The main aim of this programme was to promote a range of knowledge exchange activities focussed on tackling child poverty through a multi-agency approach and to improve the effectiveness of services delivered to local communities. The project developed as a partnership between the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow City Council, West Dunbartonshire Council and Save the Children, Scotland.

The knowledge exchange activities consisted of a series of five workshops looking at how agencies and families can work together, placement exchanges between the university and local authority partners and five small scale projects conducted in local communities, which focussed on consultation with vulnerable families on how services can be improved. Also, a synthesis of existing evidence on inter-agency working was completed. In total, over 200 service providers participated in events (workshops, projects, placements) and over 100 families took part in projects.

Findings reveal that successful integrated working requires clear vision and leadership from partner agencies, commitment to make things happen, good relationships and mutual respect between services collaborating and a supportive culture of working in multi-agency teams. A shared knowledge exchange agenda is key, with flexibility in relation to different cultures of working, different languages and changing priority agendas."

01-Jan-2009 - 14-Jan-2011

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