AB - 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. AU - Grant, BJ DA - 2016/02/19 DO - 10.5130/cjlg.v0i18.4851 PB - Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance PY - 2016/02/19 TI - Book review: Perspectives on Australian Local Government Reform edited by Brian Dollery and Ian Tiley Y1 - 2016/02/19 Y2 - 2024/03/28 ER -