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  • Abello-Colak, Alexandra, Pearce, Jenny (2018). Security from below in contexts of chronic violence. IDS Bulletin, 49(1A), 11-19.
  • Adams, Brian (2017). Going local – but does decentralisation actually make for more innovative policy?
  • Adeney, Katharine Saskia (2003). Federal formation and consociational stabilisation: the politics of national identity articulation and ethnic conflict regulation in India and Pakistan [Doctoral thesis]. London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Afonso, Whitney (15 September 2021) Facing reduced revenues because of COVID-19, many local governments ignored best practices and returned to strategies from past recessions to make cuts. USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog. picture_as_pdf
  • Agimi, Ilire (2011). Decentralisation in Kosovo: challenges of reforming the local level. (LSEE Papers on Decentralisation and Regional Policy in South Eastern Europe 6). London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (2012). Conservation areas: prisoners' dilemmas and gilded cages.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (2011). Shout if you don't want to go faster.
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (2011). Stadium 1, Neighbourhood 0?
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Maennig, Wolfgang (2012). Voting on a NIMBY facility: proximity cost of an “iconic” stadium. Urban Affairs Review, 48(2), 205 - 237. https://doi.org/10.1177/1078087411423644
  • Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Maennig, Wolfgang, Richter, Felix J. (2017). Urban renewal after the Berlin Wall: a place-based policy evaluation. Journal of Economic Geography, 17(1), 129-156. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbw003
  • Ahmad, Ehtisham (2013). Can the new intergovernmental structure work in Pakistan in the presence of governance challenges?: learning from China. (Working papers 58). Asia Research Centre (ARC), The London School of Economics & Political Science.
  • Ahmad, Ehtisham, Brosio, Giorgio (2009). Decentralization and local service provision: what do we know? (Working Paper 27). Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Aijaz, Rumi (2007). Challenges for urban local governments in India. (Working Paper 19). Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Al-Mawlawi, Ali, Jiyad, Sajad (2021). Confusion and contention: understanding the failings of decentralisation in Iraq. (LSE Middle East Centre paper series 44). LSE Middle East Centre. picture_as_pdf
  • Alderman, Geoffrey, Crick, Bernard, Griffith, J. A. G., Jones, G. W., Manners, Gerald, Smith, Trevor, Smart, A. D. G. (1983). Letter to the editor: Royal commission for London's future.
  • Allen, Tim, Macdonald, Anna (2013). Post-conflict traditional justice: a critical overview. Justice and Security Research Programme, International Development Department, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Anderson, Bill (2013). Detroit’s bankruptcy has had little cross-border impact, but Windsor, Ontario shares Detroit’s broader economic challenges.
  • Armitage, Sarah (2013). If the localism agenda is to fulfil its potential, councils need the power of the purse.
  • Arnaboldi, Michela, Azzone, Giovanni, Palermo, Tommaso (2010). Managerial innovations in central government: not wrong, but hard to explain. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 23(1), 78-93. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513551011012349
  • Arnaboldi, Michela, Palermo, Tommaso (2011). Translating ambiguous reforms: doing better next time? Management Accounting Research, 22(1), 6-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mar.2010.10.005
  • Arriola Laura, Addier Giovanni (2025). La urbanización informal: dinámicas entre traficantes de tierras y la alcaldía de un municipio de la periferia urbana de Lima, Perú. Debates En Sociologia, (61), 14 - 38. https://doi.org/10.18800/debatesensociologia/202502.001 picture_as_pdf
  • Arvanitopoulos, Theodoros, Monastiriotis, Vassilis, Panagiotidis, Theodoros (2021). Drivers of convergence: the role of first- and second-nature geography. Urban Studies, 58(14), 2880-2900. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098020981361 picture_as_pdf
  • Avlijaš, Sonja, Bartlett, Will (2011). The political economy of decentralisation and regional policy in Serbia: choices and outcomes. (LSEE Papers on Decentralisation and Regional Policy in South Eastern Europe 3). London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Azzone, Giovanni, Palermo, Tommaso (2011). Adopting performance appraisal and reward systems: a qualitative analysis of public sector organisational change. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 24(1), 90-111. https://doi.org/10.1108/09534811111102300
  • Batinti, Alberto, Andriani, Luca, Filippetti, Andrea (2019). Local government fiscal policy, social capital and electoral payoff: evidence across Italian municipalities. KYKLOS, 72(4), 503 - 526. https://doi.org/10.1111/kykl.12209 description
  • Beall, Jo, Parnell, Susan, Albertyn, Chris (2015). Elite compacts in Africa: the role of area-based management in the new governmentality of the Durban city-region. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 39(2), 390-406. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.12178
  • Bear, Laura, Simpson, Nikita, Angland, Michael, Bhogal, Jaskiran K., Bowers, Rebecca, Cannell, Fenella, Gardner, Katy, Lohiya, Anishka, James, Deborah & Jivraj, Naseem et al (2020). 'A good death' during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK: a report on key findings and recommendations. London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Broadwood, Jo, Lalot, Fanny, Abrams, Dominic, Davies Hayon, Kaya (24 May 2021) The government must work with local government to support a place-based approach that puts social cohesion at the heart of levelling up. British Politics and Policy at LSE. picture_as_pdf
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul, Ali, Zulfiqar (2009). Making reform work: institutions, dispositions, and the improving health of Bangladesh. World Development, 37(1), 208-218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.02.011 picture_as_pdf
  • Goodfellow, Tom (2013). Urban planning in Africa and the politics of implementation: contrasting patterns of state intervention in Kampala and Kigali. In Obrist, Brigit, Arlt, Veit, Macamo, Elisio (Eds.), Living the City in Africa: Processes of Invention and Intervention . LIT Verlag.
  • Hanlon, Joseph, Ahlback, Johan (2016). Mozambique returns to war, as opposition claims electoral ‘fraud’.
  • Morgan, Warren, Massie, Alex, Ali, Rushanara, Montgomerie, Tim, De Santos, Robbie (2013). Easy councils, green shoots and radical budgets:top 5 blogs you might have missed this week.
  • Parker, Melissa, Hanson, Tommy Matthew, Vandi, Ahmed, Babawo, Lawrence Sao, Allen, Tim (2019). Ebola and public authority: saving loved ones in Sierra Leone. Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness, 38(5), 440-454. https://doi.org/10.1080/01459740.2019.1609472 picture_as_pdf
  • Sandford, Mark, Ayres, Sarah, Flinders, Matthew (2017). Devolution revolution? Assessing central-local relationships in England's devolution deals.
  • al-Zoabi, Sohaib (2020). Deraa province: conflict dynamics and the role of civil society. Conflict Research Programme, London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • da Cruz, Nuno F., Alrasheed, Dhari, Alrabe, Muneerah, al-Khonaini, Abdullah (2024). Spatial patterns and urban governance in Kuwait: exploring the links between the physical, the socio-economic and the political. (LSE Middle East Centre Kuwait Programme Paper Series 25). LSE Middle East Centre. picture_as_pdf
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  • The British Academy (2003). The demise of local government. In Bogdanor, Vernon (Ed.), The British Constitution in the Twentieth Century (pp. 521-556). Oxford University Press.
  • Babajanian, Babken V (2011). Problematising the community-contribution requirement in participatory projects: evidence from Kyrgyzstan. Development in Practice, 21(3), 317-329. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2011.558068
  • Bahl, Aadya (23 May 2025) Rethinking public investment in Greater Manchester's regeneration. British Politics and Policy at LSE. picture_as_pdf
  • Bailey, David (2014). Labour’s plans for city and regional devolution are welcome, but don’t go far enough.
  • Bana e Costa, Carlos A. (2001). The use of multi-criteria decision analysis to support the search for less conflicting policy options in a multi-actor context: case study. Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, 10(2), 111-125. https://doi.org/10.1002/mcda.292
  • Bana e Costa, Carlos A., da Silva, Fernando Nunes, Vansnick, Jean-Claude (2001). Conflict dissolution in the public sector: a case-study. European Journal of Operational Research, 130(2), 388-401. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-2217(00)00037-0
  • Banerjee, Mukulika, Bhalla, Surajit, Desai, Meghnad, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2017). 2017 Legislative Assembly election results: experts react.
  • Barnett, Neil (12 May 2015) Austerity is in serious danger of sending the role of councillor into a slide towards irrelevance. Democratic Audit Blog. picture_as_pdf
  • Basinger, Scott (2013). Voters punish members of Congress who misbehave: only two-thirds of representatives and barely two-fifths of senators survive scandals.
  • Baston, Lewis (2011). The Inverclyde by-election is business as usual for Scottish voters.
  • Baston, Lewis (2011). The boundary commission for England has been unnecessarily radical in its proposals, often ignoring local government boundaries. New constituencies may lack community cohesion and local loyalty.
  • Baston, Lewis (2012). The results of the Bradford West by-election indicate that something clearly went wrong with the Labour campaign, and that there is a political space for populists like Galloway.
  • Bastow, Simon (2011). Revelations of dysfunctional governance in Wandsworth Prison are a reflection of the precariousness of bureaucratic arrangements throughout the public sector and their potential to unravel.
  • Beall, Jo (2004). Decentralisation and engendering democracy: lessons from local government reform in South Africa. (Crisis States Research Centre working papers series 1 54). Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Beall, Jo (2005). Exit, voice and tradition: loyalty to chieftainship and democracy in metropolitan Durban, South Africa. (Crisis States Research Centre working papers series 1 59). Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Beall, Jo (2002). Globalization and social exclusion in cities: framing the debate with lessons from Africa and Asia. Environment and Urbanization, 14(1), 41-51. https://doi.org/10.1177/095624780201400104
  • Beall, Jo, Crankshaw, Owen, Parnell, Susan (2000). Local government, poverty reduction and inequality in Johannesburg. Environment and Urbanization, 12(1), 107-122. https://doi.org/10.1177/095624780001200108
  • Beall, Jo, Crankshaw, Owen, Parnell, Susan (2002). Social differentiation and urban governance in greater Soweto: a case study of post-apartheid reconstruction. (Crisis States Research Centre working papers series 1 11). Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Beall, Jo, Esser, Daniel (2005). Shaping urban futures: challenges to governing and managing Afghan cities. Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit.
  • Beall, Jo, Fox, Sean (2011). PD4: mitigating conflict and violence in Africa’s rapidly growing cities. Government Office for Science.
  • Beall (ed.), Jo, Goodfellow (ed.), Tom, Rodgers (ed.), Dennis (2013). Special issue: cities, conflict and state fragility in the developing world. Urban Studies, 50(15).
  • Beall, Jo (2006). Cultural weapons: traditions, inventions and the transition to democratic governance in metropolitan Durban. Urban Studies, 43(2), 457-473. https://doi.org/10.1080/00420980500416966
  • Beall, Jo, Mkhize, Sibongiseni, Vawda, Shahid (2005). Emergent democracy and ‘resurgent’ tradition: institutions, chieftaincy and transition in KwaZulu-Natal. Journal of Southern African Studies, 31(4), 755-771. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070500370530
  • Beecham, Jennifer (2002-07-01) Mapping the service and financial maps [Paper]. First Annual Services Mapping Conference, Durham, United Kingdom, GBR.
  • Beel, David (2017). How can 'civil society' actors influence local devolution? The case of Greater Manchester.
  • Bell, Christine (2014). The Smith Commission must choose between a Union basedon either separation or sharing.
  • Bell, Lauren C. (2017). Trump is casting a long shadow over the narrow race for Virginia governor.
  • Belt, Todd L. (2014). Hawai’i’s stormy primary election may be followed by an equally eventful general election this November.
  • Benneworth, Paul (2012). England’s regional campaigners need a new message, not just new platforms to advocate elected regional assemblies.
  • Berry, Craig (2014). Unless greater heed is paid to political economy, devolutioncould become a red herring of democratisation.
  • Berry, Richard (2014). Book review: devolution and localism in England by David M. Smith and Enid Wistrich.
  • Berry, Richard (2016). Book review: locating localism: statecraft, citizenship and democracy by Jane Wills.
  • Berry, Richard (2014). Parish councils can empower local communities, but we needmore of them in cities.
  • Berry, Richard (2014). The use of the misleading ‘No Overall Control’ designation means some voters still don’t know who won their local election.
  • Bertelli, Lucrecia (2021). What kind of global city? Circulating policies for ‘slum’ upgrading in the making of world-class Buenos Aires. Environment and Planning A, 53(6), 1293 - 1313. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X21996356 picture_as_pdf
  • Besley, Timothy, Pande, Rohini, Rao, Vijayendra (2012). Just rewards?: local politics and public resource allocation in South India. World Bank Economic Review, 26(2), 191-216. https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhr039
  • Bew, Paul (2014). The Committee on Standards in Public Life is responding to the need for scrutiny of ethical standards in local government.
  • Bhattacharya, Aveek (19 April 2021) Hartlepool’s policy challenges demonstrate the difficulty of levelling up. British Politics and Policy at LSE. picture_as_pdf
  • Bhusal, Thanesh (2016). Democracy without elections: 15 years of local democratic deficit in Nepal.
  • Birch, Sarah (2015). A boundary allocation entailing more competitive results would not necessarily be more ‘political’, but it would be more democratic.
  • Birney, Mayling (2014). Decentralization and veiled corruption under China's "rule of mandates". World Development, 53, 55-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.01.006
  • Blair Thomas, M. (7 July 2022) Nike and New York City could change the licensing game for cities across the world. USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog. picture_as_pdf
  • Blecher, Lara (2015). UN FORUM SERIES – the UK local government pension scheme: can pooled and passive funds adequately address human rights?
  • Blog Admin, LSE London Housing Blog (2013). About improving private renting.
  • Blog Admin, LSE London Housing Blog (2013). About new Housing and the London Plan.
  • Blog Admin, LSE London Housing Blog (2015). Blog: Does residential development always drive down local prices?
  • Blog Admin, LSE London Housing Blog (2016). Building relationships with central and local government, blog from our roundtable event.
  • Blog Admin, LSE London Housing Blog (2017). Built to Rent: a solution to London housing problem?
  • Blog Admin, LSE London Housing Blog (2014). Debate: accelerating residential development in London – what works?
  • Blog Admin, LSE London Housing Blog (2016). HEIF5 Accelerating housing production in London Roundtable 1: Setting the priorities.
  • Blog Admin, LSE London Housing Blog (2016). Housing strategies for the new mayor, seminar blog.
  • Blog Admin, LSE London Housing Blog (2016). LSE London Seminar: Housing strategies for the new Mayor.
  • Blog Admin, LSE London Housing Blog (2016). Mayoral hustings debate summary: ‘Why I should be Mayor of London Tomorrow’.
  • Blog Admin, LSE London Housing Blog (2015). Political party manifestos – anything for London’s housing?
  • Blog Admin, LSE London Housing Blog (2015). Post-election event: Looking ahead – how should the new government address London’s housing supply crisis?
  • Blog Admin, LSE London Housing Blog (2014). Profile: Ailsa Street, Tower Hamlets.
  • Blog Admin, LSE London Housing Blog (2014). Profile: Millbrook Park, Barnet.
  • Blog Admin, LSE London Housing Blog (2016). Roundtable on planning and the role of SME Builders.
  • Blog Admin, LSE London Housing Blog (2016). Taking stock: Understanding the effects of recent policy measures on the private rented sector and Buy-to-Let, report launch.
  • Blog Admin, LSE London Housing Blog (2015). Towards a community of practice: notes from a London Local Authority roundtable.
  • Blog Admin, LSE London Housing Blog (2014). Workshop: Accommodating ‘Generation Rent’ – how to overcome barriers to institutional investment in London’s private rented sector.
  • Blog Admin, LSE London Housing Blog (2015). Workshop: Increasing the range of alternative approaches to supply in London can significantly increase output.
  • Blog Admin, LSE London Housing Blog (2015). Workshop: Is foreign money necessary for accelerating housing development in London?
  • Blog Admin, LSE London Housing Blog (2016). A case for greater planning certainty.
  • Blog Admin, LSE London Housing Blog (2016). The future of urban housing, Melissa Fernández speaks to Design & Build Review.
  • Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna (2011). Decentralisation and regionalisation in Bosnia-Herzegovina: issues and challenges. (LSEE Papers on Decentralisation and Regional Policy in South Eastern Europe 2). London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Bon, Florian (2016). Book review: Is decentralization good for development? Perspectives from academics and policy makers edited by Jean-Paul Faguet and Caroline Pöschl.
  • Bonina, Carla (2012). On public values and information technology in government: a critical discourse analysis of trade regulations in Mexico [Doctoral thesis]. London School of Economics and Political Science. picture_as_pdf
  • Bonney, Norman (2014). If implemented in full, the Smith Commission report will provide Scotland with a welcome range of new powers.
  • Bonney, Norman (2014). The Smith Commission must not ignore the status of statereligion in Scotland.
  • Boone, Catherine (2007). Africa's new territorial politics: regionalism and the open economy in Côte d'Ivoire. African Studies Review, 50(1), 59-81. https://doi.org/10.1353/arw.2005.0093
  • Boone, Catherine (2003). Decentralization as political strategy in West Africa. Comparative Political Studies, 36(4), 355-380. https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414003251173
  • Boone, Catherine (2009). Electoral populism where property rights are weak: land politics in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa. Comparative Politics, 41(2), 183-201.
  • Boone, Catherine (2007). Property and constitutional order: land tenure reform and the future of the African state. African Affairs, 106(425), 557-586. https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm059
  • Boone, Catherine (1990). State power and economic crisis in Senegal. Comparative Politics, 22(3), 341-357.
  • Boone, Catherine (2005). State, capital, and the politics of banking reform in sub-Saharan Africa. Comparative Politics, 37(4), 401-420.
  • Boone, Catherine (1994). States and ruling classes in sub-Saharan Africa: the enduring contradictions of power. In Migdal, Joel Samuel, Kohli, Atul, Shue, Vivienne (Eds.), State Power and Social Forces: Domination and Transformation in the Third World (pp. 108-142). Cambridge University Press.
  • Boone, Catherine (2012). Territorial politics and the reach of the state: unevenness by design. Revista de Ciencia Política (Santiago), 32(3), 623-641. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-090X2012000300007.
  • Boone, Catherine (1995). The social origins of Ivoirian exceptionalism: rural society and state formation. Comparative Politics, 27(4), 445-464.
  • Boone, Catherine, Batsell, Jake (2001). Politics and AIDS in Africa: research agendas in political science and international relations. Africa Today, 48(2), 3-33. https://doi.org/10.1353/at.2001.0026
  • Boone, Catherine, Henry, Clement (2004). Neoliberalism in the Middle East and Africa: divergent banking reform trajectories, 1980s to 2000. Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 42(3), 356-392. https://doi.org/10.1080/1466204042000326181
  • Boone, Catherine, Kriger, Norma (2012). Land patronage and elections: winners and losers in Zimbabwe and Côte d'Ivoire. In Bekoe, Dorina A. (Ed.), Voting in Fear: Electoral Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa (pp. 75-117). USIP Press.
  • Boone, Catherine, Kriger, Norman (2010). Multiparty elections and land patronage: Zimbabwe and Côte d'Ivoire. Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 48(2), 173-202. https://doi.org/10.1080/14662041003672502
  • Bosa, Iris, Castelli, Adriana, Castelli, Michele, Ciani, Oriani, Compagni, Amelia, Galizzi, Matteo M., Garofano, Matteo, Ghislandi, Simone, Giannoni, Margherita & Marini, Giorgia et al (2021). Corona-regionalism? Differences in regional responses to COVID-19 in Italy. Health Policy, 125(9), 1179 - 1187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.07.012 picture_as_pdf
  • Bose, Sumantra, South Asia, LSE (2012). Historical inevitability? The regionalisation of Indian politics (Part I). picture_as_pdf
  • Bose, Sumantra, South Asia, LSE (2012). Historical inevitability? The regionalisation of Indian politics (Part II). picture_as_pdf
  • Bouçek, Francoise (2012). David Cameron is applying lessons from his party’s history inthe Conservatives’ ‘Euro War’.
  • Bouçek, Francoise (2015). Sarkozy’s French local election victory sets the stage for the run up to the next presidential election.
  • Bowers, Rebecca (2021). Labour migration and dislocation in India’s silicon valley. City and Society, 33(3), 542 - 563. https://doi.org/10.1111/ciso.12417 picture_as_pdf
  • Boyce, Robert (2004). Government: City of London relations under the gold standard, 1925-1931. In Michie, Ranald C, Williamson, Philip (Eds.), The Power to Influence: the British Government and the City of London (pp. 215-235). Cambridge University Press.
  • Bracco, Emanuele, Porcelli, Francesco, Redoano, Michela (2013). Local government areas that are controlled by the same party as national governments receive larger grants and have lower taxes.
  • Bradford, Ben, Jackson, Jonathan, Hough, Mike (2017). Ethnicity, legitimacy and modes of incorporation: early findings from the European Social Survey’. In Roche, Sebastian, Oberwittler, Dietrich (Eds.), Police-citizen Relations: A Comparative Investigation of Sources and Impediments of Legitimacy around the World . Routledge. picture_as_pdf
  • Bradford, Ben, Milani, J., Jackson, Jonathan (2017). Identity, legitimacy and ‘making sense’ of police use of force. Policing: An International Journal, 40(3), 614-627. https://doi.org/10.1108/PIJPSM-06-2016-0085
  • Bramley, Glen, Le Grand, Julian, Low, William (1989). How far is the poll tax a 'community charge'? The implications of service usage evidence. Policy and Politics, 17(3), 187-205. https://doi.org/10.1332/030557389782454785
  • Bramley, Glen, Smart, Gavin (1995). Who benefits from local services? Comparative evidence from different local authorities. (Welfare State Programme Discussion Papers WSP 091). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.
  • Braun, Dietmar, Trein, Philipp (2014). Economic and financial crises can change the dynamics of federal relationships.
  • Brett, Daniel (2016). Romania’s local elections: why has the ‘old guard’ done so well?
  • Brierley, Sarah (2020). Combining patronage and merit in public sector recruitment. Journal of Politics, https://doi.org/10.1086/708240 picture_as_pdf
  • Bruzelius, Cecilia, Ratzmann, Nora, Reiss, Lea (2023). Delegating migration control to local welfare actors: reporting obligations in practice. Journal of European Social Policy, 33(2), 233 - 247. https://doi.org/10.1177/09589287221150182 picture_as_pdf
  • Bryant, Peter, Pozdeev, Natalie (2014). Build it and they will come: a case study of the impacts of governance on programming volunteer recruitment within community media organisations. Third Sector Review, 20(1), 141-162.
  • Bua, Adrian (2017). Book review: popular democracy: the paradox of participation by Gianpaolo Baiocchi and Ernesto Ganuza.
  • Buck, Nick H, Gordon, Ian R. (2004). Does spatial concentration of disadvantage contribute to social exclusion? In Boddy, Martin, Parkinson, Michael (Eds.), City Matters (pp. 71-92). Policy Press.
  • Buckley, Fiona, McGing, Claire (2016). Analysis of the women selected and elected by quota in Ireland dispel the myth that they were under-qualified.
  • Bulat, Alexandra, Olivas Osuna, José Javier, De-Lyon, Josh, Jablonowski, Kuba, Kiefel, Max, Bolet, Diane, Gartzou-Katsouyanni, Kira, Kaldor, Mary (2018). Understanding Brexit: impacts at a local level: the London Borough of Barnet case study. Conflict and Civil Society Research Unit, LSE. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.28879.33448/1 picture_as_pdf
  • Bullock III, Charles S., Wilk, Eric M., Lamb, Charles M. (2017). State and local agencies are more effective than the federal government in housing discrimination enforcement.
  • Burdett, Ricky (2013). Designing urban democracy: mapping scales of urban identity. Public Culture, 25(2), 349-367. https://doi.org/10.1215/08992363-2020638
  • Bussu, Sonia (2010-05-26) Governing with the citizens: strategic planning: participation and deliberation in urban governance [Poster]. Relating research to reality: interdisciplinary ideas for a changing world. LSE PhD student poster exhibition, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom, GBR.
  • Chrun, Elizabeth, Berliner, Daniel, Prakash, Aseem (2018). Stakeholder scrutiny, urban bias, and the private provision of public goods. Business and Politics, 20(2), 273-300. https://doi.org/10.1017/bap.2017.33
  • Colantonio, Andrea, Burdett, Ricky, Rode, Philipp (2013). Transforming urban economies: policy lessons from European and Asian cities. Routledge.
  • Cordella, Antonio, Barca, C (2006). Seconds out, round two: contextualizing e-government projects within their institutional milieu: a London Local Authority case. Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, 18(1), 37-60.
  • Curtice, John, Boyle, Katie, Tierney, Stephen, Douglas-Scott, Sionaidh (2014). The vow delivered? Experts respond to the publication of theSmith Commission’s recommendations.
  • Darnell, Nicole, Stritch, Justin, Bretschneider, Stuart, Hsueh, Lily, No, Won (2017). US cities’ buy-green schemes reduce their environmental liabilities and costs.
  • Davies, Howard (1990). Mrs Thatcher’s third term: Power to the people or camouflaged centralisation? In Bennett, Robert J. (Ed.), Decentralization, Local Governments and Markets : Towards a Post-Welfare Agenda (pp. 184-206). Oxford University Press.
  • Faguet, Jean-Paul (2006). Decentralizing Bolivia: local government in the jungle. In Bardhan, Pranab, Mookherjee, Dilip (Eds.), Decentralization and Local Governance in Developing Countries . MIT Press.
  • Hammoud-Gallego, Omar, Lawall, Katharina, Bulat, Alex, Mcrae, Isabelle (19 March 2025) Why representation in local politics in London matters. British Politics and Policy at LSE. picture_as_pdf
  • Hinton, Mercedes S (2001). Programa de Medidas Socioeducativas (Macapá, Amapá). In Farah, Marta, Barboza, Hélio (Eds.), Vinte experiências De Gestão Pública e Cidadania . Programa Gestão Pública e Cidadania.
  • Khan, Sadiq, Brown, Stuart A. (2016). Interview with Sadiq Khan: “London must have a seat at the table during the negotiations to leave the EU”.
  • Kiefel, Max, Olivas Osuna, José Javier, De-Lyon, Josh, Bolet, Diane, Gartzou-Katsouyanni, Kira, Bulat, Alexandra, Jablonowski, Kuba, Kaldor, Mary (2018). Understanding Brexit: impacts at a local level: Pendle case study. Conflict and Civil Society Research Unit, LSE. https://doi.org/10.13140/rg.2.2.35494.37443
  • Lankina, Tomila V. (2001). Local government and ethnic and social activism in Russia. In Brown, Archie (Ed.), Contemporary Russian Politics: a Reader (pp. 398-414). Oxford University Press.
  • Madon, Shirin, Bhatnagar, Subhash (2000). Institutionalising decentralised information systems for local level planning: comparing approaches across two states in India. Journal of Global Information Technology Management, 3(4), 45-49.
  • Maleković, Sanja, Puljiz, Jakša, Bartlett, Will (2011). Decentralisation and regional policy in Croatia: the impact of EU accession and the prospect of territorial reorganisation. (LSEE Papers on Decentralisation and Regional Policy in South Eastern Europe 5). London School of Economics and Political Science.
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