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Abello-Colak, Alexandra, Pearce, Jenny (2018). Security from below in contexts of chronic violence. IDS Bulletin, 49(1A), 11-19.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, 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

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

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

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

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

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 (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, 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

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

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

Brierley, Sarah (2020). Combining patronage and merit in public sector recruitment. Journal of Politics, https://doi.org/10.1086/708240

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

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.

Burdett, Ricky (2013). Designing urban democracy: mapping scales of urban identity. Public Culture, 25(2), 349-367. https://doi.org/10.1215/08992363-2020638

Cainelli, Giulio, Ciccarelli, Carlo, Ganau, Roberto (2025). Napoleonic administrative reforms and development in the Italian Mezzogiorno. The Journal of Economic History, 1-36. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022050725100946

Carozzi, Felipe, Cipullo, Davide, Repetto, Luca (2022). Political fragmentation and government stability: evidence from local governments in Spain. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 14(2), 23 - 50. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20200128

Carozzi, Felipe, Repetto, Luca (2019). Distributive politics inside the city? The political economy of Spain’s Plan E. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 75, 85-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2019.02.002

Carozzi, Felipe, Repetto, Luca (2016). Sending the pork home: birth town bias in transfers to Italian municipalities. Journal of Public Economics, 134, 42-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2015.12.009

Caruana-Galizia, Paul, Caruana-Galizia, Matthew (2018). Political land corruption: evidence from Malta-the European Union's smallest member state. Journal of Public Policy, 38(4), 419-453. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0143814X17000174

Cavaglia, Chiara, Mcnally, Sandra, Overman, Henry G. (2020). Devolving skills: the case of the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers. Fiscal Studies, 41(4), 829 - 849. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-5890.12238

Champion, Tony, Coombes, Mike, Gordon, Ian R. (2014). How far do England's second-order cities emulate London as human-capital ‘escalators’? Population, Space and Place, 20(5), 421 - 433. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.1806

Channa, Anila, Faguet, Jean-Paul (2016). Decentralization of health and education in developing countries: a quality-adjusted review of the empirical literature. World Bank Research Observer, 31(2), 199-241. https://doi.org/10.1093/wbro/lkw001

Chemouni, Benjamin (2014). Explaining the design of the Rwandan decentralization: elite vulnerability and the territorial repartition of power. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 8(2), 246-262. https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2014.891800

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 (2010). Urban social sustainability themes and assessment methods. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Urban Design and Planning, 163(2), 79-88. https://doi.org/10.1680/udap.2010.163.2.79

Corbridge, Stuart, Williams, Glyn, Srivastava, Manoj, Veron, Rene (2003). Making social science matter 1: how the local state works in rural Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. Economic and Political Weekly, 38(24), 2377-2389.

Corbridge, Stuart, Williams, Glyn, Srivastava, Manoj, Veron, Rene (2003). Making social science matter 2: how the rural poor see the state in Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. Economic and Political Weekly, 38(25), 2561-2569.

Corbridge, Stuart, Williams, Glyn, Srivastava, Manoj, Véron, René (2003). Brainstorming, modified logframes and the conversion of research hypotheses into field questions: reflections from team-based fieldwork in eastern India. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 24(2), 242-257. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9493.00155

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.

Costa-Font, Joan (2010). Does devolution lead to regional inequalities in welfare activity? Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 28(3), 435-449. https://doi.org/10.1068/c09156

Costa-Font, Joan, Parmar, Divya (2022). Does local democracy improve public health interventions? Evidence from India. Governance, 35(3), 799-825. https://doi.org/10.1111/gove.12606

Costa-i-Font, Joan (2009). Simultaneity, asymmetric devolution and economic incentives in Spanish regional elections. Regional and Federal Studies, 19(1), 165-184. https://doi.org/10.1080/13597560802692736

Cote, Christine, Estrin, Saul (2020). Why you must rethink trade and investment policy to take account of cities. Forbes,

Creasy, Alice, Lane, Matthew, Owen, Alice, Howarth, Candice, van der Horst, Dan (2021). Representing ‘place’: city climate commissions and the institutionalisation of experimental governance in Edinburgh. Politics and Governance, 9(2), 64 - 75. https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v9i2.3794

Crescenzi, Riccardo, De Filippis, Fabrizio, Giua, Mara, Vaquero Pineiro, Cristina (2022). Geographical Indications and local development: the strength of territorial embeddedness. Regional Studies, 56(3), 381 - 393. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2021.1946499

Crescenzi, Riccardo, Gagliardi, Luisa, Percoco, Marco (2013). Social capital and the innovative performance of Italian provinces. Environment and Planning A, 45(4), 908-929. https://doi.org/10.1068/a45221

Davies, Bleddyn (2007). Public spending levels for social care of older people: why we must call in the debt. Policy and Politics, 35(4), 719-726. https://doi.org/10.1332/030557307782452976

Davoudi, Simin, Peter Hall, Sir, Power, Anne (2008). Key issues for planning futures and the way forward. Twenty-First Century Society, 3(3), 229-247. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450140802376304

Dawson, Katherine (2021). Geologising urban political ecology (UPE): the urbanisation of sand in Accra, Ghana. Antipode, 53(4), 995 - 1017. https://doi.org/10.1111/anti.12718

Desrosiers, Marie Eve, Mahé, Anne Laure (2024). The mediation of autocratic regimes: how local officials shaped authoritarian systems in Rwanda and Sudan. African Studies Review, 67(1), 129 - 156. https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2023.100

Di Cataldo, Marco, Renzullo, Elena (2025). EU money and mayors does Cohesion Policy affect local electoral outcomes? Journal of Economic Geography, 25(5), 789 - 808. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbaf025

Downing, Joseph (2016). Influences on state-society relations in France: analysing voluntary associations and multicultural dynamism, co-option and retrenchment in Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Ethnicities, 16(3), 452-469. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468796815587007

Eaton, Kent, Faguet, Jean Paul, Harbers, Imke, Schakel, Arjan H., Hooghe, Liesbet, Marks, Gary, Niedzwiecki, Sara, Osterkatz, Sandra Chapman, Shair-Rosenfield, Sarah (2019). Measuring and theorizing regional governance. Territory, Politics, Governance, 7(2), 265-283. https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2018.1445021

Exley, Sonia (2016). Critical friends: exploring arm’s length actor relationships to local government in education. Journal of Education Policy, 31(6), 742 - 756. https://doi.org/10.1080/02680939.2016.1166523

Faguet, Jean-Paul, Sánchez, Fabio (2014). Decentralization and access to social services in Colombia. Public Choice, 160(1-2), 227-249. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-013-0077-7

Faguet, Jean-Paul (2008). Decentralisation's effects on public investment: evidence and policy lessons from Bolivia and Colombia. The Journal of Development Studies, 44(8), 1100-1121. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220380802242370

Faguet, Jean-Paul (2004). Does decentralization increase responsiveness to local needs?: evidence from Bolivia. Journal of Public Economics, 88(3-4), 867-893. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0047-2727(02)00185-8

Faguet, Jean-Paul (2009). Governance from below in Bolivia: a theory of local government with two empirical tests. Latin American Politics and Society, 51(4), 29-68. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-2456.2009.00063.x

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

Faguet, Jean-Paul, Khan, Qaiser, Kanth, Devarakonda Priyanka (2021). Decentralization’s effects on education and health: evidence from Ethiopia. Publius: the Journal of Federalism, 51(1), 79 - 103. https://doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjaa025

Faguet, Jean-Paul, Sánchez, Fabio (2008). Decentralization’s effects on educational outcomes in Bolivia and Colombia. World Development, 36(7), 1294-1316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.06.021

Filippetti, Andrea, Cerulli, Giovanni (2018). Are local public services better delivered in more autonomous regions? Evidence from European regions using a dose-response approach. Papers in Regional Science, 97(3), 801-826. https://doi.org/10.1111/pirs.12283

Fox, Jonathan, Myrskylä, Mikko (2015). Urban fertility responses to local government programs: evidence from the 1923-1932 U.S. Demographic Research, 32, 487-532. https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2015.32.16

Freer, Courtney (2019). Clients or challengers?: tribal constituents in Kuwait, Qatar, and the UAE. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/13530194.2019.1605881

Friedman, Eli, Kuruvilla, Sarosh (2015). Experimentation and decentralization in China's labor relations. Human Relations, 68(2), 181 - 195. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726714552087

Gallent, Nick, de Magalhaes, Claudio, Trigo, Sonia Freire, Scanlon, Kathleen, Whitehead, Christine M E (2019). Can ‘permission in principle’ for new housing in England increase certainty, reduce ‘planning risk’, and accelerate housing supply? Planning Theory and Practice, 20(5), 673-688. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649357.2019.1672772

Gavazza, Alessandro, Nardotto, Mattia, Valletti, Tommaso (2019). Internet and politics: evidence from U.K. local elections and local government policies. Review of Economic Studies, 86(5), 2092 – 2135. https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdy028

Gel'man, Vladimir, Lankina, Tomila V. (2008). Authoritarian versus democratic diffusions: explaining institutional choices in Russia's local government. Post-Soviet Affairs, 24(1), 40-62. https://doi.org/10.2747/1060-586X.24.1.40

Gelman, Vladimir, Lankina, Tomila V. (2007). Politicheskiye diffusii v usloviyakh prostranstvenno-gibridnogo rejhima: institutsional noe stroitel stvo i vybory merov v gorodakh Rossii. Polis (United Kingdom), 6, 86-109.

Georgiou, Myria (2019). City of refuge or digital order? Refugee recognition and the digital governmentality of migration in the city. Television & New Media, 20(6), 600 - 616. https://doi.org/10.1177/1527476419857683

Gibson, D.M., Goodin, Robert E., Le Grand, Julian (1985). 'Come and get it': distributional biases in social service delivery systems. Policy and Politics, 13(2), 109-126.

Goodfellow, Tom, Smith, Alyson (2013). From urban catastrophe to 'model' city?: politics, security and development in post-conflict Kigali. Urban Studies, 50(15), 3185-3202. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098013487776

Goodfellow, Tom, Titeca, Kristof (2012). Presidential intervention and the changing 'politics of survival' in Kampala's informal economy. Cities, 29(4), 264-270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2012.02.004

Gordon, Ian R., Travers, Tony (2010). London: planning the ungovernable city. City, Culture and Society, 1(2), 49-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccs.2010.08.005

Green, Elliott (2015). Decentralization and development in contemporary Uganda. Regional and Federal Studies, 25(5), 491-508. https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2015.1114925

Green, Elliott D. (2008). Decentralisation and conflict in Uganda. Conflict, Security and Development, 8(4), 427-450. https://doi.org/10.1080/14678800802539317

Griffith, J. A. G. (1958). Book review: the machinery of local government, by R. M. Jackson, ll.d., solicitor of the Supreme Court, fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge; reader in public law and administration in the University of Cambridge. [London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd. 1958. xii, 353 and (index) 7 pp. 30s. net.]. Cambridge Law Journal, 16(2), 236-238. https://doi.org/10.1017/S000819730000386X

Griffith, J. A. G. (1958). The changing shape of local government. Adult Education, 31(3), 167-186.

Griffith, J. A. G. (1966). The traditional pattern reconsidered. Political Quarterly, 37(2), 139-148. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-923X.1966.tb00200.x

Hainmueller, Jens, Hangartner, Dominik (2019). Does direct democracy hurt immigrant minorities?: evidence from naturalization decisions in Switzerland. American Journal of Political Science, 63(3), 530 - 547. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12433

Harjunen, Oskari, Tuukka, Saarimaa, Tukiainen, Janne (2019). Political representation and effects of municipal mergers. Political Science Research and Methods, https://doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2019.17

Harriss, John (2002). Whatever happened to cultural nationalism in Tamil Nadu? A reading of current events and the recent literature on Tamil politics. Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 40(3), 97-117. https://doi.org/10.1080/713999596

Harriss, John (2000). The dialectics of decentralisation. Frontline, 17(13).

Hilber, Christian A. L. (1997). Book review: Tullock, Gordon (1994): the new federalist. KYKLOS, 50(3), 445-446. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6435.00024

Hoffman, Kasper, Verweijen, Judith (2018). Rebel rule: a governmentality perspective. African Affairs, https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/ady039

Holman, Nancy, Thornley, Andrew (2011). The reversal of strategic planning in London: the Boris effect with a focus on sustainability. L’observatoire de la Sociètè Britanique, 11, 145-159.

Holman, Nancy (2007). Following the signs: applying urban regime analysis to a UK case study. Journal of Urban Affairs, 29(5), 435-453. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9906.2007.00359.x

Holman, Nancy (2009). Incorporating local sustainability indicators into structures of local governance: a review of the literature. Local Environment, 14(4), 365-375. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549830902783043

Holman, Nancy, Rydin, Yvonne (2013). What can social capital tell us about planning under localism? Local Government Studies, Online, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2012.675330

Howarth, Candice, Lane, Matthew, Fankhauser, Samuel (2021). What next for local government climate emergency declarations? The gap between rhetoric and action. Climatic Change, 167(3-4). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-021-03147-4

Iddawela, Yohan, Lee, Neil, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (2021). Quality of sub-national government and regional development in Africa. The Journal of Development Studies, 57(8), 1282 - 1302. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2021.1873286

Jones, George, Stewart, John (2012). Local government: the past, the present and the future. Public Policy and Administration, 27(4), 346-367. https://doi.org/10.1177/0952076712439979

Jones, Catherine M., Sobngwi-Tambekou, Joëlle Laure, Mijumbi-Deve, Rhona, Hedquist, Aaron, Wenham, Clare, Parkhurst, Justin (2022). The roles of regional organisations in strengthening health research systems in Africa: activities, gaps and future perspectives. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 11(11), 2672 - 2685. https://doi.org/10.34172/IJHPM.2022.6426

Jones, George W., Copus, Colin (2010). Introduction. Local Government Studies, 36(3), 317-322. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003931003738090

Julliard, Christian, Shi, Ran, Yuan, Kathy (2023). The spread of COVID-19 in London: network effects and optimal lockdowns. Journal of Econometrics, 235(2), 2125 - 2154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2023.02.012

Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka, Monastiriotis, Vassilis, Nikolov, Marjan (2025). Mayor's political party affiliation and local outcomes: evidence from SEE. East European Politics, 41(3), 485 - 510. https://doi.org/10.1080/21599165.2025.2541779

Katsinas, Philipp (2019). The international face of Thessaloniki: the “Greek crisis,” the entrepreneurial mayor, and mainstream media discourses. Area, 51(4), 788 - 796. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12545

Lankina, Tomila V. (2002). Local administration and ethno-social consensus in Russia. Europe-Asia Studies, 54(7), 1037-1053. https://doi.org/10.1080/0966813022000017122

Lankina, Tomila V. (1997). Local government migration practices in the North Caucasus. Forced Migration Monitor, 20(4-5).

Lankina, Tomila V. (1999). Local self-government or government gone local?: the case of Adygeya. Russian Regional Report, 4(33), 14-16.

Lankina, Tomila V. (2003). Managing the grassroots: Putin's reform of local government. Russia and Eurasia Review, 2(9).

Lankina, Tomila V. (2005). New system weakens municipalities. Russian Regional Report, 10(17), 1-4.

Lankina, Tomila V. (2009). Regional developments in Russia: territorial fragmentation in a consolidating authoritarian state. Social Research, 76(1), 225-256.

Lankina, Tomila V. (2015). The dynamics of regional and national contentious politics in Russia: evidence from a new dataset. Problems of Post-Communism, 62(1), 26-44. https://doi.org/10.1080/10758216.2015.1002329

Lapointe, Simon, Saarimaa, Tuukka, Tukiainen, Janne (2018). Effects of municipal mergers on voter turnout. Local Government Studies, 44(4), 512-530. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2018.1465936

Le Grand, Julian, Winter, David (1977). Towards an economic model of local government behaviour. Policy and Politics, 5(3), 23-39.

Leonardi, Robert (2004). Special issue: Learning from abroad: regionalization and local institutional infrastructure in cohesion and accession countries. Regional and Federal Studies, 14(3).

Lerner, Michael (2022). Local power: understanding the adoption and design of county wind energy regulation. Review of Policy Research, 39(2), 120 - 142. https://doi.org/10.1111/ropr.12447

Lewis, David, Hossain, Abul (2018). Dealing with the local level power structure: findings from a qualitative study of three villages in Greater Faridpur District. Journal of Bangladesh Studies, 18(1-2).

Lewis, David, Hossain, Abul (2022). Local political consolidation in Bangladesh: power, informality and patronage. Development and Change, 53(2), 356 - 375. https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12534

León, Margarita, Diaz, Mercedes Mateo, Meseguer, Covadonga (2004). The Spanish case: who was mobilized and how? South European Society and Politics, 9(1), 63-81. https://doi.org/10.1080/13608740410001681406

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Travers, Tony (2002). The government of London: retrospect and prospects. In Röber, Manfred, Schröter, Eckhard, Wollmann, Hellmut (Eds.), Moderne Verwaltung Für Moderne Metropolen: Berlin und London Im Vergleich (pp. 114-120). Leske & Budrich.

Travers, Tony (2018). London: government and politics in the boroughs. In Dunleavy, Patrick, Park, Alice, Ros, Taylor (Eds.), The UK's Changing Democracy: The 2018 Democratic Audit (pp. 340 - 350). LSE Press. https://doi.org/10.31389/book1.aa

Wollmann, Hellmut, Lankina, Tomila V. (2003). Local government in Poland and Hungary: from post-communist reform towards EU accession. In Baldersheim, Harald, Illner, Michael, Wollmann, Hellmut (Eds.), Local Democracy in Post-Communist Europe (pp. 91-122). Leske & Budrich.

da Cruz, Nuno F. (2022). A governação metropolitana na era das emergências. In Vázquez Mao, Xoán (Ed.), El desarrollo urbano en la era Pos-Covid (pp. 187 - 191). Biblioteca dos Estudos Estratégicos Eixo Atlántico.

Conference or Workshop Item

European Consortium for Political Research (2010-06-17 - 2010-06-19) Accountability and governance in local public services [Paper]. Third Biennial Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research, Dublin, Ireland, IRL.

Instituto Nacional de Administração (2011-11-21 - 2011-11-22) Medição do desempenho dos municipios portugueses [Paper]. 8.º Congresso Nacional da Administração Pública: Administração Pública - Desafios e Soluções, Cascais, Portugal, PRT.

Instituto Nacional de Administração (2009-11-10 - 2009-11-11) A empresarialização dos serviços públicos locais [Paper]. 7.º Congresso Nacional da Administração Pública: Estado e Administração na Resposta à Crise, Lisbon, Portugal, PRT.

Instituto Nacional de Administração (2011-11-21 - 2011-11-22) Índices de governança municipal: utilidade e exequibilidade [Paper]. 8.º Congresso Nacional da Administração Pública: Administração Pública - Desafios e Soluções, Cascais, Portugal, PRT.

Beecham, Jennifer (2002-07-01) Mapping the service and financial maps [Paper]. First Annual Services Mapping Conference, Durham, United Kingdom, GBR.

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.

Faguet, Jean-Paul (1997-07-16 - 1997-07-18) Decentralization and local government performance [Paper]. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Technical Consultation on Decentralization, Rome, Italy, ITA.

Goodfellow, Tom (2011-12-07 - 2011-12-09) Local taxation and institutional accountability in Rwanda’s growing cities [Paper]. IPAR 1st Annual Research Conference: Improving the Lives of Ordinary Rwandans: Evidence for Policy, Kigali Institute of Education (KIE), Rwanda, RWA.

Khan, Qaiser, Faguet, Jean-Paul, Gaukler, Christopher, Mekasha, Wendmsyamregne Decentralization’s effects on education, health and agriculture outcomes, and on distribution: evidence from Ethiopia [Paper]. UNSPECIFIED.

Mejía Mantilla, Carolina, Sánchez Torres, Fabio, Faguet, Jean-Paul (2004-12-01) The impact of political variables on budgets and social outcomes in a context of decentralization : the case of Colombia (El impacto de variables políticas sobre resultados presupuestales y sociales en un marco de descentralización : el caso de Colombia) [Paper]. Crisis States Programme Annual Conference, New Delhi, India, IND.

Tavares, R., da Cruz, Nuno F. (2014-10-27 - 2014-10-30) The determinants of local government transparency: a preliminary analysis [Paper]. ICEGOV2014 – 8th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, Guimarães, Portugal, PRT.

da Cruz, Nuno F. (2010-07-15 - 2010-07-16) The drivers of local governments involved in the creation of mixed companies [Paper]. 1st International Conference on Economics and Management of Public Utilities, Novara-Milan, Italy, ITA.

da Cruz, Nuno F., Marques, Rui Cunha (2008-07-04 - 2008-07-05) Viabilidade das empresas municipais na prestação de serviços de infra-estruturas urbanas [Paper]. 14º congresso da APDR, Tomar, Portugal, PRT.

Report

(2019). Examining the London plan: research contributions by LSE London. London School of Economics and Political Science.

London School of Economics and Political Science Identity Project (2006). The LSE Identity Project. House of Lords: all party briefing for report stage: Amendments 38 & 54, and 46 & 52: voluntary v. compulsory regime. London School of Economics and Political Science.

Commission for local democracy (1994). Local democracy: the terms of the debate. Commission for local democracy.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation (1994). Local government finance: an international comparative study. (The future and local government). Joseph Rowntree Foundation / LGC Communications.

London School of Economics and Political Science Identity Project (2006). Third report: Home Office accounting. 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.

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.

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

Callen, Mike, Gulzar, Saad, Hasanain, Ali, Khan, Yasir (2014). The political economy of public employee absence: experimental evidence from Pakistan. (Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Evaluations 909). Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Chiwele, Dennis, Lamson-Hall, Patrick, Wani, Shahrukh (2022). Informal settlements in Lusaka: key messages. (Cities That Work). International Growth Centre.

Collier, Paul, Glaeser, Edward, Venables, Tony, Haas, Astrid, Wani, Shahrukh (2020). Designed to succeed: building authorising environments for fast-growing cities. (Cities that Work policy paper). International Growth Centre.

Dribssa Beyene, Abdeta (2018). The security sector reform paradox in Somalia. Conflict Research Programme, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Dunleavy, Patrick, Margetts, Helen (1999). Electoral reform in local government: alternative systems and key issues. Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Dunleavy, Patrick, Margetts, Helen (1998). Report to the Government Office for London: electing the London Mayor and the London Assembly. London School of Economics and Political Science. Public Policy Group.

Dunleavy, Patrick, Rainford, Paul, Tinkler, Jane (2011). Innovating out of austerity in local government: a SWOT analysis. London School of Economics and Political Science.

Gordon, Ian R., Travers, Tony, Whitehead, Christine M. E. (2009). Local authorities and the downturn: a review of issues, experience and options. (SERC Policy Papers SERCPP003). Spatial Economics Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Griffith, Rhianydd, Nicholls, Mark (2024). Financing UK place-based climate action: from Westminster to Cumberland. Just Transition Finance Lab, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Haas, Astrid, Wani, Shahrukh (2019). Urban governance institutions: policy options for fast growing cities: version 1. (Cities that Work Policy Framing Paper). International Growth Centre.

Harman, Oliver, Delbridge, Victoria, Haas, Astrid, Venables, Anthony J. (2021). Enhancing the financial positions of cities: learnings from Kampala. (Financing Sustainable Urban Development: Case Studies 2). UN Habitat.

Harman, Oliver, Delbridge, Victoria, Haas, Astrid, Venables, Anthony J., Dia Sarr, Khady (2021). Enhancing the financial position of cities: evidence from Dakar. (Financing Sustainable Urban Development: Case Studies 3). UN Habitat.

Harman, Oliver, Delbridge, Victoria, Haas, Astrid, Venables, Anthony J., Yusuf, Ahmedi, Manwaring, Priya (2021). Enhancing the financial position of cities: evidence from Hargeisa. (Financing Sustainable Urban Development: Case Studies 4). UN Habitat.

Harman, Oliver, Delbridge, Victoria, Jangia, Dyson, Haas, Astrid, Venables, Anthony J. (2021). Enhancing the financial positions of cities: evidence from Mzuzu. (Financing Sustainable Urban Development: Case Studies 5). UN Habitat.

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 (2002). Local self-government and titular regime control in Russia’s republics, 1991-1999. (Carl Beck papers in Russian and East European studies 1602). University of Pittsburgh.

Lewis, David, Hossain, Abul (2017). Revisiting the local power structure in Bangladesh: economic gain, political pain? London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lupton, Ruth, Fenton, Alex, Tunstall, Rebecca, Harris, Richard (2011). Place typologies and their policy applications: a report prepared for the Department of Communities and Local Government. (CASEreports 65). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.

Macedo, Ana, Fernandes, Daniel, Teles, Filipe, Mota, Luis F., da Cruz, Nuno F., Moreno Pires, Sara (2018). Qualidade da governação local em Portugal. Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos.

McCrone, Flora (2021). Local dimensions of conflict, governance, and the political marketplace in South Sudan. Conflict Research Programme, London School of Economics and Political Science.

McCrone, Flora (2021). The war(s) in South Sudan: local dimensions of conflict, governance and the political marketplace. (Education, Conflict and Civicness in South Sudan). Conflict Research Programme, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Newman, Rhea (2018). Response: overcoming the barriers to longer tenancies in the private rented sector. Shelter (Organization).

Newton, Chris, Mawien, Bol, Madut, Chirrilo, Gray, Elizabeth, Pendle, Naomi (2021). Chiefs’ courts, hunger, and improving humanitarian programming in South Sudan. Conflict Research Programme, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ochaya Lino, Martin (2020). Local peace agreement in Abyei: achievements, challenges and opportunities. Conflict Research Programme, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Olivas Osuna, José Javier, De Lyon, Joshua Michael Crook, Gartzou-Katsouyanni, Kira, Bulat, Alexandra, Kiefel, Max, Bolet, Diane, Jablonowski, Kuba, Kaldor, Mary (2019). Understanding Brexit at a local level: causes of discontent and asymmetric impacts. London School of Economics and Political Science.

Phillips, Anne (1994). Local democracy: the terms of debate. (Research report 2). Commission for local democracy.

Platt, Lucinda (2003). Poverty and deprivation in Newham. (Newham Household Panel Survey Wave one research report B). Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex.

Power, Anne (2007). Tenants and their communities: summary report to the Department for Communities and Local Government on the consultation with tenants at Trafford Hall on the future roles of social housing. (CASEreports 47). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.

Scanlon, Kathleen, Blanc, Fanny, White, Tim (2018). Residents' experience of high-density housing in London. Greater London Authority.

Scanlon, Kathleen, Fernández Arrigoitia, Melissa (2016). Alternative housing development in London: findings and key action points. London School of Economics and Political Science.

Scanlon, Kathleen, Whitehead, Christine M E, De Magalhães, Claudio, Freire-Trigo, Sonia, Gallent, Nick (2018). Planning risk and development: how greater planning certainty would affect residential development. Royal Town Planning Institute.

Teles, Filipe, da Cruz, Nuno F. (2025). Barómetro do poder local. Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos.

Travers, Tony (2017). Devolution: a capital idea - the report of the London Finance Commission. London Finance Commission.

Travers, Tony (2011). Engaging London's communities - the 'big society' and 'localism'. City of London, London Councils.

Travers, Tony (2012). Local government’s role in promoting economic growth: removing unnecessary barriers to success. Local Government Association.

Travers, Tony, Tunstall, Rebecca, Whitehead, Christine M. E., Pruvot, Segolene (2007). Population mobility and service provision: a report for London Councils. London School of Economics and Political Science.

Wani, Shahrukh, Manwaring, Priya (2021). Informal transport reform in Kampala: learning from cross-country experience. International Growth Centre.

Wani, Shahrukh, Shaikh, Hina, Harman, Oliver (2020). Urban property taxes in Pakistan's Punjab. International Growth Centre.

Ward, Bob (2025). Evidence submission and comments on the London Plan consultation. Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Whitehead, Christine M E, Williams, Peter (2018). Assessing the evidence on rent control from an international perspective. National Residential Landlords Association.

Youssef, Myriam, Turkmani, Rim, Gharibah, Mazen (2019). برنامج بحوث الصراع: تقدّمٌ في الاتجاه الخاطئ: انتخابات مجالس الإدارة المحلية في سوريا. London School of Economics and Political Science.

Youssef, Myriam, Turkmani, Rim, Gharibah, Mazen (2019). برنامج بحوث الصراع: the 2018 Local Council Elections in Syria. Conflict Research Programme, London School of Economics and Political Science.

al-Zoabi, Sohaib (2020). Deraa province: conflict dynamics and the role of civil society. Conflict Research Programme, London School of Economics and Political Science.

da Cruz, Nuno F. (2014). Local integrity system assessment: Portugal. Transparency International.

da Cruz, Nuno F., Ellaway, Louise, Hamilton-Jones, Imogen, Heeckt, Catarina, Rogers, Ben (2024). Public innovation: building capacity in Europe’s city governments. LSE Cities.

de Sousa, Luís, Tavares, António, Teles, Filipe, Jorge, Susana, da Cruz, Nuno F. (2014). Índice de transparência municipal 2013. Transparência e Integridade, Associação Cívica.

Thesis

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.

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.

Faguet, Jean-Paul (2002). Decentralizing the provision of public services in Bolivia: institutions, political competition and the effectiveness of local government [Doctoral thesis]. London School of Economics and Political Science.

Fane-Hervey, Angus (2012). Why governance matters: a comparative study of the causes of deforestation in the miombo woodlands of Zambia and Mozambique, 1990 - 2010 [Doctoral thesis]. London School of Economics and Political Science.

Greenfield, Adam (2025). Are we the people? Democratic municipalism in two European cities, in the approach to power and thereafter 2011-2024 [Doctoral thesis]. London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.00004909

Iddawela, Yohan (2021). Papers on institutional quality and economic development in African regions [Doctoral thesis]. London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.00004292

Jones, Benjamin (2005). Local-level politics in Uganda: institutional landscapes at the margins of the state [Doctoral thesis]. London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lee, Anthony David (2002). The development and operation of large scale voluntary transfer associations 1988 - 1999 [Doctoral thesis]. London School of Economics and Political Science.

Materka, Edyta (2014). Kombinacja, or the arts of combination in agrarian Poland [Doctoral thesis]. London School of Economics and Political Science.

Mbate, Michael (2019). Essays in governance and public finance [Doctoral thesis]. London School of Economics and Political Science.

Porter, Holly (2013). After rape: justice and social harmony in Northern Uganda [Doctoral thesis]. London School of Economics and Political Science.

Wang, Han (2022). The persistence of institutions in regions: shocks, public policies, and inequalities [Doctoral thesis]. London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.00004462

Wei, Ran (2024). Heritage construction in China: negotiation and contestation of decision-making and heritage discourses [Doctoral thesis]. London School of Economics and Political Science.

Weihmayer, Melissa (2024). Approaches for analyzing the local governance of forced migration [Doctoral thesis]. London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.00004784

Workman, Anna (2013). Success versus failure in local public goods provision: council and chiefly governance in post-war Makeni, Sierra Leone [Doctoral thesis]. London School of Economics and Political Science.

Online resource

Adams, Brian (2017). Going local – but does decentralisation actually make for more innovative policy?

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?

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.

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.

Bailey, David (2014). Labour’s plans for city and regional devolution are welcome, but don’t go far enough.

Banerjee, Mukulika, Bhalla, Surajit, Desai, Meghnad, Ghatak, Maitreesh (2017). 2017 Legislative Assembly election results: experts react.

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.

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.

Bew, Paul (2014). The Committee on Standards in Public Life is responding to the need for scrutiny of ethical standards in local government.

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.

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.

Bon, Florian (2016). Book review: Is decentralization good for development? Perspectives from academics and policy makers edited by Jean-Paul Faguet and Caroline Pöschl.

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.

Bose, Sumantra, South Asia, LSE (2012). Historical inevitability? The regionalisation of Indian politics (Part I).

Bose, Sumantra, South Asia, LSE (2012). Historical inevitability? The regionalisation of Indian politics (Part II).

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.

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.

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?

Bua, Adrian (2017). Book review: popular democracy: the paradox of participation by Gianpaolo Baiocchi and Ernesto Ganuza.

Buckley, Fiona, McGing, Claire (2016). Analysis of the women selected and elected by quota in Ireland dispel the myth that they were under-qualified.

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.

Cairney, Paul (2014). The Smith Commission: will greater powers come with greaterdemocratic accountability?

Cake, Carey, Cooper, Kirstin (2011). Restorative approaches can make a difference in the relationship between local government bodies and the communities they serve.

Campante, Filipe (2014). Isolated state capitals such as Albany and Sacramento are associated with less accountability and worse governance.

Cann, Damon (2017). Why Utah's Senate seat may be Mitt Romney's to take in 2018.

Cante, Fabien (2018). Book review: urban revolt: state power and the rise of people's movements in the global south, edited by Trevor Ngwane, Luke Sinwell and Immanuel Ness.

Carozzi, Felipe (2016). Turnover is not supply.

Champion, Tony (2012). Back where they started?

Cheshire, Paul (2014). Building Reliant Robin houses adds to our housing crisis.

Cheshire, Paul (2014). Building on greenbelt land: so where?

Cheshire, Paul (2016). Greenbelt madness: or how to get it back to front.

Cheshire, Paul (2013). Housing – and more than housing: what a bad budget!

Cheshire, Paul (2013). How to kill nightingales and not build houses: insist on building on Brownfields.

Cheshire, Paul (2012). Is Heathrow in the wrong place?

Cheshire, Paul (2013). Land prices: the dog that’s lost its bark.

Cheshire, Paul (2011). You've been Trumped.

Cheshire, Paul (2014). The irresistible pressure of economic fundamentals: radical planning reform moving into the mainstream – but still need to get the details right.

Chol, Jacob D. (2016). South Sudan’s leaders have tarnished the dreams of Independence for their people.

Chwalisz, Claudia (2014). ‘Harperism’: undermining Canadian democracy since 2006.

Clarke, Stephen (2017). Can a new generation of political leaders tackle Britain’s regional inequalities?

Cockell, Merrick (2012). A more direct way of connecting places and Parliament is needed in order for service delivery to move into the 21st century.

Cordero, Melina (2013). Book review: Everyday law on the street: city governance inan age of diversity.

Coulson, Andrew (2018). Select committees can enhance overview and scrutiny in local government.

Cox, Ed (2012). Labour activists in the North may have cause to celebrate. But localism and local democracy seem to be in a dangerous and parlous state.

Crines, Andrew (2012). The London Mayoral election will be won by the most effective orator – and this currently favours Boris Johnson.

Crone, Stephen (2013). After significant reforms, Canada’s political parties now havetheir income and expenditure closely controlled, and are moredependent on public funds.

Crowe, Jessica (2014). In the interests of equality and diversity, our representatives ought to be representative.

Crowe, Jessica (2014). The future for Local Government in England could be bright, provided that it’s accountable.

Cullinane, Carl (2014). The Scottish Independence Referendum, how will it all unfold?

Cullinane, Carl (2014). Whither the Union? Scotland’s voice prompts more questionsthan answers.

Curtice, John, Boyle, Katie, Tierney, Stephen, Douglas-Scott, Sionaidh (2014). The vow delivered? Experts respond to the publication of theSmith Commission’s recommendations.

Dandoy, Régis (2014). Despite on-going coalition negotiations, regionalist parties remain the clear winners of the 2014 Belgian elections.

Darnell, Nicole, Stritch, Justin, Bretschneider, Stuart, Hsueh, Lily, No, Won (2017). US cities’ buy-green schemes reduce their environmental liabilities and costs.

Davies, Bill (2014). If the rest of the country is to catch up to London, we need a Great North Plan.

Dawson, Michael (2014). The North of England needs a devo-max government. Here’s why.

Dean, Jon (2014). Book review: education, disadvantage and place: making the local matter by Kirstin Kerr, Alan Dyson, and Carlo Roffo.

Dellmuth, Lisa Maria, Stoffel, Michael, Schraff, Dominik (2014). EU funding policies may be undermined by regional authorities using structural fund allocations to win votes at the local level.

Dempster, Helen (2015). Getting the most out of local government: lessons from Uganda.

Di Cataldo, Marco (2016). Poorer UK regions have benefited from EU Cohesion Policy and would lose out from Brexit.

Doig, Alan (2014). After the government’s reforms, local authorities now have less capacity to detect and investigate instances of misconduct in public life.

Doig, Alan (2014). The Committee on Standards in Public Life has proven itself ineffective in safeguarding ethical standards across local government.

Donnelly, Chris (2015). Why do some states elect two Senators from different parties?: don’t blame it on strategic voters.

Duff, Andrew (2012). A European federal economic government is needed to runthe fiscal union in the interests of states and taxpayers.

Dunleavy, Patrick (2016). How democratic are the reformed electoral systems used in mayoral and devolved elections?

Dunnett, James (2014). It may be time to revisit the old idea of moving the seat of British government out of London.

Durose, Catherine (2011). Front-line workers in local government are no longer ‘street level bureaucrats’ but instead act as ‘civic entrepreneurs’ to make order out of chaos for their communities.

Elias, Anwen (2015). Spain’s local elections underlined the profound changes taking place in the Spanish party system.

Enns, Peter (2013). Presidential campaigns are less important than previously thought in influencing how people vote.

Evans, Alice (2018). Book review: California greenin': how the Golden State became an environmental leader by David Vogel.

Faguet, Jean-Paul (2013). Decentralizing the Bolivian Way.

Felix da Costa, Diana (2018). Book review: dealing with government in South Sudan (2015) by Cherri Leonardi.

Fenwick, John (2014). The government’s failure to hold a referendum on the creation of a directly elected mayor for Greater Manchester may undermine the legitimacy of this important new office.

Fenwick, John (2016). The proposed merger of Newcastle and North Tyneside councils would diminish rather than enhance devolution.

Folkman, Peter, Froud, Julie, Johal, Sukhedev, Tomaney, John, Williams, Karel (2017). Manchester’s transformation over the past 25 years: why we need a reset of city region policy.

Forbes, Nick (2014). Financial decentralisation is already happening, and Newcastle is seeing the benefits.

Fosten, Gerald K. (2017). In Tennessee, crime really does pay - for private prison providers.

Foulds, Wendy (2014). Unravelling public uuthority: paths of hybrid governance in Africa.

Fowler, Luke (2017). Local governments are hidden but important partners in air quality management.

Gaddie, Keith (2015). In its Arizona redistricting decision, the Supreme Court hasmade explicit that redistricting initiatives are a state legislativeaction.

Gallagher, Jim (2016). What factors will motivate voters in the Scottish Parliamentary Elections?

Geddes, Ellie (2014). As Scotland pushes for change, regional English devolution may become unavoidable.

Ghafoor, Bilal (2014). Outsourcing companies are taxpayer funded but are only rarely submitted to the scrutiny of Freedom of Information.

Gherghina, Serhiu, Radecki, Michal (2014). The Polish and Romanian experiences show that party elites need to loosen control when introducing primary elections to select candidates.

Gibbons, Stephen (2011). NHS evidence: seriously flawed?

Gibbons, Stephen (2013). Windfarms and house prices.

Gibbons, Stephen, Heblich, Stephan, Lho, Esther, Timmins, Christopher (2016). Fear of fracking: house price reactions to fracking in Britain.

Gilson, Chris (2015). Florida’s redistricting deadlock: Walker’s falling approvalratings: and Montana cuts 52k voters: US state blog round upfor 15 – 21 August.

Gilson, Chris (2015). Georgia’s transportation crisis: Indiana and Arkansasto ‘fix’ RFRA and California’s new drought measures:US state blog round up for 28 March – 3 April.

Gilson, Chris (2015). New York’s Cuomo heads to Cuba: Nebraska moves towardsdeath penalty repeal: and Oregon’s Obamacare exchange woes:US state blog round up for 18 – 24 April.

Gilson, Chris (2015). New York’s campaign finance loophole: Florida u-turns onMedicaid while Montana accepts: and South Dakota’s comingminimum wage fight: US state blog round up for 4 – 10 April.

Gilson, Christopher (2015). Chris Christie’s pension win: North Carolina’s right turn: and Kansas’ big tax hike: US state blog round up for 6 – 12 June.

Gilson, Christopher (2013). Congress considers Syria intervention, New York mayoral race gets gritty, and will Boehner retire after 2014? – US blog round up 31 August – 6 September.

Gilson, Christopher (2015). Georgia’s far-reaching abortion law, Nixon donation raisesquestions, and California expands healthcare to undocumentedchildren: US state blog round up for 13 – 19 June.

Gilson, Christopher (2015). Maryland’s ‘Mr. Nasty’ Governor: Illinois’ progressivelegislature: and Alabama votes to defund Medicaid – twice: US state blog round up for 1 – 7 August.

Gilson, Christopher (2015). New Jersey considers gambling expansion, NebraskaGovernor pushes for death penalty, while Idahosaves for a rainy day: US state blog round up for 30May – 5 June.

Gilson, Christopher (2015). New York approves the ‘Big Ugly’, South Carolina GOP’sConfederate flag turnaround, and South Dakota’s minimumwage success: US state blog round up for 20 – 26 June.

Gilson, Christopher (2015). New York’s uneven recovery: Alabama’s ‘hostage’ budget andIdaho’s busy Senator: US state blog round up for 8 – 14 August.

Gilson, Christopher (2014). Pennsylvania’s debt downgrade, child poverty in North Carolina, and Rand Paul underwhelms in California: US state blog round up for 20 – 26 September.

Gilson, Christopher (2017). State of the States for 13 October: Vermont syringe exchanges' success, Florida's slavery memorial plans and Missouri's 'cartoon Trump'.

Gilson, Christopher (2017). State of the States for 15 September: New York's poor primary turnout, Heitkamp courts Trump, and an Idaho city forgets 5 million levy.

Gilson, Christopher (2017). State of the States for 20 October: New Jersey's vulnerable voting machines, Nelson woos Puerto Ricans in Florida, and Friess doesn't understand Wyoming.

Gilson, Christopher (2017). State of the States for 22 September: Christie's 240m opioid plan, #NukeGate in South Carolina, and Michigan passes "Citizens United on Steroids".

Gilson, Christopher (2017). State of the States for 27 October: Pennsylvania's judicial roulette, Oklahoma legislators facing pay cut, and 'Republican-lite' in California.

Gilson, Christopher (2017). State of the States for 29 September: Murphy's New Jersey spending plans, how Moore won in Alabama, and does California polarize America?

Gilson, Christopher (2017). State of the States for 6 October: Virginia Governor's race gets dirty, Idaho Freedom Caucus plans fall flat, and California's Sanctuary State symbolism.

Gilson, Christopher (2017). State of the States for 8 September: Vermont's new marijuana panel, South Dakota purges voter rolls, and making sense of Montana's budget.

Gilson, Christopher (2015). Upstate New York’s secession plans: North Carolina’s budgetwoes: and North Dakota okays armed drones: US state bloground up for 22 – 28 August.

Gilson, Christopher (2014). Virginia says no to Medicaid expansion, Walker targets drug users in Wisconsin, and does Idaho have ‘Otter fatigue’? US state blog round up for 13 – 19 September.

Gilson, Christopher (2015). An airport upgrade for New York, prison policy in Illinois and Wisconsin, and Boston gives the Olympics the flick – but could LA take over?: US state blog round up for 25 – 31 July.

Godsmark, Oliver (2014). Book review: Remapping India: new states and their political origins by Louise Tillin.

Goodfellow, Tom (2012). Urban planning through the barrel of a gun.

Gottlieb, D. J. (2013). Voter education in Mali raises expectation of government performance.

Grant, Wyn (2012). Elected mayors: dead in the water.

Grant, Wyn (2012). In May the UK’s biggest cities will vote on whether to directly elect mayors. The Warwick Commission investigates existing experience, both in Britain and overseas.

Grant, Wyn (2011). The coalition plans to reinvigorate local political leadership in major cities with elected mayors: will local electorates say “Yes” this time?

Green, Rebecca (2014). Transparency rules in U.S. elections need updating to reflect 21st century realities.

Griffith, J. A. G. (1962). Letter to the editor: WHO makes the decisions?

Gross, Martin, Debus, Marc (2015). Local politicians take the party affiliation of directly elected mayors into account when forming coalitions.

Hall, Suzanne M. (2014). Book review: negotiating cohesion, inequality and change: uncomfortable positions in local government by Hannah Jones.

Hancock, Avery (2011). The threats to public libraries look overwhelming: yet both defensive mobilizations to resist cutbacks and pressures for innovations offer hope for radical improvements.

Hanlon, Joseph, Ahlback, Johan (2016). Mozambique returns to war, as opposition claims electoral ‘fraud’.

Hannah, A. Lee, Mallinson, Daniel J. (2017). Uncooperative federal government has led to innovation on marijuana policy in more liberal, less religious states.

Harvey, Malcolm (2017). Audit 2017: how democratic are the central institutions of devolved government in Scotland?

Henao, Alejandro (2015). How cities are reducing auto dependence by investing insustainable transportation infrastructure.

Hendrick, Rebecca, Shi, Yu (2015). Is local government fragmentation good or bad for cities? These indices will help inform the debate.

Herian, Mitchel (2014). When planning new policies, local governments should take into account how much they are trusted by citizens.

Hilber, Christian A. L. (2012). Does stamp duty stop people moving house?

Hilber, Christian A. L. (2013). Help to buy.

Hilber, Christian A. L. (2011). The beginnings of the US housing boom.

Hilber, Christian A. L. (2011). The law of unintended consequences: business rate retention and house prices.

Hilber, Christian A. L., Cheshire, Paul (2013). QE: the next bubble?

Hill, Alastair (2013). Book review: Rethinking public service delivery.

Hobolt, Sara, Hagemann, Sara (2016). A vote to leave the EU may have a detrimental impact on Parliament.

Hogwood, Patricia (2016). From devolution to revolution? Brexit threatens to stir up the UK’s regional politics.

Holman, Nancy (2014). Workshop: Accelerating new housing production in London – what works?

Idiculla, Mathew (2014). Is local autonomy the future of urban governance?

Ingram, B. Lynn (2014). California needs to begin a serious and comprehensive plan to adapt to what may be a very long drought.

Islam, Mohammad Tarikul (2017). Understanding the effectiveness of Union Parishad standing committee: a perspective on Bangladesh.

Iñiguez de Heredia, Marta (2015). #DRCDecides2016: Political actors hold the key reversing the current electoral crisis.

Jansa, Joshua, Garrett, Kristin (2015). How states plagiarize interest group model bills on manyissues.

John, Peter (2012). Nudging citizens towards localism? Links between behaviour change and local action have not yet been thought through sufficiently.

Johnson, Boris (2012). Boris Johnson: “I can see what needs to be done to secure London’s future”.

Johnson Ross, Freya (2018). Gender equality in local government: what difference does legislation make?

Jones, Alexandra (2014). The main parties’ race to the top on local devolution promises much – but will it deliver?

Jones, George (2015). Changing the centralist culture.

Jones, George W. (2011). Budget 2011: Government’s ‘pothole priority’ proves its lack of commitment to localism.

Jones, George W. (2012). Elected mayors cannot deliver a localist revival.

Jones, George W., Stewart, John (2012). The national audit office should not be responsible for the audit of local authorities.

Jones, Jenny (2012). Jenny Jones: “my vision for London is of a more sustainable, fairer and cleaner city”.

Jurado, Ignacio (2014). Regionalised party systems lead to lower social spending.

Kakar, Asmat (2017). Local government and Pakistan’s reluctant political elite.

Keith, Michael (2014). Events in the local elections in Tower Hamlets have provoked national interest and display worrying signs of division.

Keith, Michael (2014). The PwC report on Tower Hamlets highlights fundamentaltensions in local democracy, not always thought throughclearly in new mayoral systems.

Kettl, Donald F. (2015). How Hurricane Katrina made the feds more powerful.

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”.

Kippin, Sean (2014). 20 things we learned about democracy in March 2014.

Kippin, Sean (2014). Euro elections – previewing the contest in Yorkshire and the Humber.

Kippin, Sean (2014). Euro elections – previewing the election in the North West.

Kippin, Sean (2014). Euro elections – the contest in Northern Ireland.

Kippin, Sean (2014). Euro elections – the contest in Wales.

Kippin, Sean (2014). Euro elections – the contest in the North East.

Kippin, Sean (2014). Euro elections – what can we expect to happen in the West Midlands?

Kippin, Sean (2014). Euro elections – what will happen in London?

Kippin, Sean (2014). Euro elections – what will happen in the South West?

Kippin, Sean (2014). Everything you need to know about the regional contests in the European Parliament elections across the UK.

Kirk, Thomas, Stein, Danielle (2016). Local politics, conflict resolution and access to justice programming in the JSRP’s research sites.

Kirk, Thomas, Stein, Holly E.Danielle (2016). Cosmological and communal wellbeing in the JSRP’s research on justice provision.

Krause, Rachel (2015). How US cities dropped climate protection commitments inresponse to mainstream political opposition and programmaticstagnation.

Krishna, Ananye (2017). Aadhaar and the mid day meal scheme: a denial of basic rights.

Krueger, Brian, Xu, Ping (2015). Conservative controlled states cut infrastructure and welfarespending in response to increased exposure to global trade.

Langenkamp, Andy (2013). This fall, disputes over the debt ceiling, sequestration cuts, the budget, and Syria may lead to an imperfect political storm in Washington.

Larkin, Kevin (2014). Holding European Parliament elections concurrently with local elections increases turnout and benefits certain parties.

Lawrence, Mat (2015). Democratic revival can come from devolved democracy.

Lee, Neil (2016). Three challenges facing the Northern Powerhouse.

Lee, Neil (2016). The (new) northern powerhouse strategy.

Leigh, Dominic, Ramanauskas, Ben (2016). The £8bn question: would local councils be better off outside the EU?

Leighley, Jan, Nagler, Jonathan (2015). Oregon’s new voter registration law will make votingeasier—but higher turnout will depend on parties andcandidates.

Leontitsis, Vasilis (2012). Incomplete municipal government reforms and a lack of funding in Greece mean that Athens is still central to regional decision-making.

Leunig, Tim (2011). Location matters: putting people first in planning.

Leunig, Tim (2011). Unlocking growth in cities.

Liaqat, Asad, Callen, Michael, Cheema, Ali, Khan, Adnan Q., Naseer, Muhammad Farooq, Shapiro, Jacob N. (2017). The role of election competition in strengthening Pakistan’s fledgling local democracy.

Livingstone, Ken (2012). Ken Livingstone: “Londoners need a city where they can make their home, feel safe and not be priced out”.

Lodge, Guy (2011). Unlike the Scots and the Welsh, Londoners seem content with limited devolution and weak mayoral powers- at least, for now.

Lorimer, Marta (2015). The first round of the French regional elections: the far right turn.

Lowatcharin, Grichawat, Menifield, Charles (2015). Internet access levels are not the sole determinant of howtransparent government websites are.

Lyytikainen, Teemu (2011). Extreme localism: local taxes and tax competition.

Margulies, Ben (2016). What do the German state elections tell us about the state of the country’s parties?

Marsh, Alex (2012). Bristol is the only city that voted for an elected mayor: it remains to be seen how relevant the office will be.

Martin, Ian (2015). People’s vews about what kind of region they want to live in will inform their views on local and regional devolution.

McDonnell, Duncan (2013). Despite his victory in the New York Democratic primary, Bill de Blasio is not a populist.

McLean, Iain (2014). The Smith Commission Report is short, but packs a big punch.

McVeigh, Rory (2014). Ku Klux Klan activism in the 1960s is linked to the South’s swing to the Republican Party.

Milita, Kerri (2015). Restrictive ballot access laws reduce the technical complexityof initiatives and make them more likely to pass.

Mistry, Mark (2016). Kashmir has a new Chief Minister, but while the question of self-determination remains unresolved there is little hope of change.

Mitchell, James (2017). Audit 2017: how democratic is local government in Scotland?

Monogan, Jamie, Gilson, Christopher (2017). The Ballpark podcast Episode 2.2: do state governments even matter?

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.

Murray, Rainbow (2015). French regional elections: failure for the Front National, but little to celebrate for the mainstream.

Mycock, Andy (2014). There is much that can be learned from Scotland’s decision to lower the voting age for the independence referendum.

Mycock, Andy, Giovannini, Arianna (2015). The prospect of greater regional and city devolution raises the spectre of the “Manchester Withington question”.

Nathan, Max (2011). City deals: what next?

Nathan, Max (2011). The economics of skyscrapers.

Newburn, Tim (2012). Cameron’s crime speech was a delicate balancing act ofburnishing the Prime Minister’s credibility and keeping asmany key constituencies as possible onside whilst doing so.

Newburn, Tim (2012). The London Mayoral election shows how politicians talk about crime-related issues and provides clues as to what we can expect from Police and Crime Commissioners.

Nickels, Ashley E. (2017). How state takeovers undermine the principle of municipal home rule.

O'Brien, Paul (2012). Local authorities should be at the forefront of going green. This will see economic returns as well as environmental benefits.

O'Byrne, Ryan Joseph (2014). Governance vacuums and local responses in Pajok, South Sudan: the Pajok Community People’s Committee.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Abandoned streets.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Adapting to localism.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Are Britain's 'second tier' cities too small?

Overman, Henry G. (2008). Are policy exchange insane?

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Beaches, sunshine and public sector pay.

Overman, Henry G. (2010). Big society: local planning.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Bins, LEPs, Mayors and growth.

Overman, Henry G. (2013). The Boles 'bung'.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Bradford West a symptom of the North-South divide?

Overman, Henry G. (2013). Budget: housing and Heseltine.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Build absolute nothing anywhere near anybody.

Overman, Henry G. (2008). Building bridges.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Building on the green belt.

Overman, Henry G. (2010). Building regulations.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Business improvement districts.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Business rate retention.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Business rate retention proposals (the X factor).

Overman, Henry G. (2010). Bye-bye RDA's?

Overman, Henry G. (2011). CLASH.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). CLG select committee report on planning: the good, the bad, the ugly.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Can local authorities close the gap between rich and poor?

Overman, Henry G. (2009). Carbon footprints.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Cash for planning permission.

Overman, Henry G. (2009). Catching up (with the regeneration framework).

Overman, Henry G. (2008). Changing UK.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Cities and economic growth.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Cities have largely rejected elected mayors: the focus should now be on further city deals.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Cities outlook 2012.

Overman, Henry G. (2014). Cities outlook 2014: would UK cities be better off without London.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Cities reject elected mayors.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). City deals mark II.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). City mayors.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Cluster policy and (a tale of) tech city.

Overman, Henry G. (2010). Coalfield regeneration.

Overman, Henry G. (2009). Community cohesion.

Overman, Henry G. (2008). Congestion charging.

Overman, Henry G. (2010). Conservative plans for planning.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). (Core) city deals.

Overman, Henry G. (2013). Council Tax increases.

Overman, Henry G. (2013). Country dwellers and the 'rural penalty'.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Crime maps.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Culture and regeneration.

Overman, Henry G. (2010). Cuts, cuts, cuts.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). De-industrial revolution.

Overman, Henry G. (2009). Devolving public expenditure cuts.

Overman, Henry G. (2009). Digital Britain.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Displacement zones.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Do city climate plans reduce emissions?

Overman, Henry G. (2009). Eco towns.

Overman, Henry G. (2013). Economic impact of the Olympics.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Economic impacts of HS2.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Empty bedrooms and the housing crisis.

Overman, Henry G. (2010). Empty homes.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Empty homes and the housing crisis.

Overman, Henry G. (2013). Ending land 'hoarding' won't solve the housing crisis.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). (English) heritage and cities.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Enterprise zones.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Enterprise zones: right diagnosis, wrong treatment?

Overman, Henry G. (2010). Evaluation and decentralisation.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Evidence on planning.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Falling house prices and the case for more housing.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Football stadiums.

Overman, Henry G. (2013). Foreign buyers and the London property market.

Overman, Henry G. (2010). Frozen Britain.

Overman, Henry G. (2013). Funding and structures for local economic growth.

Overman, Henry G. (2009). Golden handcuffs: teacher recruitment and retention.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Government grants to small firms.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Government proposals that local councils can retain business rates will give incentives for growth, but with some funding inequalities across councils.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Greater Manchester growth plan.

Overman, Henry G. (2010). Green belt.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Greenbelt 'under threat'.

Overman, Henry G. (2008). Greener homes?

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Grim down South?

Overman, Henry G. (2012). HS2 and the WCML fiasco.

Overman, Henry G. (2013). HS2 regional economic impact: garbage in ...?

Overman, Henry G. (2014). HS3 and a Northern Powerhouse.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Happiness maps.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Helping the elderly downsize.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). The Heseltine report.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). High flying cities.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). High priced London.

Overman, Henry G. (2010). High speed 2.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). High speed fail.

Overman, Henry G. (2009). High speed rail.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). High speed rail delays.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). High speed rail: no fast track fix.

Overman, Henry G. (2013). High-speed round up.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Higher local taxes a threat to jobs.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Home-ownership and entrepreneurship.

Overman, Henry G. (2008). House building and affordability.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). House prices and the Diamond Jubilee.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). House prices: local booms and busts.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). House swaps to help the jobless?

Overman, Henry G. (2009). Housing lists.

Overman, Henry G. (2009). Housing numbers (numbers numbers).

Overman, Henry G. (2009). Housing numbers part 2.

Overman, Henry G. (2009). Housing numbers part 3.

Overman, Henry G. (2013). Housing policy curse strikes again.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Housing strategy.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Housing: starts up, completions down.

Overman, Henry G. (2013). How big a problem is land 'hoarding'?

Overman, Henry G. (2011). How did London get away with it?

Overman, Henry G. (2012). How many French people live in London?

Overman, Henry G. (2014). How unbalanced is infrastructure spending?

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Immigration up, housing starts down.

Overman, Henry G. (2014). Improving voter turnout.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Inexpensive progress: two steps forward, one step back ...

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Infrastructure options.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Innovation in cities.

Overman, Henry G. (2008). Introducing SERC: the spatial economics research centre.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Is building social housing better than the benefit cap?

Overman, Henry G. (2014). Is help to buy 'working'?

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Is the new homes bonus working? (Part 2).

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Is the regional growth fund (still) rubbish?

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Is the regional growth fund rubbish?

Overman, Henry G. (2014). Is there a London housing bubble?

Overman, Henry G. (2010). It's chaos out there ...

Overman, Henry G. (2009). Kickstart.

Overman, Henry G. (2009). Latest housing figures.

Overman, Henry G. (2009). Local authorities and the downturn.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Local economic development in the UK.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Local government finance.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Local government finance and the Glencore IPO.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Local government pension schemes.

Overman, Henry G. (2010). Local growth.

Overman, Henry G. (2009). Local homes for local people.

Overman, Henry G. (2009). Local jobs for local people.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Local mortgage schemes and affordability.

Overman, Henry G. (2010). Local procurement for local authorities?

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Local public sector pay.

Overman, Henry G. (2014). Local transport expenditure.

Overman, Henry G. (2010). Localism and house building.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). London (still) getting away with it.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). London's (shocking?) growth performance.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Made in Britain.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Made in Britain II.

Overman, Henry G. (2009). Manchester-Leeds linkages.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Manchester: top of the (northern) league.

Overman, Henry G. (2009). Manchester: top of the league?

Overman, Henry G. (2013). Mandelson and HS2.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Margate and the Turner Contemporary.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). MediaCityUK and the Manchester economy.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Millennium villages and the analysis of place-based policies.

Overman, Henry G. (2014). Mind the gap.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Mixed communities.

Overman, Henry G. (2010). More affordable housing?

Overman, Henry G. (2011). More city rankings.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). More housing please.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). (More) planning rule reform.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). NPPF? Plus ça change ...

Overman, Henry G. (2011). National planning.

Overman, Henry G. (2009). New deal for communities?

Overman, Henry G. (2009). New homes are too small.

Overman, Henry G. (2010). New homes bonus.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). No alternative to high speed rail?

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Northern assembly needed?

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Open evaluation and the future of evidence based policy making.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Open evaluation: not just for enterprise zones.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Parties and parking.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Planning hypocrisy.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Planning policy roundtable.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Planning reforms: a challenge for left and right.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Planning: localism versus growth.

Overman, Henry G. (2009). Population projections and housing affordability.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Portas Pilots.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). The Portas review.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Postgrad fees: do rising costs deter poorer students?

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Public sector employment: bad for local manufacturing, good for local services.

Overman, Henry G. (2009). Public sector job relocations.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Public sector pay and local employment.

Overman, Henry G. (2010). Public sector relocation.

Overman, Henry G. (2010). RDAs and evaluation: a bit more value added.

Overman, Henry G. (2010). RDAs: it's what you do, not the way that you do it.

Overman, Henry G. (2013). Railways and houses.

Overman, Henry G. (2008). Regeneration.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Regional benefits.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Regional growth fund (round II).

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Regional growth fund (round III).

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Regional versus local pay.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Relaxing planning laws.

Overman, Henry G. (2014). Rental contracts.

Overman, Henry G. (2013). Requiem for Detroit.

Overman, Henry G. (2008). Response to the Sub-National Review.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Rethinking our cities; density or size?

Overman, Henry G. (2011). (Return of) the North-South divide.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Rising rents.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Road pricing.

Overman, Henry G. (2008). Rural housing.

Overman, Henry G. (2010). Rural living costs.

Overman, Henry G. (2009). San Francisco versus Birmingham.

Overman, Henry G. (2009). San Francisco versus Birmingham part II.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Science parks.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Second homes and the census.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Should Romney Marsh be a nuclear waste dump.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Should bad teachers be paid less?

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Should we "save the high street"?

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Should we build on the green belt?

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Should we give greater powers to City Councils?

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Skyscrapers and financial crashes.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Slum clearance.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Smart growth failures.

Overman, Henry G. (2013). Solving London's housing crisis.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Space rationing.

Overman, Henry G. (2014). Spatial inequalities in commuting times.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Spatial mismatch.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Sports stadiums and regeneration.

Overman, Henry G. (2009). Strong foundations?

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Supermarkets and planning: be careful what you wish for.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Supermarkets in a different class?

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Sustainable development and local plans.

Overman, Henry G. (2009). Taxing bank bonuses.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Time for a no risk £30bn stimulus package?

Overman, Henry G. (2013). Time to build.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Two cheers for Mr Boles.

Overman, Henry G. (2010). UK cities: from recession to recovery.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Upwardly mobile: are you living in the wrong city?

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Urban policy and budget 2012.

Overman, Henry G. (2013). Urban versus rural living.

Overman, Henry G. (2013). Victory for neighbourhood plans (sort of ...).

Overman, Henry G. (2013). The West End commission.

Overman, Henry G. (2013). What works centre for local economic growth.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). Where to build?

Overman, Henry G. (2012). Whither participation?

Overman, Henry G. (2014). Will HS2 end the property price spiral?

Overman, Henry G. (2009). Youth unemployment "hotspots".

Overman, Henry G. (2010). An anatomy of economic inequality.

Overman, Henry G. (2008). The case for abolishing Regional Development Authorities?

Overman, Henry G. (2012). The case for local pay.

Overman, Henry G. (2009). The educational divide.

Overman, Henry G. (2009). The geography of recession (part II).

Overman, Henry G. (2012). The grey side of localism.

Overman, Henry G. (2011). The homes 'crisis'.

Overman, Henry G. (2012). The labour market impact of public sector employment.

Overman, Henry G. (2010). (A lot) more evidence on New Deal for Communities.

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Paddick, Brian (2012). Brian Paddick: “We need a serious Mayor to tackle the serious problems we face”.

Page, Anne (2010). Spare the axe hanging over Regional Development Agencies.

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Perkes, Barnaby (2016). Opening hustings promises an engaging London Mayoral contest.

Priyadarshi, Praveen (2012). How does India govern its cities?

Quiroz Flores, Alejandro (2017). US disaster protection is not up to scratch in the states which are most vulnerable to hurricanes.

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Rainford, Paul, Tinkler, Jane (2011). New ‘big society’ providers could deliver better local services, but there are grave concerns surrounding funding, accountability and citizen redress.

Randall, Vicky (2016). Older women in local parties: marginalised or empowered?

Ratnayake, Rapti (2017). ‘Diplomacity’ in the 21st century: why Sri Lanka’s local mayors must become global players.

Reeves, Andrée E. (2017). Alabama's Senate runoff election mirrors the national struggle for the heart and soul of the Republican Party.

Rogers, Martin (2015). Labour likely to hold Oldham but face UKIP surge.

Rogers, Martin (2016). A mixed picture in the UK election results favours the Conservatives.

Rogers, Martin, Travers, Tony (2016). England’s 2016 local elections: an indicator of the national political picture?

Rutherford, Nat (2016). Justifications for the Investigatory Powers Bill are based on a very specific interpretation of freedom.

Salveson, Paul (2012). Regional government in the North could provide an answer to the ever widening social and economic divide in England.

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Sandford, Mark, Ayres, Sarah, Flinders, Matthew (2017). Devolution revolution? Assessing central-local relationships in England's devolution deals.

Sassen, Saskia (2013). Unlike Detroit, Chicago’s diversified industrial base has helped it to successfully switch from a material to a knowledge economy.

Scanlon, Kathleen (2015). From our own corRUPSpondent: Site visit to Goodman’s Fields.

Schlueter, Teresa (2013). Want to live somewhere nice? Be ready to work longer.

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Smith, Graham (2015). Involve’s ‘Room for a View’ represents an important intervention in the debate on democracy’s future direction.

Smith, Russell M. (2017). Cities of Color are a growing trend in America – and their long-term influence should not be underestimated.

Somer-Topcu, Zeynep (2016). Can a new leader change a party’s fortunes? How leadership changes affect voter perceptions about party policy.

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Staite, Catherine (2017). Andy Street has just three years to unite the West Midlands under his mayoralty.

Stoica, Mihnea (2015). Romania’s party system remains in flux ahead of next year’s local and parliamentary elections.

Stokan, Eric (2017). Competition for Amazon's HQ2.0 shows how keen local governments are to offer incentives to attract firms.

Stuckey, Mary E. (2014). If Jeb Bush can learn from the past, he may have a real chance at winning in 2016.

Studdert, Jessica (2015). Engagement at the local level should be citizen-led rather than institution-led.

Swan, Sean (2015). Overcoming the UK’s constitutional crisis may require the development of more flexible relationships between the constituent nations.

Sweeting, David (2013). One year in, Bristol’s Mayoral experiment is making adifference to the city’s governance.

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Tarikul Islam, Mohammad (2018). How does local government cope with disaster in Bangladesh?

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Taylor-Robinson, David (2011). Bigger cuts to local authority budgets in the most deprived areas are likely to widen health inequalities.

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Travers, Tony (2013). After many years of electoral disappointment, the Democratsare now the front runners in the New York mayoral race.

Travers, Tony (2016). From promise to policy: what the manifestos tell us about the task facing London’s next Mayor.

Travers, Tony (2016). Local elections: How does National equivalent vote share help us to understand the results?

Travers, Tony (2012). London’s choice of mayor will give a tantalising hint of which party will be favourites to win the next general election.

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Traynard, Clementine (2015). From our own corRUPSpondent: Marching for homes.

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Trevitt, Vittorio (2014). There is a strong case for the introduction of an elected tier ofEnglish regional government.

Turner, Ed (2016). Germany’s state elections: the rise of the AfD and the vicious circle of grand coalition politics.

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Waights, Sevrin (2013). Game of zones.

Walker, David (2010). The coalition government’s Localism Bill is inconsistent and restrictive for local government: ministers are actually legislating for a confusing mix of new central controls and only minor local ‘freedoms’.

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Whitehead, Christine (2017). International review of planning Systems, Christine Whitehead.

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Wilford, Rick (2015). The current talks in Northern Ireland exemplify the mistrust that has attended devolution from the outset.

Wilks-Heeg, Stuart (2011). Who governs Merseyside? The significance of Heseltine’s new report.

Wilks-Heeg, Stuart (2012). The widespread rejection of elected city mayors is a spanner in the works for the government’s localism agenda.

Willett, Joanie (2015). Cornwall is a logical place to begin with rural devolution, but a coherent UK-wide plan is sorely needed.

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Witko, Christopher, Kelly, Nate (2014). In times of growth, states with Democratic governments are more able to stimulate employment than those with conservative ones.

Wu, Wenjie (2012). Urban rail investment: lessons from Beijing.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Faguet, Jean-Paul (2003). Decentralization and local government in Bolivia : an overview from the bottom up. (Crisis States Research Centre working papers series 1 29). Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Faguet, Jean-Paul (2005). The effects of decentralisation on public investment: evidence and four lessons from Bolivia and Colombia. (Crisis States Research Centre working papers series 1 62). Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Hammar, Amanda (2005). Disrupting democracy? Altering landscapes of local government in post-2000 Zimbabwe. (Crisis States Research Centre discussion papers 9). Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Heald, Suzette (2002). Domesticating Leviathan: sungusungu groups in Tanzania. (Crisis States Research Centre working papers series 1 16). Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hoffman, Kasper, Kirk, Thomas (2013). Public authority and the provision of public goods in conflict-affected and transitioning regions. Justice and Security Research Programme, International Development Department, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hoyos, Diana, Ceballos, Marcela (2004). Electoral behaviour trends and decentralisation in Colombia’s municipalities, 1988-2000. (Crisis States Research Centre working papers series 1 57). Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Jayasundere, Ramani, Valters, Craig (2014). Women's experiences of local justice: community mediation in Sri Lanka. (Theories in practice series JSRP Paper 10). Justice and Security Research Programme, International Development Department, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kapagama, Pascal, Waterhouse, Rachel (2009). Portrait of Kinshasa: a city on (the) edge. (Crisis States Research Centre working papers series 2 53). Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kirchmaier, Thomas, Langella, Monica, Manning, Alan (2021). Commuting for crime. (CEP Discussion Papers 1747). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Lankina, Tomila V. (2008). Cross-cutting literature review on the drivers of local council accountability and performance. (Social deveolpment working papers, local governance & accountability series 112). World Bank.

Lankina, Tomila V. (2007). ‘Fragmented belonging’ on Russia’s western frontier and local government development in Karelia. (Representation, equity and environment working paper series no. 30). World Resources Institute.

Leromain, Elsa, Vannoorenberghe, Gonzague (2021). Voting under threat: evidence from the 2020 French local elections. (CEP Discussion Papers 1786). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

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.

McGuire, Alistair, Harris, A., Lloyd, G., Newlands, D. (1984). The management of change: local government and oil in Aberdeen part I: a theoretical framework. Department of political economy, University of Aberdeen.

Mojsovska, Silvana (2011). Decentralisation and regional policy in the Republic of Macedonia: development and perspectives. (LSEE Papers on Decentralisation and Regional Policy in South Eastern Europe 4). London School of Economics and Political Science.

Saarimaa, Tuukka, Tukiainen, Janne (2012). Politics in coalition formation of local governments. (SERC Discussion Papers SERCDP102). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Stein, Danielle (2013). Community mediation and social harmony in Nepal. (Theories in practice series JSRP Paper 5). Justice and Security Research Programme, International Development Department, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sumich, Jason (2009). Urban politics, conspiracy and reform in Nampula, Mozambique. (Crisis States Research Centre working papers series 2 60). Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Terrier, Camille, Pathak, Parag A., Ren, Kevin (2021). From immediate acceptance to deferred acceptance: effects on school admissions and achievement in England. (CEP Discussion Papers 1815). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.

Valters, Craig (2013). Community mediation and social harmony in Sri Lanka. (Theories in practice series JSRP Paper 4). Justice and Security Research Programme, International Development Department, London School of Economics and Political Science.

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.

da Cruz, Nuno F., Berg, Sanford V., Marques, Rui Cunha (2011). Managing public utilities: the American way. (PURC working papers 1). University of Florida.

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