2024
Publications
A full record of 91 works — journal articles, book chapters, reports and more — from 1991 to 2024.
Selected publications
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Innovation and Change in Local Electoral Systems: Approaches and Implications.
2016
2015
2014
Students' Unions in the UK: Development, Recurrent Trends and Characteristics
2010
Devolution in the UK
New Labour's Countryside: Rural Policy in Britain since 1997
Developments in Accountability and Management: Lessons from the Devolved Institutions in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
2009
Democracy and Interest Groups: Enhancing Participation?
Heads of the Local State
Observing Government Elites: Up Close and Personal
Local Government in Britain: The Emergence of the External Scrutiniser
New Forms of Public Accountability after Devolution: The use of different mechanisms for different ends?
2008
Anglo-Scottish Relations from 1900 to Devolution and Beyond
Labour in the City
New Labour and the Civil Service
Political Communications: The General Election Campaign of 2005
Reinventing Britain: Constitutional Change under new Labour
Transparency: The Key to Better Governance?
Local Government Reforms in Britain
The Brown Factor in Elections and Public Opinion: the Return of the Electoral Cycle
Scrutiny, Democracy and Public Administration in the English Local State
Accountability and Democracy in the New Local Governance: An Evaluation
2007
Leading the Localities: Executive Mayors in English Local Government
Public Service Improvement: Policies, Progress and Prospects
Tales of Two Cities: Women and Municipal Restructuring in London and Toronto
Third Force Politics: Liberal Democrats at the Grassroots
Review of Allowances
2006
Contesting Rurality: Politics in the British Countryside
Councillors and Staff with a Disability: Allowances and Support
Review of Allowances
2005
Quangos: The Debate of the 1970s
Review of Members' Allowances
2004
2003
Learning Communities Report - HAZ: A Project Evaluation
2002
The Relationship between County Councillors and other Tiers of Elected Local Government: The Case of Devon
Learning Communities Report - HAZ: A Project Evaluation
2001
The Crowning of Red Ken: The Battle for London in 2000
The Labour Party in Wales 1900-2000
Cole Report II: Consultations - Practice at Devon County Council
Cole Report III: Report on the Community Appraisal Process in Devon
New Labour and the Corporate Agenda in Local Government
2000
The Changing Governance of London
The Modernisation of UK Local Government: An Evaluation of the Executive, Scrutiny and Partnership Reforms at Devon County Council
Review of Members' Allowances
The Cole Report: Report on the Role of Members and the Modernising Agenda
1999
Opening or Closing Pandora's Box?: New Labour and the Quango State
Options for Devolution in the North East
1998
1996
1991
Quasi-Government: The Issue of Accountability
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