Jonathan S. Davies

Centre for Urban Research on Austerity

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Leicester, LE1 9BH

United Kingdom

De Montfort University

Professor of Critical Policy Studies

Hugh Aston Building

The Gateway

Leicester, East Midlands LE1 9BH

United Kingdom

http://www.dmu.ac.uk/professor-jonathan-davies

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1.

Challenging Governance Theory: From Networks to Hegemony

Jonathan S. Davies, CHALLENGING GOVERNANCE THEORY: FROM NETWORK TO HEGEMONY, Policy Press, September 2011
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 28 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2011
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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governance network, gramsci, hegemony

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Theories of Urban Politics

THEORIES OF URBAN POLITICS, J. S. Davies, D. L. Imbroscio, eds., Sage, 2009
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 21 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 26 May 2012
Jonathan S. Davies, Jonathan S. Davies and David Imbroscio
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity and University of Louisville
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theories of urban politics

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Urban Politics and the New Institutionalism

in Susan Clarke, Peter John and Karen Mossberger(eds), The Oxford Handbook of Urban Politics, Oxford University Press, 2012, pp. 51-70
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 02 Jun 2012
Jonathan S. Davies, Jonathan S. Davies and Jessica Trounstine
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity and Princeton University - Department of Political Science
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Network Governance Theory: A Gramscian Critique

Environment and Planning A, 44(11), 2687 – 2704
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 27 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2012
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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Governance, Networks, Gramsci, Neoliberalism, Hegemony, Integral State, Passive Revolution

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Empowerment or Abandonment? Prospects for Neighbourhood Revitalization Under the Big Society

Public Money and Management, 32(3): 193-200
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 14 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2012
Jonathan S. Davies, Jonathan S. Davies and Madeleine Pill
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity and Cardiff School of Planning and Geography
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neighbourhood, urban, governance, Baltimore, Bristol, big society

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The New Localism

THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF BRITISH POLITICS, Matthew Flinders, Andrew Gamble, Colin Hay and Michael Kenny, eds, Oxford University Press, 2009
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 16 Apr 2011
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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Why Hierarchy Won't Go Away: Understanding the Limits of 'Horizontalism'

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 26 May 2012
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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governance, genome, horizontalism, hierarchy, Gramsci, resistance

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Back to the Future: Marxism and Urban Politics

CRITICAL URBAN STUDIES: NEW DIRECTIONS, pp. 73-88, J. S. Davies, D. L. Imbroscio, eds., SUNY Press, 2010
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 28 Sep 2011
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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urban, politics, Marxism

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Governing in and Against Austerity: International Lessons from Eight Cities

Governing in and Against Austerity: International Lessons from Eight Cities, (2017) ISBN: 978-1-85721-432-1
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 25 Aug 2017
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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urban austerity governance

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Just Do It Differently? Everyday Making, Marxism and the Struggle Against Neoliberalism

Policy & Politics 41(4): 497-513. 40th Anniversary Special Issue.
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 19 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2013
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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everyday making, Marxism, capitalism, system

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The Governance of Urban Regeneration: A Critique of the ‘Governing Without Government’ Thesis

ART/2001/24
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 22 Apr 2011
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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Active Citizenship: Navigating the Conservative Heartlands of the New Labour Project

Policy & Politics, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 3-19
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 22 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2012
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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New Labour, Thatcherism, conservatism, active citizenship, hegemony, social democracy

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Local Governance and the Dialectics of Hierarchy, Market and Network: A Conflict Analysis

Policy Studies, Vol. 26, No. 3
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 21 Apr 2011
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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Critical Urban Studies: New Directions

CRITICAL URBAN STUDIES: NEW DIRECTIONS, J. Davies and D. Imbroscio, eds., SUNY Press, 2010
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 19 Sep 2011
Jonathan S. Davies, Jonathan S. Davies and David Imbroscio
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity and University of Louisville
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urban studies, critical, Davies, Imbroscio

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The Limits of Joined-Up Government: Towards a Political Analysis

Wiley-Blackwell, Public Administration, March 2008
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 22 Apr 2011
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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Partnerships Versus Regimes: Why Regime Theory Cannot Explain Urban Coalitions in the UK

Journal of Urban Affairs, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 22 Apr 2011
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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The Social Exclusion Debate: Strategies, Controversies and Dilemmas

Policy Studies, January 2005
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 20 Apr 2011
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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Urban Regime Theory: A Normative-Empirical Critique

Journal of Urban Affairs, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 1-17, 2002
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 21 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2014
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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Introduction to 'Urban Politics' - Sage Library of Political Science Series

URBAN POLITICS- SAGE LIBRARY OF POLITICAL SERIES, J. S. Davies, D. L. Imbroscio, eds., Sage, 2009
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 21 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2014
Jonathan S. Davies, Jonathan S. Davies and David Imbroscio
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity and University of Louisville
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urban, politics, history, power, institutions, transitions, governance, publics, policies

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Coercive Cities: Reflections on the Dark Side of Urban Power in the 21st Century

Journal of Urban Affairs, Autumn 2014, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 05 Feb 2014
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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urban, cities, power, coercion, coercive

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Hollowing-Out Neighbourhood Governance? Re-Scaling Revitalization in Baltimore and Bristol

Urban Studies, 49(10), pp. 2199-2217
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 21 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2012
Jonathan S. Davies, Jonathan S. Davies and Madeleine Pill
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity and Cardiff School of Planning and Geography
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Rethinking Urban Power and the Local State: Hegemony, Domination and Resistance in Neoliberal Cities

Urban Studies, Published online before print October 1, 2013, doi: 10.1177/0042098013505158
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 24 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2014
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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urban, local, state, foucault, gramsci, governance, hegemony, domination

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Interrogating Networks: Towards an Agnostic Perspective on Governance Research

Davies, Jonathan S. and Spicer, Andre, Interrogating Networks: Towards an Agnostic Perspective on Governance Research. Environment and Planning C (2014, Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 17 May 2013
Jonathan S. Davies, Jonathan S. Davies and Andre Spicer
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity and University of Warwick - Industrial Relations & Organisational Behaviour (IROB) Subject Group
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networks, hierarchy, market, governance, orthodoxy, critique

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Whither Governance Theory? Critical Research Beyond the Networks Paradigm

Dialogues in Human Geography, September 2012
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 16 Nov 2012
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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governance, networks, Gramsci, hegemony, democracy

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Evaluating Local Strategic Partnerships - Theory and Practice of Change

Local Government Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 22 Apr 2011
Jonathan S. Davies, Jonathan S. Davies, Mike Geddes and Crispian Fuller
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity, University of Warwick - Warwick Business School and University of Warwick - Local Government Center
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Urban Power and Political Agency: Reflections on a Study of Local Economic Development in Johannesburg and Leeds

Cities, The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning, 2015, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 25 Sep 2014
Jonathan S. Davies, Jonathan S. Davies and Lindiwe Msengana Ndlela
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity and Independent
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urban, power, policy, agency, Leeds, Johannesburg

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Conjuncture or Disjuncture? An Institutionalist Analysis of Local Regeneration Partnerships in the UK

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, May 2004
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 19 Apr 2011
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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The Limits of Partnership: An Exit-Action Strategy for Local Democratic Inclusion

Political Studies, Vol. 55, No. 4, 2011
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 16 Apr 2011
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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The Foundation as a Political Actor: The Case of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust

Political Quarterly, 2004
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 16 Apr 2011
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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JRCT, Trust, democratic, influence, political, reform, Labour

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The Hollowing Out of Local Democracy and the 'Fatal Conceit' of Governing Without Government

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 2000
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 16 Apr 2011
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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Austerity Urbanism: Patterns of Neo-Liberalisation and Resistance in Six Cities of Spain and the UK

Davies J S, and Blanco I. “Austerity Urbanism: Patterns of Neoliberalisation and Resistance in Six Cities of Spain and the UK”. Environment and Planning A. Published online before print on 10th April 2017.DOI: 10.1177/0308518X17701729
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 12 Apr 2017
Jonathan S. Davies, Jonathan S. Davies and Ismael Iván Blanco Fillola
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity and Autonomous University of Barcelona
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austerity, urbanism, regime, governance, neoliberalism, Spain, UK

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Between Realism and Revolt: Governing Cities in the Crisis of Neoliberal Globalism

Davies, J. S. (2021) Between Realism and Revolt: Governing Cities in the Crisis of Neoliberal Globalism, Bristol: Bristol University Press.
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 05 Apr 2021
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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Urban, governance, austerity, resistance, hegemony, governability

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Double-Devolution or Double-Dealing? The Local Government White Paper and the Lyons Review

Local Government Studies, 34(1), 3-22
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 22 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 26 May 2012
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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double, devolution, white, paper, New, Labour

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Can't Hedgehogs Be Foxes Too? Rejoinder to C N Stone

Journal of Urban Affairs, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 20 Apr 2011
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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Trust to the Scientists: Intention to Complete the 2021 Census in England and Wales

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 08 Apr 2021
Edward Cartwright, Jonathan S. Davies, Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan Rose
De Montfort University, De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity and De Montfort University - De Montfort University, Faculty of Business and Law, Leicester Business School, Department of Accounting and Finance, Students
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census; United Kingdom; trust; completion

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Understanding the Crisis of New Municipalism in Spain: The Struggle for Urban Regime Power in a Coruña and Santiago De Compostela

Urban Studies. Published online 21st October 2022. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00420980221123939.
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 28 Nov 2022
Adrian Bua, Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
affiliation not provided to SSRN and De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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Urban, governance, municipalism, Spain, incumbency, regime

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Governance: Mature Paradigm or Chicken Soup for European Public Management?

Davies, J. S., and Chorianopoulos, I. (2018) "Governance: mature paradigm or chicken soup for European public management?", Critical Policy Studies, 12(3): 360-366, DOI: 10.1080/19460171.2018.1488597
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 04 May 2021
Jonathan S. Davies, Jonathan S. Davies and Ioannis Chorianopoulos
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity and University of the Aegean
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Governance, theory, critique, paradigm

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From Crisis to Catastrophe: The Death and Viral Legacies of Austere Neoliberalism in Europe?

Standring, A. and Davies, J. S. (2021) 'From crisis to catastrophe: The death and viral legacies of austere neoliberalism in Europe'? Dialogues in Human Geography, 10(2):146-149. doi:10.1177/2043820620934270
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 06 Apr 2021
Adam Standring, Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
affiliation not provided to SSRN and De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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austerity, COVID-19, interregnum, neoliberalism, necro-socialism

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Urban Governance in the Age of Austerity: Crises of Neoliberal Hegemony in Comparative Perspective

Davies J S (2023) Urban governance in the age of austerity: Crises of neoliberal hegemony in comparative perspective. Environment and Planning A. Published online 7th July. 10.1177/0308518X231186151
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 24 Jul 2023
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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austerity, governance, neoliberalism, hegemony, interregnum

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The Limits of Post-Traditional Public Administration: Towards a Gramscian Perspective

Critical Policy Studies, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 47-62
Posted: 19 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2011
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity

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Gramsci, governance, hegemony, public, administration