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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
De Montfort University and De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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Urban, governance, municipalism, Spain, incumbency, regime

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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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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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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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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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Gramscian Considerations on the Contentious Politics of Austere Neoliberalism: Critical Junctures After the Global Economic Crisis

Davies JS (2023) Gramscian considerations on the contentious politics of austere neoliberalism: critical junctures after the global economic crisis. Social Movement Studies. Published online 12th October. https://doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2023.2268016
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 09 Nov 2023
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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Austerity, Governance, Resistance, Gramsci, Conjunctures

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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
Independent and De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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austerity, COVID-19, interregnum, neoliberalism, necro-socialism

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Why is Austerity Governable? A Gramscian Urban Regime Analysis of Leicester, UK

Davies J S, Bua A, Cortina-Oriol M and Thompson E. 2020. Why is Austerity Governable? A Gramscian Urban Regime Analysis of Leicester, UK. Journal of Urban Affairs. 42(1): 56-74. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2018.1490152
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 11 Jan 2024
Jonathan S. Davies, Jonathan S. Davies, Adrian Bua, Mercè Cortina Oriol and Ed Thompson
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity, De Montfort University, Autonomous University of Barcelona and De Montfort University
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Urban, Goverance, Austerity, Regime, Resistance

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The limits of "resilience": Relationalities, contradictions, and re-appropriations

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 13 Aug 2024
Jonathan S. Davies, Jonathan S. Davies and Tania Arrieta
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity and University of Leicester UK
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contradiction, crisis, dialectics, Irresilience, relationality, resilience

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Just do it differently? Everyday Making, Marxism and the Challenge of Transcending Neoliberalism

Davies J. S., Blanco, I., Bua, A., Chorianopoulos, I., Cortina-Oriol, M., Feandeiro, A., Gaynor, N., Gleeson, B., Griggs, S., Hamel, P., Henderson, H., Howarth, D., Keil, R., Pill, M., Salazar, Y., Sullivan, H. 2022. New Developments in Urban Governance. Rethinking Collaboration in the Age of Auster
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 29 Apr 2024
Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity
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Urban, governance, austerity, collaboration, COVID

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Crisis Management in English Local Government: The Limits of Resilience

Arrieta T and Davies J. S. 2024. Crisis Management in English Local Government: The Limits of Resilience. Policy & Politics. Published online 22nd February.
Posted: 26 Mar 2024
Tania Arrieta, Jonathan S. Davies and Jonathan S. Davies
University of Leicester UK and De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity

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Beyond the Consolations of Professionalism: Resisting Alienation at the Neoliberal University

Davies JS and Standring A (2023) Beyond the consolations of professionalism: resisting alienation at the neoliberal universisty. Soundings 84/5: 27-42. https://journals.lwbooks.co.uk/soundings/vol-2023-issue-84/abstract-9792/
Posted: 10 Jan 2024
Jonathan S. Davies, Jonathan S. Davies and Adam Standring
De Montfort UniversityCentre for Urban Research on Austerity and Independent

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neoliberalism, managerialism, professionalism, university, decolonisation, resistance

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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