Ben Worthy

University of London - Birkbeck College

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1.

Leadership Capital: Measuring the Dynamics of Leadership

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 16 Oct 2014
Mark Bennister, Paul 't Hart and Ben Worthy
Canterbury Christ Church University College, Australian National University (ANU) - School of Social Sciences and University of London - Birkbeck College
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David Cameron's Transparency Revolution? The Impact of Open Data in the UK

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 30 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2013
Ben Worthy
University of London - Birkbeck College
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Open Data, Transparency

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Going On and On? Tony Blair and Margaret Thatcher: Leadership Capital Compared

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 30 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2015
Mark Bennister and Ben Worthy
Canterbury Christ Church University College and University of London - Birkbeck College
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Leadership Capital, Prime Ministers, Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair

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The Impact of the Freedom of Information Act in the UK

Nigel Bowles, James T Hamilton, David Levy (eds) Transparency in Politics and the Media: Accountability and Open Government, London: L.B. Tauris, 31-45, 2013
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 29 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2014
Ben Worthy and Robert Hazell
University of London - Birkbeck College and University of London
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Freedom of Information, Transparency, UK

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Access to Information in the UK and India

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 18 Mar 2015
Ben Worthy
University of London - Birkbeck College
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Freedom of Information, Right To Information Act, India, UK

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Disruptive, Dynamic and Democratic? Ten Years of Freedom of Information in the UK

Parliamentary Affairs, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 28 Dec 2015
Ben Worthy and Robert Hazell
University of London - Birkbeck College and University of London
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evaluation; freedom of information; impact on Whitehall; impact on local government; policy objectives; successes and failures

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Getting it, Spending it, Losing it: Exploring Political Capital

Political Studies Association 2012 Annual Conference
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 16 Aug 2014
Mark Bennister and Ben Worthy
Canterbury Christ Church University College and University of London - Birkbeck College
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Leadership, Political Capital

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Transparency at the Parish Pump: A Field Experiment to Measure the Effectiveness of Freedom of Information Requests

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 06 Dec 2015
Ben Worthy, Peter John, Peter John and Matia Vannoni
University of London - Birkbeck College, University College London - School of Public PolicyDepartment of Political Economy, KCL and IGIER, Bocconi University
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Ending in Failure? The Performance of ‘Takeover’ Prime Ministers 1916-2016

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 25 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 06 Sep 2022
Ben Worthy
University of London - Birkbeck College
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Prime Minister, UK, performance, longevity

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Freedom of Information and the Media

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 12 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2016
Ben Worthy
University of London - Birkbeck College
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Freedom of Information, media, eco-system

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Freedom of Information in Europe: Creation, Context and Conflict

Contested Trade-Offs: Transparency and Secrecy in European Democracies. Forthcoming
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 24 Jun 2019
Ben Worthy
University of London - Birkbeck College
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Access to Information, Freedom of Information, Europe

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The Impact of Open Data in the UK: Complex, Unpredictable and Political

Public Administration 93 (3): 788-805, 2015
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 11 Jul 2016
Ben Worthy
University of London - Birkbeck College
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open data, transparency, UK

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‘Three Harmless Words’: New Labour and Freedom of Information

New Labour and the Constitution: Twenty Years On’, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 09 Aug 2018
Ben Worthy
University of London - Birkbeck College
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FOI, freedom of information, New Labour, Tony Blair

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Making Transparency Stick: The Complex Dynamics of Open Data

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 19 Sep 2014
Ben Worthy
University of London - Birkbeck College
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Open Data, transparency, UK

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Brexit and Open Government in the UK

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 02 Dec 2016
Ben Worthy
University of London - Birkbeck College
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Brexit and Open Government in the UK: 11 Months of May

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 20 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 04 Jul 2017
Ben Worthy
University of London - Birkbeck College
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Brexit, openness, transparency, Theresa May

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Rebels as Local Leaders? The Mayoralties of Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson Compared

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 12 Apr 2017
Ben Worthy and Mark Bennister
University of London - Birkbeck College and Canterbury Christ Church University College
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Elected Mayors, London, Ken Livingstone, Boris Johnson

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Does FOI Work? The Impact of Freedom of Information on Local And Central Government in England

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 06 Dec 2013
Ben Worthy
University of London - Birkbeck College
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Freedom of Information, Central Government, Local Government, UK

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From Fishing to Experimentation: Transparency as Information-Gathering a Typology and Framework for Analysis

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 12 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 26 Nov 2018
Gregory Michener and Ben Worthy
EBAPE/FGV and University of London - Birkbeck College
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Transparency, Freedom of Information, requesters

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Tony Blair: Leadership Capital Squandered?

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 25 Mar 2015
Mark Bennister and Ben Worthy
Canterbury Christ Church University College and University of London - Birkbeck College
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Tony Blair, Prime Minister, Leadership Capital Index

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The Development of Freedom of Information in Britain 1960-2000

Draft Chapter for Felle, T. and Mair, J. (2014) FOI 10 years on: freedom fighting or lazy journalism? London: Abramis UK
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 14 Apr 2015
Ben Worthy
University of London - Birkbeck College
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Freedom of Information, FOI, Britain

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Secrecy and Leadership: The Case of Theresa May’s Brexit Negotiations

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 30 Sep 2019
Ben Worthy and Marlen Heide
University of London - Birkbeck College and University of Lugano
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Secrecy, Leadership, Legitimacy, Brexit

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Transparency: Negotiating Institutional Domains

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 24 Jun 2019
Ben Worthy
University of London - Birkbeck College
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transparency,

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Freedom of Information and the MPs’ Expenses Crisis

Draft of Chapter for Hudson, J (2014) At the Public’s Expense? The Political Consequences of the 2009 British MPs’ Expenses Scandal OUP, pp. 27-43
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 18 Feb 2015
Ben Worthy
University of London - Birkbeck College
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Freedom of Information, MPs' Expenses

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The Sword: How MPs and Peers Have Used Freedom of Information in the UK

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 06 Dec 2013
Ben Worthy and Robert Hazell
University of London - Birkbeck College and University of London
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Freedom of Information, Parliament, Westminster, Accountability

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Who is Watching Parliament? Monitory Democracy at Westminster

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 08 Jul 2022
Ben Worthy, Stefani Langehennig and Cat Morgan
University of London - Birkbeck College, University of London - Birkbeck College and University of Southampton
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Open House? The Impact of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on the UK Parliament

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 05 Nov 2014
Ben Worthy and Gabrielle Bourke
University of London - Birkbeck College and Independent
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Freedom of Information, Parliament

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The Outsider Inside? The Leadership Capital of Donald J Trump

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 18 May 2022
Ben Worthy and Mark Bennister
University of London - Birkbeck College and Canterbury Christ Church University College
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Donald Trump, leadership capital

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Response, Awareness and Requester Identity in Foi Law: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 03 Jul 2023
Elina De Simone, Lorenzo Cicatiello, Fabrizio Di Mascio, Giuseppe Lucio Gaeta, Alessandro Natalini and Ben Worthy
Roma Tre University, University of Napoli L’Orientale, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Naples "L'Orientale", LUMSA University and University of London - Birkbeck College
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Freedom of Information (FOI) laws, reactive transparency, Field experiment