The Census is carried in England and Wales every 10 years and gathers information on every household in the population. We conducted a survey two weeks prior to the official census date and measured intention to complete the census. We find that men, the young, and those in rented accommodation...

Between Realism and Revolt explores urban governance in the “age of austerity”, focusing on the period between the global economic crisis of 2008-9 and the beginning of the global COVID-19 pandemic at the end of 2019. It considers urban governance from the perspective of governability. How...

This article explores the impact of recent trends towards privatism through a study of neighbourhood governance in Baltimore and Bristol and considers its implications for the big society in the UK. The self-help ideology of the big society has been prevalent in Baltimore for many years and the...

We are delighted to publish this report of our Austerity Governance project. It relays initial lessons and findings from our eight case studies of austerity governance in Athens, Baltimore, Barcelona, Dublin, Leicester, Melbourne, Montreal and Nantes

The chapter first explores the rise of the ‘network orthodoxy’. It proceeds to develop a critique of the regime-theoretical conception of the ruling class, building on my earlier work (Davies, 2002) and arguing that the Marxist conception is both stronger and, in the context of a theory of...

Given the immense volume of urban political scholarship, going back millennia, we faced a substantial challenge in pulling the collection together. In doing so, we showcase some of the best and most influential thinking about city politics, predominantly on Europe and the USA, but also including...

Published in 1995, the first edition of Theories of urban politics, edited by professors David Judge, Gerry Stoker and Hal Wolman, was a huge success and a landmark for urban studies. It has inspired thousands of readers, no doubt encouraging many bright scholars to embark on careers in urban...

This paper examines the influence of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) on the movement for democratic reform in the UK, drawing on a study of the impact of Trust grants to three beneficiaries. The paper demonstrates that charitable foundations can exercise political influence,...

Rebutting critiques of regime theory offered by myself (Davies, 2001, 2002a,b, 2003) and Imbroscio (2003), Stone defends his emphasis on the ‘how’ of collective action against broader focus on the ‘why’, or in the UK ‘why not’ of successful collective action in regime politics. This...

This paper explores the UK government’s approach to combating social exclusion since 1997. It considers the philosophy and political economy underpinning New Labour policy, and explains the economic and social policy prescriptions that follow from these principles. The government’s social...