Close
Mark's first degree was in Sociology, and in 2007 he was awarded a PhD. He has written two books and many other publications. His publications include:
Journal articles
- “Giving power away: The ‘de- words’ and the downward transfer of power in mid-2010s England”, Regional and Federal Studies, under submission
- “Conceptualising generative power in the city-regions of England”, Urban Studies, under submission
- “Money talks: the finances of combined authorities”, Local Economy, forthcoming 2019
- “England plus? Territory, identity and fiscal devolution in the UK”, with Federico Mor, British Politics 14:1, 44-62, 2019
- “’Taking back control’, the UK’s constitutional narrative, and Schrodinger’s devolution”, with Cathy Gormley-Heenan, Parliamentary Affairs, forthcoming
- “A reply on fiscal decentralisation”, Public Money and Management 39:1, 2-4, January 2019 “Territory, power and statecraft: understanding English devolution”, Regional Studies 52:6, 853-864 with Matthew Flinders and Sarah Ayres, 2017
- “Policy making front and back stage: assessing the implications for effectiveness and democracy”, British Journal of Politics and International Relations 19:4, 861-876, with Sarah Ayres and Tessa Coombes, 2017.
- “Growing pains: property taxation and revenue incentives in English local government”, with Federico Mor. Local Economy 32:5, 399-419, 2017 Winner of the Sam Aaronovitch Prize 2017 for best article in journal
- “The quiet return of equalisation alongside incentive in the English local government finance system”, 2017, Public Money and Management 37:4, 245-252
- “Citizen participation and changing governance: cases of devolution in England”, Policy & Politics 45:2, 251-269, 2017, with Brenton Prosser, Alan Renwick, Arianna Giovannini, Gerry Stoker et al.
- “Signing up to devolution: the prevalence of contract over governance in English devolution policy”, 2017, Regional & Federal Studies 27:1, 63-82
- “Public services and local government: the end of the principle of ‘funding following duties’”. 2016. Local Government Studies 42 (4): 637-656
- “English Question or Union Question? Neither has easy answers”, with Robert Hazell, Political Quarterly 86:1, 2016, pp. 16-23
Book chapters
- “Is devolution to England’s cities here to stay?”, in ed. Akash Paun, Has Devolution Worked?, Institute for Government, forthcoming 2019
- “Adapting to the fiscal landscape: local governments, revenue and taxation powers”, 2018, in ed Richard Kerley and Joyce Liddle, International Handbook of Local Government
- “Parliament and Devolution”, with Cathy Gormley-Heenan, in ed. Louise Thompson and Cristina Leston-Bandeira, Exploring Parliament, 2018
- “Cumbria, the North, and what makes a territory”, in ed. Richard Hayton, Arianna Giovannini and Craig Berry, The politics of the North: Governance, territory and identity in Northern England, University of Leeds, 2015
