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Can the directly elected mayoral model deliver? Innovation, limitation and adaptation: Lessons from the City of Bristol (2017)
Book Chapter

This chapter analyses the position of a directly elected mayor as a mechanism to deliver transformative change to local government in England. Through a narrative exploration of the trajectory of mayoral governance in the City of Bristol, analysis in... Read More about Can the directly elected mayoral model deliver? Innovation, limitation and adaptation: Lessons from the City of Bristol.

Communicating, campaigning and curating: Interrogating councillors’ use of Twitter in the City of Bristol (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Social Media as a communication platform represents a novel and growing space for individuals and groups as well as state and non-state actors. The value of digital data to political parties has resulted in the proliferation of digital products which... Read More about Communicating, campaigning and curating: Interrogating councillors’ use of Twitter in the City of Bristol.

Dr Thom Oliver on the challenge for the Lib Dems at #PSA15 (2015)
Digital Artefact

Dr Thom Oliver (Oxford Brookes) discusses the election challenges for the Liberal Democrats at the PSA Annual Conference in Sheffield. https://soundcloud.com/politicalstudiesassociation/dr-thom-oliver-on-the-challenge-for-the-lib-dems

Assessing the directly elected mayoral model in Bristol: An empirical investigation of the contrasting definitions of the role of a directly elected mayor (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

When Bristol’s first directly elected mayor Independent George Ferguson was sworn in during a ceremony at Brunel’s historic Temple Meads station he asserted “I believe today we have voted for a new way of doing things.” Now into second year of his te... Read More about Assessing the directly elected mayoral model in Bristol: An empirical investigation of the contrasting definitions of the role of a directly elected mayor.

Have mandate, will travel: The developing roles of the councillor above and below the council house (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The modern councillor lives in an era of complex local governance operating in multiple arenas and networks rather than purely through old-style national/local government structures. The Localism Act (2011) offers no respite from the challenges to th... Read More about Have mandate, will travel: The developing roles of the councillor above and below the council house.