Dowding, Keith


Professor Keith Dowding  

Department

Position held

LSE Enterprise

LSE Public Policy Group

Experience keywords:

equality; rational choice approaches; British politics; political theory; civil service; local government service quality; public policy; ministerial resignations; budget; measurement of freedom; rights

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Examination of UK ministerial resignations and non-resignations in the twentieth century. Examination of fiscal mobility and the relationship between economic and political forces shaping service provision and tax rates at the local level. The measurement of freedom and rights.

Media experience:

Radio

Contact Points

Publications

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2012

Berlinski, Samuel and Dewan, Torun and Dowding, Keith (2012) Accounting for ministers: scandal and survival in British government 1945–2007. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 9780521519724

2010

Berlinski, Samuel and Dewan, Torun and Dowding, Keith (2010) The impact of individual and collective performance on ministerial tenure. Journal of politics, 72 pp. 559-571. ISSN 0022-3816

2009

Dowding, Keith and Dewan, Torun and Shepsle, Kenneth A., (eds.) (2009) Rational choice politics. Sage, London, UK. ISBN 9781412945028

2008

Berlinski, Samuel and Dewan, Torun and Dowding, Keith and Subrahmanyam, Gita (2008) Choosing, moving and resigning at Westminster, UK. In: Dowding, Keith and Dumont, Patrick, (eds.) The selection of ministers in Europe: hiring and firing. Routledge, Oxford, UK, pp. 58-78. ISBN 9780415430814

2007

Berlinski, Samuel and Dewan, Torun and Dowding, Keith (2007) The length of ministerial tenure in the United Kingdom, 1945-97. British journal of political science, 37 (4). pp. 765-766. ISSN 0007-1234

2006

Dowding, Keith and van Hees, Martin (2006) In praise of manipulation. PSPE working papers, 05-2006. Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2005

Berlinski, Samuel and Dewan, Torun and Dowding, Keith (2005) The length of ministerial tenure in the UK 1945-1997. PEPP, 16. Suntory and Toyota international Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2004

Dowding, Keith and Goodin, Robert E. and Pateman, Carole (2004) Introduction: between justice and democracy. In: Dowding, Keith and Goodin, Robert E. and Pateman, Carole, (eds.) Justice and Democracy. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 1-24. ISBN 9780521545433

Dowding, Keith and Goodin, Robert E. and Pateman, Carole, (eds.) (2004) Justice and democracy: essays for Brian Barry. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 9780521545433

Dowding, Keith (2004) Are democratic and just institutions the same? In: Dowding, Keith and Goodin, Robert E. and Pateman, Carole, (eds.) Justice and Democracy. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 25-39. ISBN 9780521545433

Dowding, Keith (2004) Book review: thinking about political psychology. Political studies review, 2 (1). pp. 54-55. ISSN 1478-9299

Dowding, Keith (2004) Prisoners' dilemma. In: Kuper, Adam and Kuper, Jessica, (eds.) The social science encyclopedia. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 0415320968

2003

Bavetta, Sebastiano and Dowding, Keith (2003) Introduction to symposium: the analysis and measurement of freedom. Journal of theoretical politics, 15 (4). pp. 385-386. ISSN 0951-6298

Dowding, Keith (2003) Resources, power and systematic luck: a response to Barry. Politics, philosophy and economics, 2 (3). pp. 305-322. ISSN 1470-594X

Dowding, Keith and van Hees, Martin (2003) The construction of rights. American political science review, 97 (2). pp. 281-293. ISSN 0003-0554

van Vugt, Mark and John, Peter and Dowding, Keith and van Dijk, Eric (2003) The exit of residential mobility or the voice of political action? Strategies for problem-solving in residential communities. Journal of applied social psychology, 33 (2). pp. 321-338. ISSN 0021-9029

Dowding, Keith and Mergoupis, Thanos (2003) Fragmentation, fiscal mobility and efficiency. Journal of politics, 65 (4). pp. 1190-1207. ISSN 0022-3816

Dowding, Keith (2003) Getting published in academic journals: advice to doctoral students and young academics (part one). ECPR EPS: European political science, 2 (2). pp. 63-70. ISSN 1680-4333

Dowding, Keith (2003) Policy networks. In: McLean, Iain and McMillan, Alistair, (eds.) The concise Oxford dictionary of politics. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 0192802763

Dowding, Keith (2003) Rational Choice and Trust. In: King, Preston, (ed.) Trusting in Reason: Martin Hollis and the Philosophy of Social Action. Frank Cass, London; Portland, OR, pp. 207-220.

Dowding, Keith and White, Stuart Gordon (2003) Stakeholding - A New Paradigm in Social Policy. In: Dowding, Keith and White, Stuart Gordon, (eds.) The Ethics of Stakeholding. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke; New York, pp. 1-28.

2002

Dowding, Keith (2002) Revealed preference and external reference. Rationality and society, 14 (3). pp. 259-284. ISSN 1043-4631

Dowding, Keith and Johnson, James (2002) Editorial. Journal of theoretical politics, 14 (1). pp. 5-6. ISSN 1460-3667

Dowding, Keith (2002) Tribute to outgoing editors. Journal of theoretical politics, 14 (1). pp. 7-7. ISSN 0951-6298

Dowding, Keith (2002) The civil service. In: Hollowell, Jonathan, (ed.) Britain since 1945. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, pp. 179-193. ISBN 9780631209683

Dowding, Keith (2002) Rational choice and institutional change: an overview of current theories. In: Steunenberg, Bernard, (ed.) Widening the European Union. Routledge, London, pp. 21-38. ISBN 9780415268356

2001

Dowding, Keith (2001) There must be end to confusion: policy networks, intellectual fatigue, and the need for political science methods courses in British universities. Political Studies, 49 (1). pp. 89-105. ISSN 0032-3217

Dowding, Keith (2001) Explaining urban regimes. International journal of urban and regional research, 25 (1). pp. 7-19. ISSN 0309-1317

Dowding, Keith (2001) Analytical approaches to rights and freedoms. ECPR news, 12 (3). pp. 10-11.

Dowding, Keith (2001) Civil service. In: Clarke, Barry and Foweraker, Joe, (eds.) Encyclopedia of democratic thought. Routledge, London, pp. 64-67. ISBN 9780415193962

Dowding, Keith (2001) A rational choice approach to political power. In: Nash, K. and Scott, A., (eds.) Blackwell companion to political sociology. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford, pp. 29-39. ISBN 9781405122658

Dowding, Keith and Hughes, James and Margetts, Helen, (eds.) (2001) Challenges to democracy. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9780333789827

2000

Dowding, Keith (2000) Getting articles published in refereed journals. PSA news: the newsletter of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom, pp. 5-8. ISSN 0955-6281

Dowding, Keith and John, Peter and Mergoupis, Thanos and van Vugt, Mark (2000) Exit, voice and loyalty: analytic and empirical developments. European journal of political research, 37 (4). pp. 469-495. ISSN 0304-4130

Dowding, Keith and King, Desmond (2000) Rooflessness in London. Policy studies journal, 28 (2). pp. 365-381. ISSN 0190-292X

Dowding, Keith (2000) How not to use evolutionary theory in politics: a critique of Peter John. British journal of politics and international relations, 2 (1). pp. 72-80. ISSN 1369-1481

Dowding, Keith (2000) Institutionalist research on the European Union: a critical review. European Union politics, 1 (1). pp. 125-144. ISSN 1465-1165

Dowding, Keith (2000) New frontiers in good urban governance. Building and social housing foundation, Coalville. ISBN 9781901742350

Dowding, Keith (2000) Shaping future luck. Journal of conflict processes and change, 4 (1). pp. 1-12. ISSN 1476-7309

Dowding, Keith (2000) Model or metaphor? A critical review of the policy network approach. In: Dunleavy, Patrick and Kelly, Paul J. and Moran, Michael, (eds.) British political science: fifty years of political studies. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, pp. 196-213. ISBN 9780631224129

Dowding, Keith and Dunleavy, Patrick and King, Desmond (2000) Understanding urban governance: the contribution of rational choice. In: Stoker, Gerry, (ed.) The New Politics of British Local Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 91-116. ISBN 9780312228033

1999

Dowding, Keith (1999) Analysing power and luck. Systemist, 21, Sp (Decemb). pp. 60-69. ISSN 0961-8309

Dowding, Keith and Lane, Jan-Erik and Miller, Nicholas R. (1999) Editorial board changes. Journal of theoretical politics, 11 (1). pp. 137-137. ISSN 0951-6298

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