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Raising the Capital - London Finance Commission Report|

Professor Tony Travers launches the report of the London Finance Commission.

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Tony Travers on UK Local Elections 2013|

Released on: 3 May 2013

Contributor(s): Professor Tony Travers

Tony Travers on the UK Local Elections 2013 including the performance of UKIP.

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LSE ranked second in QS world rankings|

Politics and International Studies at the LSE has been ranked 2nd in the world in the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject.

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Dispatch Box Vol. 16|

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Business Politics in the Middle East|

Edited by: Steffen Hertog, Giacomo Luciani and Marc Valeri

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Analysis of the UK’s recent economic data|

Released on: 26 April 2013

Contributor(s): Dr Joachim Wehner

Dr Joachim Wehner on the economic data released in the week 22nd- 26th April 2013

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Tony Travers on Baroness Thatcher|

Released on: 8 April 2013

Contributor(s): Professor Tony Travers

Professor Tony Travers on Baroness Thatcher’s life and legacy following her death.

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Analysis of the 2013 Budget|

Released on: 23 March 2013

Contributor(s): Professor Tony Travers

Professor Tony Travers discusses the UK Government’s 2013 Budget and its implications for future public spending.

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Analysis of the current situation in Algeria and Mali|

Released on: 31 January 2013 

Contributor(s): Professor John Sidel

Professor John Sidel discusses the current military intervention in North Africa.

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Released on: 30 January 2013

Contributor(s): Professor Simon Hix

Professor Simon Hix discusses David Cameron’s recent speech on Britain’s place in the EU which included the possibility...

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Britain and the EU|

Released on: 19 December 2012

Contributor(s): Dr Maja Kluger Rasmussen

Dr Maja Rasmussen of the LSE discusses the current feeling in Britain towards the EU and possibilities for the future...

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The 2012 Autumn Statement|

Released on: 19 December 2012

Contributor(s): Professor Tony Travers

Professor Tony Travers discusses the UK Government’s 2012 Autumn Statement and the prospects for the future of public...

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Analysis of the current situation of the EU budget and Britain’s relations with the EU|
Released on: 31 October 2012

Contributor(s): Professor Kate Jenkins

Professor Kate Jenkins discusses the EU budget debate and Britain’s relations with the EU.

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The political situation in Greece in light of the 17 June 2012 elections|

Released on: 27 June 2012

Contributor(s): Dr Daphne Halikiopoulou, Dr Nikitas Konstantinidis

Dr Daphne Halikiopoulou and Dr Nikitas Konstantinidis discuss the political situation in Greece.

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Analysis of the September 2012 UK Government reshuffle|

Released on: 6 September 2012

Contributor(s): Professor Tony Travers

Professor Tony Travers discusses the September 2012 UK Government reshuffle.

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Civil Society and Transitions in the Western Balkans |

Edited by: Vesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic, James Ker-Lindsay and Denisa Kostovicova|

This book examines the ambiguous role played by civil society in state-building, democratisation and post-conflict reconstruction in the Western Balkans.

Growing The Productivity Of Government Services
|Authors: Patrick Dunleavy| and Leandro Carrera

Growing the Productivity of Government Services offers essential analysis and guidance on how to improve organizational productivity consistently over time, providing the first in-depth empirical treatment of the organizational productivity of unique national government agencies.

Public Administration
|Edited By: Arjen Boin
Introduction to the Virtual Issue|: Martin Lodge
The contemporary setting of public administration, war, public debt, social fragmentation, economic and financial challenges threatening national welfare states, and doubts about international problem-solving capacity, offers a degree of uncertainty that, to some extent, might be seen as unprecedented. However, looking across the debates in Public Administration over the past nine decades points to recurring themes and concerns.

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