Mark's first degree was in Sociology, and in 2007 he was awarded a PhD.ÌęHe has written two books and many other publications.ÌęHis publications include:
Journal articles
- âGiving power away: The âde- wordsâ and the downward transfer of power in mid-2010s Englandâ, Regional and Federal Studies, under submission
- âConceptualising generative power in the city-regions of Englandâ, Urban Studies, under submission
- âMoney talks: the finances of combined authoritiesâ, Local Economy, forthcoming 2019
- âEngland plus? Territory, identity and fiscal devolution in the UKâ, with Federico Mor, British Politics 14:1, 44-62, 2019
- ââTaking back controlâ, the UKâs constitutional narrative, and Schrodingerâs devolutionâ, with Cathy Gormley-Heenan, Parliamentary Affairs, forthcoming
- âA reply on fiscal decentralisationâ, Public Money and Management 39:1, 2-4, January 2019 âTerritory, power and statecraft: understanding English devolutionâ, Regional Studies 52:6, 853-864 with Matthew Flinders and Sarah Ayres, 2017
- âPolicy making front and back stage: assessing the implications for effectiveness and democracyâ, British Journal of Politics and International Relations 19:4, 861-876, with Sarah Ayres and Tessa Coombes, 2017.
- âGrowing pains: property taxation and revenue incentives in English local governmentâ, with Federico Mor. Local Economy 32:5, 399-419, 2017 Winner of the Sam Aaronovitch Prize 2017 for best article in journal
- âThe quiet return of equalisation alongside incentive in the English local government finance systemâ, 2017, Public Money and Management 37:4, 245-252
- âCitizen participation and changing governance: cases of devolution in Englandâ, Policy & Politics 45:2, 251-269, 2017, with Brenton Prosser, Alan Renwick, Arianna Giovannini, Gerry Stoker et al.
- âSigning up to devolution: the prevalence of contract over governance in English devolution policyâ, 2017, Regional & Federal Studies 27:1, 63-82
- âPublic services and local government: the end of the principle of âfunding following dutiesââ. 2016. Local Government Studies 42 (4): 637-656
- âEnglish Question or Union Question? Neither has easy answersâ, with Robert Hazell, Political Quarterly 86:1, 2016, pp. 16-23
Book chapters
- âIs devolution to Englandâs cities here to stay?â, in ed. Akash Paun, Has Devolution Worked?, Institute for Government, forthcoming 2019
- âAdapting to the fiscal landscape: local governments, revenue and taxation powersâ, 2018, in ed Richard Kerley and Joyce Liddle, International Handbook of Local Government
- âParliament and Devolutionâ, with Cathy Gormley-Heenan, in ed. Louise Thompson and Cristina Leston-Bandeira, Exploring Parliament, 2018
- âCumbria, the North, and what makes a territoryâ, 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