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Professor Gerry Stoker

Professor Gerry Stoker

Chair in Governance

Research interests

  • 1. Much of Gerry Stoker's intitial work focused on local government and urban politics. Key publications include Remaking Planning, 1989 ( with Tim Brindley and Yvonne Rydin and the single-authored The Politics of Local Government (1988) and Transforming Local Governance (2004) 
  • 2. A broader focus on the concept and practice  of governance is reflected  in various article widely cited articles and co-authored  books published including Towards Holistic Governance(2002), Governance Theory and Practice(2009) and Nuclear Power and Enery Policy. The Limits to Governance(2015) 
  • 3. Contributions to debates about how to conduct political science are reflected in four editions of the edited volume (with David Marsh) Theory and Methods in Political Science (1995,2002,2010,2018)  and a co-edited book The Relevance of Political Science. Articles on developing a design arm or solution-orientation to political sciencehave also been written

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Connect with Gerry

Email: g.stoker@soton.ac.uk

Address: B58, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

Research

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Research interests

  • 1. Much of Gerry Stoker's intitial work focused on local government and urban politics. Key publications include Remaking Planning, 1989 ( with Tim Brindley and Yvonne Rydin and the single-authored The Politics of Local Government (1988) and Transforming Local Governance (2004) 
  • 2. A broader focus on the concept and practice  of governance is reflected  in various article widely cited articles and co-authored  books published including Towards Holistic Governance(2002), Governance Theory and Practice(2009) and Nuclear Power and Enery Policy. The Limits to Governance(2015) 
  • 3. Contributions to debates about how to conduct political science are reflected in four editions of the edited volume (with David Marsh) Theory and Methods in Political Science (1995,2002,2010,2018)  and a co-edited book The Relevance of Political Science. Articles on developing a design arm or solution-orientation to political sciencehave also been written
  • 4. A further  interest developed with Peter John and others has been in the connection between civic action,behaviuor change and the potential of so-called "nudge" strategies. Work was conducted using field experiments. The key publication here is Nudge, Nudge, Think, Think. Experimenting with Ways to Change Civic Behaviour(2011/19).
  • 5. My most current research interest is captured by a concern with the dismal state of politics in many democracies and what can be done about it. The key themes are set out in my book Why Politics Matters (2006/2017) and have driven much of my   research for over a decade. Multiple articles  have been published and so far two co-authored books  The Good Politican (2018) and Saving Democracy(2022)     

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