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Worthy, Benjamin (2022) Will Truss's time end in failure? Assessing the prospects of the latest ‘Takeover’ Prime Minister. Political Quarterly , ISSN 1467-923X.

Worthy, Benjamin and Morgan, Cat and Langehennig, Stefani (2022) Is data-driven politics good for democracy? Political Insight 13 (2), pp. 22-25. ISSN 2041-9058.

Worthy, Benjamin and Bennister, M. (2021) 'Dominance, defence and diminishing returns'? Theresa May’s leadership capital July 2016 to July 2018. British Politics 16 , pp. 295-316. ISSN 1746-918X.

Worthy, Benjamin and Heide, M. (2019) Secrecy and leadership: the case of Theresa May’s Brexit negotiations. Public Integrity 21 (6), pp. 582-594. ISSN 1099-9922.

Grimmelikhuijsen,, S. and John,, P. and Meijer,, A. and Worthy, Benjamin (2018) Do Freedom of Information laws increase transparency of government? A replication of a field experiment. Journal of Behavioral Public Administration 1 (2) , pp. 1-10. ISSN 2576-6465.

Worthy, Benjamin and Bennister, M. and Stafford, M. (2018) Rebels leading London: the mayoralties of Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson compared. British Politics 14 , pp. 23-43. ISSN 1746-918X.

Worthy, Benjamin and John, P. and Vannoni, M. (2017) Transparency at the parish pump: a field experiment to measure the effectiveness of freedom of information requests in England. Journal of Public Administration Research And Theory 27 (3), pp. 485-500. ISSN 1477-9803.

Worthy, Benjamin (2017) The politics of freedom of information: how and why governments pass laws that threaten their power. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719097676.

Worthy, Benjamin and Hazell, R. (2017) Disruptive, dynamic and democratic? Ten years of FOI in the UK. Parliamentary Affairs 70 (1), pp. 22-42. ISSN 0031-2290.

Worthy, Benjamin (2016) Brexit and open government in the UK. In: Open Government Partnership, 5 Dec 2016, Paris, France. (Unpublished)

Worthy, Benjamin (2016) Ending in failure? The performance of ‘Takeover’ Prime Ministers 1916–2016. Political Quarterly 87 (4), pp. 509-517. ISSN 1467-923X.

Worthy, Benjamin (2016) Access to information in the UK and India. In: Bignami, F. and Zaring, D. (eds.) Comparative Law and Regulation: Understanding the Global Regulatory Process. Research Handbooks in Comparative Law. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 190-214. ISBN 9781782545606.

Worthy, Benjamin (2015) The impact of open data in the UK: complex, unpredictable, and political. Public Administration 93 (3), pp. 788-805. ISSN 1467-9299.

Meijer, A. and 't Hart, P. and Worthy, Benjamin (2015) Assessing government transparency: an interpretive framework. Administration & Society 50 (4), pp. 501-526. ISSN 0095-3997.

Michener, G. and Worthy, Benjamin (2015) The information-gathering matrix: a framework for conceptualizing the use of freedom of information laws. Administration & Society 50 (4), pp. 476-500. ISSN 0095-3997.

t'Hart, P. and Bennister, M. and Worthy, Benjamin (2015) Assessing the authority of political office-holders: the leadership capital index. West European Politics 38 (3), pp. 417-440. ISSN 0140-2382.

Worthy, Benjamin (2014) A powerful weapon in the right hands? how members of parliament have used freedom of information in the UK. Parliamentary Affairs 67 (4), pp. 783-803. ISSN 1460-2482.

Hazell, R. and Worthy, Benjamin (2013) La Transparence administrative est-elle efficace? In: Pasquier, M. (ed.) Le principe de transparence: En Suisse et dans la monde. Lausanne, Switzerland: PPUR, pp. 95-110. ISBN 9782880749835.

Worthy, Benjamin (2013) “Some are More Open than Others”: Comparing the impact of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on local and central government in the UK. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice 15 (5), pp. 395-414. ISSN 1387-6988.

Bennister, M. and Worthy, Benjamin (2012) 'One is, after all, finite': what is political capital? how do political leaders get it, use it and then lose it? In: In Defence of Politics, 2012, Belfast.

Hazell, R. and Bourke, G. and Worthy, Benjamin (2012) Open house: freedom of information and its impact on the UK parliament. Public Administration 90 (4), pp. 901-921. ISSN 1467-9299.

Worthy, Benjamin and Grimmelikhuijsen, S. (2012) Transparency and trust in the UK and Netherlands. In: The Transatlantic Conference on Transparency Research, 2012, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Worthy, Benjamin and Bourke, G. (2011) Open house? the impact of freedom of information. In: Transforming Politics: New Synergies, 2011, London, UK.

Worthy, Benjamin and Amos, J. and Hazell, R. and Bourke, B. (2011) Town hall transparency? the impact of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on local government in England. London, UK: The Constitution Unit, Department of Political Science, University College, London. ISBN 9781903903629.

Worthy, Benjamin and Bourke, G. (2011) The sword and the shield: the use of FOI by parliamentarians and the impact of FOI on parliament. Technical Report. Constitution Unit, UCL, London, UK.

Hazell, R. and Worthy, Benjamin (2010) Assessing the performance of freedom of information. Government Information Quarterly 27 (4), pp. 352-359. ISSN 0740-624X.

Worthy, Benjamin (2010) More open but not more trusted? the effect of freedom of information on the UK central government. Governance 23 (4), pp. 561-582. ISSN 1468-0491.

Hazell, R. and Worthy, Benjamin and Glover, M. (2010) The impact of the Freedom of Information Act on central government in the UK: does freedom of information work? Understanding Governance. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230250345.

Worthy, Benjamin (2008) The future of freedom of information in the UK. Political Quarterly 79 (1), pp. 100-108. ISSN 1467-923X.