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Worthy, Ben and Waugh, M. (2024) Open, more democratic or better at hiding? Two decades of local government transparency in the UK. Local Government Studies , ISSN 0300-3930.

Worthy, Ben and Bennister, M. (2024) The ‘Electoral Presidentialization’ of Silvio Berlusconi and Boris Johnson: chaos, controversy and lost chances. British Journal of Politics and International Relations , ISSN 1369-1481.

Worthy, Ben and Richards-Gray, Laura and Smith, J.C. (2023) Remind you of anyone? Comparing the gendered heroic leadership of Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May. British Politics , ISSN 1746-918X.

Worthy, Ben (2023) Debate: can audit reduce information asymmetry? The case of English local government. Public Money & Management , ISSN 0954-0962.

Worthy, Ben and Crepaz, M. (2023) Cleaning up UK politics: what would better lobbying regulation look like? Parliamentary Affairs , ISSN 0031-2290.

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, Ben and Langehennig, Stefani (2022) Accountability, analysis and avoidance: how PMO data impacts on Westminster. The Journal of Legislative Studies , ISSN 1357-2334.

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, Ben and Cicatielloa, L. and De Simone, E. and Di Mascioc, F. and Gaeta, G.L. and Natalini, A. (2022) Exploring FOI publicity patterns: the case of Italian municipalities. Government Information Quarterly 39 (2), p. 101678. ISSN 0740-624X.

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, Ben (2021) Right to know? Freedom of information in Britain. Political Insight 12 (1), pp. 32-34. ISSN 2041-9058.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Book Section

Worthy, Ben (2023) Freedom of Information in Europe: creation, context, and conflict. In: Mokrosinska, D. (ed.) Transparency and Secrecy in European Democracies. Routledge Research in Comparative Politics. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, pp. 39-56. ISBN 9780367620318.

Worthy, Ben (2022) “Three Harmless Words": New Labour and Freedom of Information. In: Gordon, M and Tucker, A (eds.) The New Labour Constitution: Twenty Years On. Hart Studies in Constitutional Law. London, UK: Hart Publishing, 153 -175. ISBN 9781509924653.

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.

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.

Monograph

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.

Conference or Workshop Item

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

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.

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.

Book

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 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.

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.