Dr Mark Ramsden

Refereed Journals in print

  • Butler, T., Hamnett, C. and Ramsden, M. (2008). Inward and upwards? Marking out social class change in London 1981-2001. Urban Studies. 45(1), 67-88.
    doi:10.1177/0042098007085102
  • Ramsden, M., Bennett, R.J., and Fuller, C. (2007). Local economic development and the transition from TECs to new institutional structures: partnership, discretion and local flexibility. Policy Studies, 28(3), 225-245.
    doi:10.1080/01442870701437444
  • Shaw, R. and Ramsden, M. (2007). Doing it yourself: artist-led galleries, the 'alternative' and autonomy, Printed Project, 8, pp.69-74.
  • Hamnett, C., Ramsden, M. and Butler, T. (2007). Social background, ethnicity and educational attainment in East London. Urban Studies, 44(7). 1255–1280.
    doi:10.1080/00420980701302395
  • Butler, T., Hamnett, C., Webber, R., and Ramsden, M. (2007). The best, the worst and the average: secondary school choice and education performance in East London. Journal of Education Policy, 22(1), 7-29.
    doi:10.1080/02680930601065718
  • Bennett, R.J., and Ramsden, M. (2007) The contributions of business associations to SMEs: strategy, bundling or reassurance? International Small Business Journal, 25(1), 49-76.
    doi:10.1177/0266242607071781
  • Lyon, F. and Ramsden, M. (2006) Developing fledgling social enterprise? A study of the support required and means of delivering it. Social Enterprise Journal, 2(1), 27-41.
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  • Ramsden, M., and Bennett, R.J. (2005). The benefits of external support to SMEs: 'hard' versus 'soft' outcomes and satisfaction levels. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 12(2), 227-243.
    doi:10.1108/14626000510594629
  • Ramsden, M., Bennett, R.J. and Fuller, C. (2004). The Learning and Skills Council and the institutional infrastructure for post-16 education and training: an initial assessment. Journal of Education and Work, 17(4), 397-420.
    doi:10.1080/1363908042000292010
  • Bennett, R.J, Fuller, C., and Ramsden, M. (2004). Local government and local economic development in Britain: an evaluation of developments under New Labour. Progress in Planning, 62(4), 209-274.
    doi:10.1016/j.progress.2004.07.003
  • Ramsden, M. Bennett, R.J., and Fuller, C. (2004). Short-term policy and the changing institutional landscape of post-16 education and training: the case of Learning Partnerships in England, Scotland and Wales. Journal of Education and Work, 17(2), 139-165.
    doi:10.1080/13639080410001677374
  • Fuller, C. Bennett, R.J., and Ramsden, M. (2004). Local government and the changing institutional landscape of economic development in England and Wales. Environment and Planning C, 22(3), 317-347.
    doi:10.1068/c31m
  • Fuller, C. Bennett, R.J. and Ramsden, M. (2003). Organised for inward investment? Development agencies, local government and firms in the inward investment process. Environment and Planning A, 35(11), 2025-2051.
    doi:10.1068/a35296
  • Ramsden, M. and Shaw, B. (2003). Stazione di Topolò: changing the world or escaping it? Third Text, 17(2), 1-12.
    doi:10.1080/09528820309668
  • Fuller, C. Bennett, R.J. and Ramsden, M. (2002). The economic development role of English RDAs: the need for greater discretionary power. Regional Studies, 36(4), 421-443.
    doi:10.1080/00343400220131188
  • Ramsden, M., Bennett, R.J. and Fuller, C. (2002). The End of TECs: a challenge for partners and successor bodies to maintain discretionary activity. Policy Studies, 23(3/4), 231-246.
    doi:10.1080/0144287022000046000

Contributions to Books

  • Butler, T., Hamnett, C., Ramsden, M., and Mir, S. (2008). Socio Demographic impacts of change in East London. In: Cohen, P. and Rustin, M. (eds.) London's Turning. Ashgate, London.

Reports, monographs and other publications

  • Lyon, F., Evans, M., Ramsden, M. and Birch, J. (2005). Evaluation of the Support for Enterprising Communities Pilot Project. DfES Research Report 653, HMSO, Nottingham. ISBN: 1844785076.
  • North, D., Ramsden, M., Birch, J. and Sanderson, I. (2004). Barriers to Employment in Newham. Report to London Borough of Newham June 2004.
  • Ramsden, M. (1995). Supply, demand, unemployment and wages in the Chilean labour market: 1983 to 1993. In: D.E. Hojman (ed.) Neo-Liberalism With a Human Face? The Politics and Economics of the Chilean Model, University of Liverpool ILAS Monograph Series, 20, 171-198.
  • Hojman, D.E. and Ramsden, M. (1993). Employment and the labour market in Chile: trends, fluctuations, and prospects for the 1990s. In: Angell, A. and Pollack, B. (eds.) The Legacy of Dictatorship: Political, Economic and Social Change in Pinochet's Chile. University of Liverpool, ILAS Monograph Series, 17, 107-120.

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