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Fuller, Crispian and West, Karen (2017). The possibilities and limits of political contestation in times of ‘urban austerity’. Urban Studies, 54 (9), pp. 2087-2106.

Shaw, Rachel L.; West, Karen; Hagger, Barbara and Holland, Carol A. (2016). Living well to the end:a phenomenological analysis of life in extra care housing. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being, 11 (1),

West, Karen and Glynos, Jason (2016). ‘Death talk’, ‘loss talk’ and identification in the process of ageing. Ageing and Society, 36 (2), pp. 225-239.

Glynos, Jason; Speed, Ewen and West, Karen (2015). Logics of marginalisation in health and social care reform:integration, choice, and provider-blind provision. Critical Social Policy, 35 (1), pp. 45-68.

West, Karen (2013). The grip of personalization in adult social care:between managerial domination and fantasy. Critical Social Policy, 33 (4), pp. 638-657.

West, Karen (2011). Articulating discursive and materialist conceptions of practice in the logics approach to critical policy analysis. Critical Policy Studies, 5 (4), pp. 414-433.

West, Karen (2005). From bilateral to trilateral governance in local government contracting in France. Public Administration, 83 (2), pp. 473-492.

West, Karen (2004). Is the French model giving way to a new 'Logic of Appropriateness'? Lessons from urban waste management. Local Government Studies, 30 (3), pp. 401-422.

Thornley, Andy; Rydin, Yvonne; West, Karen and Scanlon, Kath Business privilege and the strategic planning agenda of the Greater London Authority. Urban Studies, 42 (11), pp. 1947-1968.

West, Karen; Shaw, Rachel; Hagger, Barbara and Holland, Carol Enjoying the third age! Discourse, identity and liminality in extra-care communities. Ageing and Society, Early ,

West, Karen; Scanlon, Kath; Rydin, Yvonne and Thornley, Andy The Greater London Authority:problems of strategy integration. Policy and Politics, 31 (4), pp. 479-496.

West, Karen and Needham, Catherine Making it real of sustaining a fantasy? Personal budgets for older people. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 37 (11/12),

Davis, Paul; West, Karen and Yardley, Liz Networks in open systems of governance:the case of an English older persons' care system. Public Management Review, 13 (5), pp. 683-705.

Davis, Paul and West, Karen What do public values mean for public action? Putting public values in their plural place. American Review of Public Administration, 39 (6), pp. 602-618.

Book Section

West, Karen (2014). Older people, population ageing, and policy responses. IN: Social policy. Bochel, Hugh and Daly, Guy (eds) Routledge.

Locke, Philippa and West, Karen Individualised funding for older people and the ethic of care. IN: Social policy review 28: analysis and debate in social policy 2016. Fenger, Menno; Hudson, John and Needham, Catherine (eds) Social Policy Review . Bristol (UK): Policy Press.

Book

Lowe, Pam; Jones, Demelza; West, Karen and Fuller, Crispian Experiences of families living in Kingshurst, North Solihull. Aston University.