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ABSTRACT
Although the bulk of Ronan Paddison’s work focussed on other areas, he also worked on electoral and fiscal geographies. The former book-ended his career. Some of his first published papers were on electoral matters, as was some of the last work he did. And his long-standing focus on urban politics led to an ongoing interest in funding the local state. What tied this work into the wider corpus of Ronan’s activities was an interest in power. In this short paper, I take a look at some of his contributions in both areas.
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Notes on contributor
Charles Pattie is Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield, and has held academic posts in geography at the Universities of Nottingham and Sheffield. He is a political geographer and has published widely on voting behaviour, electoral redistricting and election campaigns. He was also an undergraduate geographer at Glasgow University between 1979 and 1983, where he was taught by Ronan Paddison, taking, inter alia, Ronan's memorable final year Political Geography option.