James Mitchell
Professor
Social science
The University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Biography
Completed undergraduate degree at Aberdeen University and doctoral thesis at Nuffield College, Oxford University. Holds the Chair in Public Policy having previously held Chair in Public Policy in the University of Sheffield (1998-2000) and Chair in Politics in the University of Strathclyde (2000-2013). He joined the School in April 2013. Interests primarily in territorial politics, public policy and government, political behaviour: multi-level governance and the territorial dimensions of public policy; regionalism and nationalism; and political behaviour with special reference to sub-state levels of government.
Research Interest
Politics of Public Policy
Publications
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James Mitchell (2014), The Scottish Question, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
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Rob Johns and James Mitchell (2016), Takeover: explaining the extraordinary rise of the SNP, Biteback Publishing.
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James Mitchell and G Hassan (editors) (2016), Scottish National Party Leaders, Biteback Publishing, [part of Biteback's The British Leaders series]
