Ladner, Andreas, Nicolas Keuffer, Alexander Bastianen, Harald Baldersheim, Nikos Hlepas, Carmen Navarro, Kristof Steyvers, and Paweł Swianiewicz. Dynamics and Issues of Local Autonomy, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025, https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035337958
Ladner, Andreas, Fritz Sager, and Alexander Bastianen. "Chapter 1: The politics of public administration". In Handbook on the Politics of Public Administration, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022, https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839109447.00006
Bastianen, Alexander, and Nicolas Keuffer. 2024. “Local Autonomy in Central and Eastern European (CEE) Countries in Comparative Perspective: Observations, Trends and Potential Implications on Democratic Governance.” In The 32nd NISPAcee Annual Conference 2024 E-Proceedings, I. Working Group on Local Government:1–28. Tbilisi, Georgia: NISPAcee Press. https://www.nispa.org/files/conferences/2024/e-proceedings/e-proceedings_NISPAcee_Conference_2024.html
Bastianen, Alexander, and Nicolas Keuffer. 2024. “Are the Normative Rationales of Local Autonomy Related to Democratic Legitimacy Justified? Evidence from 57 Countries in Europe and beyond (1990–2020).” Local Government Studies 0 (0): 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2024.2378128
Ladner, Andreas, Nicolas Keuffer, and Alexander Bastianen. 2023. “Local Autonomy around the World: The Updated and Extended Local Autonomy Index (LAI 2.0).” Regional & Federal Studies 35 (2): 163–85. https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2023.2267990
Ehsan, Annahita, Hannah Sophie Klaas, Alexander Bastianen, and Dario Spini. "Social capital and health: A systematic review of systematic reviews." SSM-population health 8 (2019): 100425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100425
Bastianen, Alexander. 2025. “Perspectives, Dynamics and Issues of Local Autonomy: A Comparative Panorama of 57 Countries around the World and a Zoom in on Switzerland’s Municipalities.” Université de Lausanne, Faculté de droit, des sciences criminelles et d’administration publique. https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_C5D85BE80D8F
Bastianen, Alexander. 2025. “Local Organisational Autonomy in Use: Swiss Municipalities’ Autonomy, Politico-Administrative Configurations and Linkages to Democratic Legitimacy.” (Dissertation article, unpublished)
Ladner, Andreas, Nicolas Keuffer, and Alexander Bastianen. 2022. Self-Rule Index for Local Authorities in the EU, Council of Europe and OECD Countries, 1990-2020. LU: Publications Office of the European Union. https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2776/803574
Ladner, Andreas, Nicolas Keuffer, and Alexander Bastianen. 2021. “Local Autonomy Index in the EU, Council of Europe and OECD Countries (1990-2020). Release 2.0.” European Commission. https://doi.org/10.2776/803574.