Public Policy Network (University of Edinburgh), 26th April
Posted in News | No Comments »At the invitation of Richard Freeman, I gave a public lecture on ‘”How do things work around here?” Protocols and rituals in the everyday life of a government department’, and it was held in this magnificent old room.
‘Public Administration in an Age of Austerity: the future of the discipline’, Aston University, 11th May
Posted in News | No Comments »I gave the keynote address on ‘Where we have come from’ to this colloquium organised by the Aston Centre for Europe and the Public Administration Committee of the Joint University Council for Social and Public Administration.
Published in 2009: Comparing Westminster and The Australian Study of Politics
Posted in News | No Comments »I chose the pictures for the covers and for no conscious reason, just happenstance, the recurrent motif was trees. So, for Comparing Westminster, we have trees on the plains.
For the Australian Political Science Association’s The Australian Study of Politics, the Australian National University gave us permission to reproduce Basil Hadley’s ‘ Almost a lizard under every tree’
Taiwan again
Posted in News | No Comments »I earned my keep with four lectures. The first photographs shows mine host – Fisher (left) Chih-Mei (right) – and my interpreter – Chia-yu. Between them they made sure I had a splendid time.
The high point was my visit to Yangmingshang National Park, especially the tea ceremony in the traditional farm house.
Berkeley in the Fall
Posted in News | No Comments »In September, I moved on from a dreary and wet Britain to sunny Berkeley to work with Mark Bevir on our next book The State as Cultural Practice.
I stayed at the Women’s Faculty Club on Campus surrounded by redwood and oak trees listening to the bells of the Sather Bell Tower as I typed. This job has its compensations
Frank Stacey Memorial Lecture
Posted in News | No Comments »I delivered the Frank Stacey Memorial lecture at the PAC Annual Conference, University of York, on 2 September 2008. My topics was ‘Scenes from the department court’ and a copy of the paper can be found at online publications.
I am shown with Professor Mark Evans, the conference convenor, and Professor Andrew Massey, an officer of the PAC.
APSA Conference, BrisbaneThe Australian Political Studies Association Annual Conference was held at the Hilton Hotel, Brisbane on 7-9 July. As well as the the usual plenary and panel sessions, I attended an Executive Committee meeting, a Heads of Department meeting, a three-hour meeting about the future of the Australian Journal of Political Science and, of course the Annual General Meeting at which I presented my Secretary-Treasurer’s report.
Frank Stacey Memorial Lecture
Posted in News | No Comments »I delivered the Frank Stacey Memorial lecture at the PAC Annual Conference, University of York, on 2 September 2008. My topics was ‘Scenes from the department court’ and a copy of the paper will be posted soon.
I am shown with Professor Mark Evans, the conference convenor, and Professor Andrew Massey, an officer of the PAC.
Paperback edition: The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions
Posted in News | No Comments »R. A. W. Rhodes, S. Binder and B. Rockman, (Eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions, Oxford: Oxford University Press, was published in 2006. It has just been reissued in a paperback edition
Citations
Posted in News | No Comments »50 Most-Frequently Cited Articles in Public Policy and Administration
As of 1 November 2008, my article entitled ‘From Marketization To Diplomacy: it’s the mix that matters’ in Public Policy and Administration 12 (2) 1997: 31-50 was ranked number 2. See:http://ppa.sagepub.com/reports/mfc1.dtl
Political Studies
My article on ‘The New Governance: Governing without Government’ Political Studies (44) 1996: 652-67 was included in the new Political Studies virtual issue because it was third most cited article between 2000 and 2007. It was also in the top 20 most cited articles over the past three years and top 20 most downloads over the past year.My article with Mark Bevir, ‘Prime Ministers, Presidentialism and Westminster Smokescreens’, Political Studies 54 (4):2006: 671-690 is also in the top 20 most cited articles of the past three years and the top 20 most downloads over
Paperback edition
Posted in News | No Comments »R. A. W. Rhodes, S. Binder and B. Rockman, (Eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions, Oxford: Oxford University Press, was published in 2006. It has just been reissued in a paperback edition
