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Category Archives: Patrick Dunleavy
May 17 2012
In discussion with Tony Travers and Patrick Dunleavy on the current state of British Politics
Leave a commentProfessor Tony Travers and Professor Patrick Dunleavy discuss the impact of the 2012 local elections and the London mayoral election on the future of British Politics.
Posted by: May 17, 2012
Tagged with: local elections 2012, London Mayoral Election 2012, uk politics
May 9 2012
The Supplementary Vote electoral system again worked very well in London. There is no basis for arguing that voters don’t understand their choices
1 CommentA recent article on the London mayoral election suggested that the way the public voted showed that a majority of people did not understand the voting system used. Patrick Dunleavy explains why this criticism of the voting system is quite unfounded. … Continue reading
Posted by: May 9, 2012
Tagged with: electoral system, London Mayoral Election 2012
Apr 29 2012
Book Review: Managing Modernity: Beyond Bureaucracy? Edited by Stewart Clegg et al.
Leave a commentIn this collection of essays Steward Clegg and co-authors envisage the end of bureaucracy, where big corporations and public sector organizations are open and free of constraints. Patrick Dunleavy is intrigued but not convinced, arguing that all forms of ‘beyondism’ and ‘post-x’ social … Continue reading
Posted by: April 29, 2012
Tagged with: academics, bureaucracy, modernity, politicians, social science, street level bureaucracy
Apr 28 2012
Something old, something new: opening a new path to public engagement with the most traditional of academic tools
Leave a commentAcademic communication is changing; it’s becoming faster, more interactive, and more open. In response to academia’s transition online, the LSE this week launched the LSE Review of Books blog. Publishing daily reviews of academic and serious books across the social sciences … Continue reading
Posted by: April 28, 2012
Tagged with: academic impact, LSE Review of Books
Mar 3 2012
Five minutes with Patrick Dunleavy and Chris Gilson: “Blogging is quite simply, one of the most important things that an academic should be doing right now”.
1 CommentFollowing this week’s the launch of EUROPP – an academic blog investigating matters of European Politics and Policy – Patrick Dunleavy and Chris Gilson (also the creators of this blog!) discuss social scientists’ obligation to spread their research to the wider world … Continue reading
Posted by: March 3, 2012
Tagged with: Book Reviews, British Politics and Policy, Europe, European Politics and Policy, Europp, Impact, uk politics
Feb 20 2012
Fixed term Parliaments are a mirage – it’s all downhill from now to a June 2014 general election
4 CommentsAll coalitions unzip from the end, unless the date of their termination remains uncertain. But with last year’s Fixed Term Parliaments Act the Liberal Democrats cling to the illusion that they have statutory protection against any Conservative decision to ‘cut … Continue reading
Posted by: February 20, 2012
Tagged with: David Cameron, general election 2014, Nick Clegg, power, uk government, uk politics
Jan 27 2012
Getting Whitehall to incorporate new IT developments in public services remains an uphill struggle. The government now lags ten years behind the private sector in its use of social media and lack of feedback to users
4 CommentsIn a scathing indictment of ‘Rip off’ IT contracts in government the Public Administration Select Committee called for sweeping changes in government-contractor relations. Jane Tinkler finds that the Committee’s follow-up report comments insightfully on the coalition government’s response document, but also … Continue reading
Posted by: January 27, 2012
Tagged with: Digital Era Governance, Government IT, public spending, social media, uk government, uk politics
Jan 24 2012
With a likely cost of £4 billion, the Health and Social Care Bill has all the hallmarks of an avoidable policy fiasco.
7 CommentsThis week sees the release of a highly critical report from the cross-party Health Select Committee on the Health Minister, Andrew Lansley’s proposals to reorganise the NHS. The Committee’s Chairman, the former Health Secretary, Stephen Dorrell, said that the NHS … Continue reading
Posted by: January 24, 2012
Tagged with: Andrew Lansley, austerity, GP commissioning, health, Health and Social Care Bill, Health Select Committee, hospitals, Ministers, NHS, policy disasters, policy making, Stephen Dorrell
