Call for participation: Workshop on “Researching administrative power”

Posted by Mark Murphy | Mar 23, 2018 | Governance, Latest Posts | 0

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This workshop, to take place at the University of Essex on 20-21 September, will be of interest to many of the readers of this website. Key issues to be discussed are:

(1) the role of the law and social norms in shaping and structuring administrative power and discretion;
(2) how administrations make and implement decisions, alone and with public and private partners,
especially how administrative power is distributed and shared in complex institutional arrangements
(e.g. outsourcing, combined authorities, at governmental length’s bodies) ;
(3) which factors (political, social, institutional, cultural) influence how administrative power is
exercised and how the law provides a structure or a space for administrations to balance these
competing factors?

More details are to be found here: Workshop – Researching administrative power – call

About The Author

Mark Murphy

Mark Murphy is a Reader in Education and Public Policy at the University of Glasgow. He previously worked as an academic at King’s College, London, University of Chester, University of Stirling, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, University College Dublin and Northern Illinois University. Mark is an active researcher in the fields of education and public policy. His research interests include educational sociology, critical theory, accountability in higher education, and public sector reform.