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Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
Email: p.dunleavy@lse.ac.uk
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Biography
Patrick Dunleavy studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, graduating in 1973. He moved to Nuffield College, Oxford to work on his D.Phil (published as The Politics of Mass Housing in Britain, 1945-75) until 1978. He became a Junior Research Fellow at Nuffield in 1976. He moved briefly to the Open University as Lecturer in Urban Studies (1978-9) before joining LSE as a Lecturer. He was promoted successively to Reader in 1986 and Professor in 1989. Subsequently he founded LSE Public Policy Group in 1992. He became a (founding) member of the Academy of the Social Sciences in 1999.
Research Interests
Public choice theory; electoral systems; voting behaviour and party competition; bureau shaping and bureaucracy; government structures and institutional analysis; executive budgeting; new public management and globalization; urban politics; political sociology.
Teaching Responsibilities
Featured Book
Theories of the Democratic State (Palgrave, 2009)
We live in a world governed by states whose enduring importance and domination of contemporary politics has been strikingly underlined by their renewed activism in the face of a global economic crisis.
Yet the very nature of states remains deeply contested, with a range of competing theories offering very different views of how they actually do or should operate. In the past this competition has lead to deep ideological conflict – and even to war. In this major new work, John S. Dryzek and Patrick Dunleavy provide a broad-ranging assessment of classical and contemporary theories of the state, focusing primarily on the democratic state form that has come to dominate modern politics.
The authors' starting point is the classical theories of the state: pluralism, elite theory, Marxism and market liberalism. They then turn to the contemporary forms of pluralism prevalent in political science, systematically exploring how they address central issues, such as networked governance, globalization, and changing patterns of electoral and identity politics. They proceed to analyse a range of key contemporary critiques of modern states and democracy that have emerged from feminism, environmentalism, neo-conservatism and post-modernism. Each approach is carefully introduced and analysed as far as possible in relation to a common set of issues and headings.
Theories of the Democratic State takes the reader straight to the heart of contemporary issues and debates and, in the process, provides a challenging and distinctive introduction to and reassessment of contemporary political science.
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Publications
David Cameron is running a ‘ring-donut’ government with a weak centre. His feeble grip on policy coordination suggests a failure of statecraft
Dunleavy, Patrick (2011) David Cameron is running a ‘ring-donut’ government with a weak centre. His feeble grip on policy coordination suggests a failure of statecraft. British Politics and Policy at LSE (06 Oct 2011) Blog Entry.
Analysing multiparty competition in plurality rule elections
Dunleavy, Patrick and Diwakar, Rekha (2011) Analysing multiparty competition in plurality rule elections. Party politics, Online . ISSN 1354-0688
Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities
Mollett, Amy and Moran, Danielle and Dunleavy, Patrick (2011) Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities. Impact of social sciences: maximizing the impact of academic research, LSE Public Policy Group, London School of Economics and Political Science., London, UK.
The vulnerability of the British state – deeper lessons from the urban riots
Dunleavy, Patrick (2011) The vulnerability of the British state – deeper lessons from the urban riots. British Politics and Policy at LSE (10 Aug 2011) Blog Entry.
Le elezioni, il governo di coalizione e la transizione verso il multipartitisimo
Dunleavy, Patrick (2011) Le elezioni, il governo di coalizione e la transizione verso il multipartitisimo. In: Baldini, Gianfranco and Hopkin, Jonathan, (eds.) La Gran Bretagna di Cameron. Il Mulino, Bologna, Italy. ISBN 9788815233516
The government’s approach to reforming the House of Lords is 80 per cent of the way there. Nick Clegg needs to take courage and to go the rest of the way to a more democratic and coherent, wholly elected Senate.
Dunleavy, Patrick (2011) The government’s approach to reforming the House of Lords is 80 per cent of the way there. Nick Clegg needs to take courage and to go the rest of the way to a more democratic and coherent, wholly elected Senate. British Politics and Policy at LSE (30 Jun 2011) Blog Entry.
The Research Excellence Framework is lumbering and expensive: for a fraction of the cost, a digital census of academic research would create unrivalled and genuine information about UK universities’ research performance
Dunleavy, Patrick (2011) The Research Excellence Framework is lumbering and expensive: for a fraction of the cost, a digital census of academic research would create unrivalled and genuine information about UK universities’ research performance. British Politics and Policy at LSE (09 Jun 2011) Blog Entry.
Academics shouldn’t be afraid that their work may not be being cited as much as they would like: citation rates vary widely across disciplines
Dunleavy, Patrick (2011) Academics shouldn’t be afraid that their work may not be being cited as much as they would like: citation rates vary widely across disciplines. Impact of Social Sciences blog (31 May 2011) Blog Entry.
Academics must realise the value in working with think tanks and pressure groups that can re-package their research for a wider audience
Dunleavy, Patrick (2011) Academics must realise the value in working with think tanks and pressure groups that can re-package their research for a wider audience. Impact of Social Sciences blog (27 May 2011) Blog Entry.
Why ‘Publish or Perish’ has the edge over Google Scholar and Scopus when it comes to finding out how your work is used by other academics
Dunleavy, Patrick (2011) Why ‘Publish or Perish’ has the edge over Google Scholar and Scopus when it comes to finding out how your work is used by other academics. Impact of Social Sciences blog (26 May 2011) Blog Entry.
A beginner’s guide to the different types of impact: why the traditional ‘bean-counting’ approach is no longer useful in the digital era
Dunleavy, Patrick (2011) A beginner’s guide to the different types of impact: why the traditional ‘bean-counting’ approach is no longer useful in the digital era. Impact of Social Sciences blog (24 May 2011) Blog Entry.
The Westminster Model strikes back, both in Britain and in Canada … but pressures for multi-party politics are still increasing
Dunleavy, Patrick (2011) The Westminster Model strikes back, both in Britain and in Canada … but pressures for multi-party politics are still increasing. British Politics and Policy at LSE (09 May 2011) Blog Entry.
The UK’s political climate remains volatile: but the Liberal Democrats’ immediate prospects look grim, whatever happens
Dunleavy, Patrick (2011) The UK’s political climate remains volatile: but the Liberal Democrats’ immediate prospects look grim, whatever happens. British Politics and Policy at LSE (31 Mar 2011) Blog Entry.
The Barnsley by-election suggests that the collective health of the Coalition government is now in jeopardy. On current polls the Liberal Democrats will do badly in the May local elections
Dunleavy, Patrick and Gilson, Christopher (2011) The Barnsley by-election suggests that the collective health of the Coalition government is now in jeopardy. On current polls the Liberal Democrats will do badly in the May local elections. British Politics and Policy at LSE (07 Mar 2011) Blog Entry.
Book review: ready for the referendum?: an essential guide to electoral reform
Dunleavy, Patrick (2011) Book review: ready for the referendum?: an essential guide to electoral reform. British Politics and Policy at LSE (06 Mar 2011) Blog Entry.
Why AV does not necessarily produce more coalition governments: nor does it help small parties to win more seats
Dunleavy, Patrick (2011) Why AV does not necessarily produce more coalition governments: nor does it help small parties to win more seats. British Politics and Policy at LSE (18 Feb 2011) Blog Entry.
Government productivity in UK social security has not grown across two decades to 2008 – largely because DWP senior civil servants blocked any move to ‘digital era’ services
Dunleavy, Patrick and Carrera, Leandro N. (2011) Government productivity in UK social security has not grown across two decades to 2008 – largely because DWP senior civil servants blocked any move to ‘digital era’ services. British Politics and Policy at LSE (26 Jan 2011) Blog Entry.
Innovating out of austerity in local government: a SWOT analysis
Dunleavy, Patrick and Rainford, Paul and Tinkler, Jane (2011) Innovating out of austerity in local government: a SWOT analysis. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
Per què no aconsegueix augmentar la productivitat del govern?: la nova gestió pública i la seguretat social al Regne Unit
Carrera, Leandro N. and Dunleavy, Patrick (2011) Per què no aconsegueix augmentar la productivitat del govern?: la nova gestió pública i la seguretat social al Regne Unit. PUBLIC: Butlleti de l'Institut de Governanzaa i Direcci Publica d'ESADE, 22 (Jan). ISSN 2013-2506
¿Por qué no consigue crecer la productividad del gobierno? La nueva gestión pública y la seguridad social del Reino Unido
Carrera, Leandro N. and Dunleavy, Patrick (2011) ¿Por qué no consigue crecer la productividad del gobierno? La nueva gestión pública y la seguridad social del Reino Unido. PUBLIC: Butlletí de l'Institut de Governança i Direcció Pública d'ESADE, 22 (Jan). ISSN 2013-2506