Page, Edward
Professor Edward Page
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Experience keywords:
public policy and comparative public policy; civil service
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Study of civil service roles in policy making in Britain, especially in the development of primary and secondary legislation. The current focus is on the character and policy work of officials outside the senior civil service based on extensive interviews across Whitehall. Comparing civil services in Europe, the European Union and the United States. Responsible for several books and articles outlining major characteristics of bureaucratic systems, their longer-term development and current trends. The concept of "good practice" in policy development and how ideas about "good practice" originate, spread and shape reform. Director of the ESRC Research Programme "Future Governance, Lessons from Comparative Public Policy" involving 30 projects run in UK universities examining how policy ideas travel from one jurisdiction to another.
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Countries and regions to which research relates:
Britain; Europe
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Languages: German [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]
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Media experience:
Radio; TV
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The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.
Page, Edward C. (2011) Groups and the limited pluralism of the set-piece consultation. The British journal of politics & international relations, 4 (1). pp. 175-186. ISSN 1369-1481 Page, Edward C. (2010) Has the Whitehall Model survived? International review of administrative sciences, 76 (3). pp. 407-423. ISSN 0020-8523 Page, Edward C. (2010) Bureaucrats and expertise: elucidating a problematic relationship in three tableaux and six jurisdictions. Sociologie du travail, 52 (2). pp. 255-273. ISSN 0038-0296 Page, Edward C. (2010) Accountability as a bureaucratic minefield: lessons from a comparative study. West European politics, 33 (5). pp. 1010-1029. ISSN 0140-2382 Page, Edward C. (2009) Their word is law: Parliamentary Counsel and creative policy
analysis. Public law, 4 ISSN 0033-3565 Page, Edward C. (2006) The origins of policy. In: Moran, Michael and Rein, Martin and Goodin, Robert E., (eds.) Oxford handbook of public policy. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 207-227. ISBN 9780199269280 Lodge, Martin and Page, Edward C. and Hood, Christopher (2005) Conclusion: is competency management a passing fad? Public administration, 83 (4). pp. 853-860. ISSN 0033-3298 Page, Edward C. (2003) The civil servant as legislator: law making in British administration. Public administration, 81 (4). pp. 651-679. ISSN 0033-3298 Page, Edward C. (2001) Governing by numbers: delegated legislation and everyday policy making. Hart Publishing, Oxford. ISBN 9781841132075
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