Patrick John Dunleavy (born 21 June 1952),
is Emeritus Professor of Political Science and Public Policy within the Government Department of the
London School of Economics
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(LSE). He was also Co-Director of Democratic Audit and Chair of the LSE Public Policy Group. In addition Dunleavy is an ANZSOG Institute for Governance Centenary Chair at the
University of Canberra
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, Australia.
As an undergraduate Patrick Dunleavy studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
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, graduating in 1973. He moved to
Nuffield College
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, Oxford to work on his doctoral thesis which was published in 1981 as ''The Politics of Mass Housing in Britain, 1945-75: Study of Corporate Power and Professional Influence in the Welfare State''.
Dunleavy is a prominent
political theorist
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specialising in the fields of public policy and government. His research has focused on the concepts of sectors and sectoral conflicts,
rational choice
Rational choice theory refers to a set of guidelines that help understand economic and social behaviour. The theory originated in the eighteenth century and can be traced back to political economist and philosopher, Adam Smith. The theory postula ...
theories of politics, the
bureau-shaping model of
bureaucracy
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, and the claimed contemporary public management paradigm of
digital era governance The first idea of a digital administrative law was born in Italy in 1978 by Giovanni Duni and was developed in 1991 with the name teleadministration.
In the public administration debate about New Public Management (NPM), the concept of digital era ...
. Dunleavy is a frequent blogger on the LSE's ''British Politics and Policy'' site and has had an active
Twitter
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account since 2010 commentating predominately on British politics. He is also former joint editor-in-chief of the academic journal ''
Global Policy
''Global Policy'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal based at Durham University focusing on the "point where ideas and policy meet", published in association with Wiley-Blackwell.
The journal was launched at the 4th Global Public Policy Network ...
''.
Dunleavy is also the author of advice texts for humanities and social sciences students, most notably his book ''Authoring a PhD: How to plan, draft, write and finish a doctoral dissertation or thesis'' (2003).
In June 2014 Dunleavy examined how costly it would be to set up an
independent Scottish state as lead author of the report ''Transitioning to a New Scottish State'' commissioned by ''
The Sunday Post
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''. Both the Yes and No camps in the
independence debate claimed the report to differing extents validated their own arguments and figures. Dunleavy has since declared publicly that the Scottish Treasury "badly misrepresents" his research.
Editorships of journals
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Global Policy
''Global Policy'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal based at Durham University focusing on the "point where ideas and policy meet", published in association with Wiley-Blackwell.
The journal was launched at the 4th Global Public Policy Network ...
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References
External links
Professor Patrick Dunleavy's profile page on LSE websiteGlobal PolicyLSE Public Policy GroupDemocratic Audit UK
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1952 births
Living people
Academics of the University of London
British political scientists
Academics of the London School of Economics
Public administration scholars