Patrick John Dunleavy (born 21 June 1952), is Emeritus Professor of Political Science and Public Policy within the Government Department of the

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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

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, Australia. As an undergraduate Patrick Dunleavy studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at

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, graduating in 1973. He moved to

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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

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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,

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theories of politics, the bureau-shaping model of

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, and the claimed contemporary public management paradigm of

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. Dunleavy is a frequent blogger on the LSE's ''British Politics and Policy'' site and has had an active

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account since 2010 commentating predominately on British politics. He is also former joint editor-in-chief of the academic journal ''

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''. 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 ''

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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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Selected publications

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References

External links

Professor Patrick Dunleavy's profile page on LSE websiteGlobal PolicyLSE Public Policy Group

Democratic Audit UK
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