Ruth Dixon
@ruth-dixon.bsky.social
Retired from the University of Oxford. Co-author with Christopher Hood of 'A Government that Worked Better and Cost Less?' OUP 2015.
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A collection of essays on civil services around the world, available open access. The UK chapter, by Christopher Hood and me, does not altogether buy the 'decline' narrative. The collection is dedicated in memory of Christopher. idjs.ca/en/publicati...
What Happened? The Decline of the Public Service in Democratic Governments - Institut Donald J. Savoie
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June 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A collection of essays on civil services around the world, available open access. The UK chapter, by Christopher Hood and me, does not altogether buy the 'decline' narrative. The collection is dedicated in memory of Christopher. idjs.ca/en/publicati...
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An effective legal system is core national infrastructure like rail or electricity, argues leading economist @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social from the @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk in @uk.theconversation.com. But civil courts are in decline, physically and reputationally.
Read it here: ow.ly/rFkv50W8SKL
Read it here: ow.ly/rFkv50W8SKL
The deteriorating justice system in England and Wales is hindering economic growth
Economist Diane Coyle explains how backlogs and underfunding in tribunals and civil courts causes problems for business.
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June 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
An effective legal system is core national infrastructure like rail or electricity, argues leading economist @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social from the @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk in @uk.theconversation.com. But civil courts are in decline, physically and reputationally.
Read it here: ow.ly/rFkv50W8SKL
Read it here: ow.ly/rFkv50W8SKL
A collection of essays on civil services around the world, available open access. The UK chapter, by Christopher Hood and me, does not altogether buy the 'decline' narrative. The collection is dedicated in memory of Christopher. idjs.ca/en/publicati...
What Happened? The Decline of the Public Service in Democratic Governments - Institut Donald J. Savoie
idjs.ca
June 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A collection of essays on civil services around the world, available open access. The UK chapter, by Christopher Hood and me, does not altogether buy the 'decline' narrative. The collection is dedicated in memory of Christopher. idjs.ca/en/publicati...
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A celebration of Christopher Hood’s legacy: blogs.lse.ac.uk/government/2...
Christopher Hood (1947-2025) - LSE Government Blog
We were extremely saddened to learn about death of our former colleague Christopher Hood in early January.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
June 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
A celebration of Christopher Hood’s legacy: blogs.lse.ac.uk/government/2...
Huge congratulations to Iain McLean, @bpiotrowska.bsky.social, @maiaking.bsky.social, and the late - great - Christopher Hood for the award of the PSA's WJM Mackenzie Prize 2025! #PSA25
Nuffield Senior Research Fellow Iain McLean has been awarded the Political Studies Association’s W J M Mackenzie Prize for his recent book 'The Way the Money Goes', written with Barbara Piotrowska, Maia King, and the late Christopher Hood.
Read more: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/... #nuffsky
Read more: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/... #nuffsky
April 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Huge congratulations to Iain McLean, @bpiotrowska.bsky.social, @maiaking.bsky.social, and the late - great - Christopher Hood for the award of the PSA's WJM Mackenzie Prize 2025! #PSA25
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Last week, I joined Rozana Himaz, Ruth Dixon, @drjennings.bsky.social, and Colin Scott to pay tribute to Christopher Hood and his work: youtu.be/NA3vH8w1RUY. It was a real pleasure to hear memories and reflections from so many of his students, friends, and collaborators.
A Tribute to Christopher Hood:
YouTube video by Theories of Regulation & Governance
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April 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Last week, I joined Rozana Himaz, Ruth Dixon, @drjennings.bsky.social, and Colin Scott to pay tribute to Christopher Hood and his work: youtu.be/NA3vH8w1RUY. It was a real pleasure to hear memories and reflections from so many of his students, friends, and collaborators.
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So, so proud of this book! It was an honour to be asked by @estrangeirada.bsky.social & @louisevthompson.bsky.social to join the editing team and work with 70+ incredible practitioners & academics who shared their expertise for the benefit of students of Parliament: global.oup.com/ukhe/product... 🧵
March 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
So, so proud of this book! It was an honour to be asked by @estrangeirada.bsky.social & @louisevthompson.bsky.social to join the editing team and work with 70+ incredible practitioners & academics who shared their expertise for the benefit of students of Parliament: global.oup.com/ukhe/product... 🧵
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I’ve written for our blog this week about why I think these are the biggest and most pernicious policy memes of 2025, check it out!
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One year on from the original policy memes blog @jo3hill.bsky.social has produced an updated list, including...
👉Pilotitis
👉Hubs theory of everything
👉Risk-aversion
👉Everythingism
Read below!👇
reform.uk/comment/poli...
👉Pilotitis
👉Hubs theory of everything
👉Risk-aversion
👉Everythingism
Read below!👇
reform.uk/comment/poli...
Policy memes 2.0 - predictions for 2025 - REFORM
A year ago, I wrote a blog for Reform on policy memes. I still think about that piece a lot, because the longer you work in Westminster, the more policy memes you see. And a few co-conspirators have b...
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January 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I’ve written for our blog this week about why I think these are the biggest and most pernicious policy memes of 2025, check it out!
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HT @roadscholar.bsky.social :-
"This means that in England, now, we can't build in towns because of people. We can't build in the countryside because of trees. And we can't build on industrial wasteland because of the spiders."
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"This means that in England, now, we can't build in towns because of people. We can't build in the countryside because of trees. And we can't build on industrial wasteland because of the spiders."
ukcivilservant.substack.com/p/jumping-sp...
Jumping Spiders & The Town that Disappeared
Growth v. The Environment
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February 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
HT @roadscholar.bsky.social :-
"This means that in England, now, we can't build in towns because of people. We can't build in the countryside because of trees. And we can't build on industrial wasteland because of the spiders."
ukcivilservant.substack.com/p/jumping-sp...
"This means that in England, now, we can't build in towns because of people. We can't build in the countryside because of trees. And we can't build on industrial wasteland because of the spiders."
ukcivilservant.substack.com/p/jumping-sp...
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As a tribute to Professor Christopher Hood who died earlier this month, we have made this 2006 article written with Martin Lodge free to view.
From Sir Humphrey to Sir Nigel: What Future for the Public Service Bargain after Blairworld?
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From Sir Humphrey to Sir Nigel: What Future for the Public Service Bargain after Blairworld?
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January 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
As a tribute to Professor Christopher Hood who died earlier this month, we have made this 2006 article written with Martin Lodge free to view.
From Sir Humphrey to Sir Nigel: What Future for the Public Service Bargain after Blairworld?
@ox.ac.uk
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
From Sir Humphrey to Sir Nigel: What Future for the Public Service Bargain after Blairworld?
@ox.ac.uk
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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In memoriam: Christopher Hood. @ruth-dixon.bsky.social and I wrote this tribute in which we tried, but of course failed, to do justice to his immense contribution.
@politicsoxford.bsky.social is saddened to learn that former DPIR Emeritus Professor of Government and Fellow of All Souls College Christopher Hood passed away earlier this year aged 77: ow.ly/qP0R50UJxRS
January 21, 2025 at 8:13 AM
In memoriam: Christopher Hood. @ruth-dixon.bsky.social and I wrote this tribute in which we tried, but of course failed, to do justice to his immense contribution.
A tribute to Christopher Hood by @rikkidean.bsky.social and me
@politicsoxford.bsky.social is saddened to learn that former DPIR Emeritus Professor of Government and Fellow of All Souls College Christopher Hood passed away earlier this year aged 77: ow.ly/qP0R50UJxRS
January 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A tribute to Christopher Hood by @rikkidean.bsky.social and me
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@politicsoxford.bsky.social is saddened to learn that former DPIR Emeritus Professor of Government and Fellow of All Souls College Christopher Hood passed away earlier this year aged 77: ow.ly/qP0R50UJxRS
January 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
@politicsoxford.bsky.social is saddened to learn that former DPIR Emeritus Professor of Government and Fellow of All Souls College Christopher Hood passed away earlier this year aged 77: ow.ly/qP0R50UJxRS
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“Civil service pay squeeze has led to ‘uncontrolled’ promotions”
We’re publishing our @instituteforgov.bsky.social annual Whitehall Monitor on Thursday. It’s packed with new data, numbers, news and analysis.
Here’s a preview in today’s Times story:
www.thetimes.com/article/b64e...
We’re publishing our @instituteforgov.bsky.social annual Whitehall Monitor on Thursday. It’s packed with new data, numbers, news and analysis.
Here’s a preview in today’s Times story:
www.thetimes.com/article/b64e...
Civil service middle management has doubled in a decade
‘Uncontrolled’ promotions mean the cost of the civil service is now £2 billion annually
www.thetimes.com
January 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
“Civil service pay squeeze has led to ‘uncontrolled’ promotions”
We’re publishing our @instituteforgov.bsky.social annual Whitehall Monitor on Thursday. It’s packed with new data, numbers, news and analysis.
Here’s a preview in today’s Times story:
www.thetimes.com/article/b64e...
We’re publishing our @instituteforgov.bsky.social annual Whitehall Monitor on Thursday. It’s packed with new data, numbers, news and analysis.
Here’s a preview in today’s Times story:
www.thetimes.com/article/b64e...
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Governments prefer their members to vote with loyalty and leave legislation untouched
Tony Wright, former Labour MP from 1992 to 2010, argues that the new generation of his party's MPs may want to more than be mere lobby fodder
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Tony Wright, former Labour MP from 1992 to 2010, argues that the new generation of his party's MPs may want to more than be mere lobby fodder
Read the comment👇
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/what...
Support with scrutiny: What are MPs for? | Institute for Government
The debate on assisted dying could reshape the way MPs think about their jobs.
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January 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Governments prefer their members to vote with loyalty and leave legislation untouched
Tony Wright, former Labour MP from 1992 to 2010, argues that the new generation of his party's MPs may want to more than be mere lobby fodder
Read the comment👇
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/what...
Tony Wright, former Labour MP from 1992 to 2010, argues that the new generation of his party's MPs may want to more than be mere lobby fodder
Read the comment👇
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/what...
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Gilt rates - what has happened recently, how do we compare with other nations, how we can learn from Greece (!) and what the Chancellor needs to do. All in my free to read substack: timleunig.substack.com/p/what-shoul...
What should Rachel Reeves do now?
Gilt rates matter a lot
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January 13, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Gilt rates - what has happened recently, how do we compare with other nations, how we can learn from Greece (!) and what the Chancellor needs to do. All in my free to read substack: timleunig.substack.com/p/what-shoul...
A tribute to Christopher Hood by Thomas Elston and me www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/news/memoria...
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January 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
A tribute to Christopher Hood by Thomas Elston and me www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/news/memoria...
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The Telegraph implying that the £108m cost of R&R is solely due to officials, without mentioning that a huge part of the cost is due to MPs repeatedly asking for more reviews/failing to take a decision www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202... #WestminsterRR
January 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The Telegraph implying that the £108m cost of R&R is solely due to officials, without mentioning that a huge part of the cost is due to MPs repeatedly asking for more reviews/failing to take a decision www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202... #WestminsterRR
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I was very sad to hear the news of Christopher Hood's passing. Many people have been posting about his massive intellectual contribution. One thing that was maybe not so well known is just how much work he put into to ensuring public admin research was relevant and accesible for policymakers. 🧵
January 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I was very sad to hear the news of Christopher Hood's passing. Many people have been posting about his massive intellectual contribution. One thing that was maybe not so well known is just how much work he put into to ensuring public admin research was relevant and accesible for policymakers. 🧵
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It is a sad to hear the passing of Prof Christopher Hood, who made popular the concept of “new public management”. We are grateful to have done a review of his work back in 2019, showing how the ideas diffused. A great scholar leaves a legacy way into time.
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How Does A Seminal Article in Public Administration Diffuse and Influence the Field? Bibliometric Methods and the Case of Hood's “A Public Management For All Seasons?”
Bibliographic methods offer an advanced microscope-like tool to probe specific fields of inquiry. In this article, we use these methodological tools to demonstrate how a seminal article diffused an...
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January 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
It is a sad to hear the passing of Prof Christopher Hood, who made popular the concept of “new public management”. We are grateful to have done a review of his work back in 2019, showing how the ideas diffused. A great scholar leaves a legacy way into time.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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APSA and Cambridge University Press have just made Christopher Hood's John Gaus Award lecture "Public Administration and the War Against COVID" free to access until the end of 2025 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The 2021 John Gaus Award Lecture: Public Administration and the War Against COVID | PS: Political Science & Politics | Cambridge Core
The 2021 John Gaus Award Lecture: Public Administration and the War Against COVID - Volume 55 Issue 3
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January 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
APSA and Cambridge University Press have just made Christopher Hood's John Gaus Award lecture "Public Administration and the War Against COVID" free to access until the end of 2025 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...