IPSA World Congress - Montreal 2014

20.07.2014

SOG organised 10 panels at the IPSA World Congress in Montréal (20-24 July 2014). Moreover, we held our annual business meeting with updateson the net work and the journal Governance.

SOG organised 10 panels at the IPSA World Congress in Montréal (20-24 July 2014). Moreover, we held our annual business meeting with updateson the net work and the journal Governance.

The conference was a great success, also providing opportunities for more trans-atlantic academic exchange and debate. Again, SOG was grateful to have inspiring paper presentations, comments, and discussions - many thanks to the panel organisers, paper presenters and discussants and the active panel audience!

The SOG panels included:

  1. “The Moral and Ethical Implications of Accountability: Theory and Practice” (chair: Prof. Paola Mattei)
  2. “Greasy Poles towards Queasy Roles? The Politics of Selection at the Top of Ministerial Bureaucracies” (chair: Prof. Julia Fleischer)
  3. “Local Institutions and Participation in Urban Settings” (chair: Prof. Antonio Tavares)
  4. “The Study of the Structure of Government: A Field in Search of a New Agenda?” (chair: Prof. Martin Lodge)
  5. “The Reciprocal Influence of Policies and Administrative Networks” (chair: Dr. Eva Ruffing)
  6. “Analysing International Transfers from the Inside: Public Administration Reforms in Post-communist Europe” (chair: Prof. Magdaléna Hadjiisky)
  7. “The Effects of Delegation on Bureaucratic Influence over Policy-making” (chair: Prof. Kutsal Yesilkagit)
  8. Administrators at the Top (I): Recruitment Patterns, Career Paths and Role Perceptions of Senior Bureaucrats” (chair: Prof. Sylvia Veit)
  9. “Administrators at the Top (II): Career Bureaucrats, Political Appointees and Trends of Politicization” (chair: Prof. Eckhard Schröter)
  10. “Organizing for Internal Security and Crisis Management” (chair: Prof. Per Lægreid)
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