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‘ADMINISTERING THE SUMMIT’: THE CASE OF KAZAKHSTAN

Kassymova, Dinazat; Knox, Colin (2008)

Kazakhstan was formed as an autonomous Republic within the Russian Federation in August 1920 and became a Republic of the Soviet Union in 1936. In 1989 Nursultan Nazarbayev became head of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan. ...
Community planning in Northern Ireland: Participative Democracy in Practice?

Knox, Colin (2005-01)

Local Government in Northern Ireland entered a new phase of its development in April 2015 when 26 pre-existing councils were reduced to 11 local authorities with a range of additional functions. This structural change is ...
“THE CULTURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY: A DEMOCRATIC VIRTUE” BY GIANFRANCO PASQUINO AND RICCARDO PELIZZO, TAYLOR & FRANCIS, 2022

Makulbayeva, Gulnur (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy, 2023-03)

The Culture of Accountability: A Democratic Virtue examines the notion of accountability and reveals the influence of institutional and cultural factors on political accountability. The novelty of the book is that ...
Devolution and Constitutional Change in Northern Ireland

Carmichael, Paul; Knox, Colin; Osborne, Bob (Manchester University Press, 2007)

This edited volume brings together researchers from the ESRC Devolution and Constitutional Change programme, whose projects examined Northern Ireland either exclusively or as part of a comparative project, and other ...
Fear of Reprisal – Researching Intra-Communal Violence in Northern Ireland and South Africa

Knox, Colin; Monaghan, Rachel (2003)

Measuring the impact of violence is fraught with problems, not least because of the definitional problems around what constitutes violence and how this might be quantified. If one considers violence perpetrated by ...
Government accountability and legislative oversight

Pelizzo, Riccardo (Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption, 2013-11)

This handbook summarizes the findings and implications of recent research on legislative oversight in countries with presidential forms of government. It also updates and revises good practice in parliamentary systems. ...
Mayoralty in Northern Ireland: Symbolism or Substance?

Knox, Colin (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishers, 2007)

This chapter attempts three tasks. First, it explores the context of the debate about the constitutional position and role of the chair/mayor in Northern Ireland local government since 1898, while emphasising the most ...
Public Management Reforms in Kazakhstan

Kassymova, Dinazat; Knox, Colin; Mashan, Meirzhan (NISPAcee Press, 2008-08)
Research within Evaluation: the case of Northern Ireland In K.Bush and C. Duggan (eds) Evaluation in the Extreme: Research Impact and Politics in Violently Divided Societies

Knox, Colin (2015)

This chapter looks at the evaluation of research within programme evaluation under four key headings:  The evaluation of research on the theory of change which provides the rationale for the programme.  An evaluation ...
The Review of Public Administration

Knox, Colin; Carmichael, Paul (Manchester University Press, 2007)

As the outcomes of the Review of Public Administration emerge, this chapter attempts three things. First, we consider the detail of the review process – its inception, aims and consultation processes. Second, we describe ...
Violence in a Changing Political Context: Northern Ireland and South Africa

Knox, Colin; Monaghan, Rachel (2003)

Northern Ireland and South Africa are moving from conflict to post-conflict societies. Both countries have new political dispensations and seek to eschew the legacy of bitter and bloody violence. The history of the political ...