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  • Legislative ethics and codes of conduct 
    Pelizzo, Riccardo; Stapenhurst, Rick (2008)
    This chapter discusses the difference between codes of ethics and codes of conduct, their role, their function and their distribution. The chapter also pays some attention to what makes codes of conduct most effective.
  • Kazakhstan: Modernising Government in the Context of Political Inertia 
    Knox, Colin (International Review of Administrative Sciences, 2008)
    Kazakhstan declared its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 and joined the Commonwealth of Independent States. Since then it has witnessed a remarkable economic transformation under the leadership of President ...
  • ‘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. ...
  • Cartel parties and cartel party systems 
    Pelizzo, Riccardo (Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy, 2008-01)
    The transformation of Western European Party Systems was associated with the emergence of a new model of party organization: the cartel party.The cartel party differs from previous party models because it is increasingly ...
  • Public Management Reforms in Kazakhstan 
    Kassymova, Dinazat; Knox, Colin; Mashan, Meirzhan (NISPAcee Press, 2008-08)
  • Dealing with Sectoral Corruption in Bangladesh: developing citizen involvement 
    Knox, Colin (Public Administration and Development, 2009)
    Bangladesh has had a troubled political history since gaining independence in 1971 and is also beleaguered by poverty and natural environmental disasters. In particular however, corruption is blighting its prospects for ...
  • Building Trust amidst Corruption in Bangladesh 
    Knox, Colin (Journal of International Affairs, 2009)
    The People’s Republic of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan, became an independent state after the civil war of 1971 and joined the Commonwealth in 1972. It is a densely populated South Asian country with some 142 million ...
  • The Politics of Local Government Reform in Northern Ireland 
    Knox, Colin (Local Government Studies, 2009)
    A major review of public administration in Northern Ireland has resulted in proposals for radical reforms in health, education, and local government services. Although originating from the devolved government of 1999, ...
  • Tackling Racism in Northern Ireland: 2 ‘The Race Hate Capital of Europe’ 
    Knox, Colin (Journal of Social Policy, 2010)
    Northern Ireland has been dubbed by the media as the ‘race hate capital of Europe’ and attracted recent international criticism after one hundred Roma families were forced to flee their homes following racist attacks. ...
  • Devolution in Northern Ireland 
    Knox, Colin; Carmichael, Paul (Public Money and Management: Debate Piece, 2010)
    Northern Ireland should not have received an invitation to the ‘10 years of devolution’ celebration party! Power was devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly and its Executive Committee of Ministers on Thursday 2nd December ...
  • Peace Building in Northern Ireland: A Role for Civil Society 
    Knox, Colin (Social Policy and Society, 2010)
    Northern Ireland has witnessed significant political progress with devolution and a power sharing Executive in place since May 2007. These political achievements, however, conceal a highly polarised society characterised ...
  • Adapting University Education for Changing Expectations of Public Services Leaders and Managers: New Guidance for Designing and Delivering MPAs 
    Coxhead, Francis; Grauberg, Janet; Joyce, Paul; Lawes, Tanya; Massey, Andrew; Knox, Colin (Public Money and Management, 2010)
    Guidance for designing and delivering Masters in Public Administration (MPA) programmes has just been approved by three key stakeholder bodies - the Public Administration Committee (of the Joint University Council), the ...
  • Cohesion, sharing, and integration in Northern Ireland 
    Knox, Colin (Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 2011)
    The devolved government in Northern Ireland pledged to work for a `shared and better future for all' in its Programme for Government 2008 ^ 11. In pursuit of this goal it launched a consultation document entitled Programme ...
  • The reform of public administration in Northern Ireland: A squandered opportunity? 
    Knox, Colin (Administration, 2012)
    The Review of Public Administration in Northern Ireland was heralded at its launch in 2002 by the then First Minister as an opportunity to put in place ‘a modern, accountable, effective system of public administration ...
  • The Contribution of "Shared Education" to Catholic-Protestant Reconciliation in Northern Ireland: A Third Way? 
    Borooah, Vani K.; Knox, Colin (British Educational Research Journal, 2012)
    Northern Ireland has achieved political stability and its devolved government is now tackling public policy issues neglected during periods of sectarian violence. Notwithstanding the prevailing political optimism, one ...
  • Party system fragmentation and PAC performance: the Case of India 
    Pelizzo, Riccardo; Kindra, Gurprit (2012)
    While the political consequences of party system fragmentation have extensively been discussed in the literature, little to no attention has been paid to whether the fragmentation of the party system affects the performance ...
  • A new index of legislative oversight 
    Pelizzo, Riccardo (2012-01)
    The purpose of this paper is to present a new index of legislative oversight. Building on the work by Stapenhurst (2011), who argued that a proper index of legislative oversight capacity should reflect not only legislatures’ ...
  • Organization, mandate, performance: PACs in the Asian region 
    Pelizzo, Riccardo; Bandyopadhyay, Sruti (2013)
    The paper is divided in four parts. Part One provides some information concerning the size, the partisan affiliation of the Chairpersons, the representation of opposition parties and the size of the support staff of the ...
  • From the Margins to the Mainstream: Community Restorative Justice in Northern Ireland 
    Knox, Colin (Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, 2013)
    Paramilitary organisations exerted a stranglehold on working class loyalist and republican communities in Northern Ireland during the conflict. In the absence of an effective and legitimate policing service, paramilitaries ...
  • Reconciliation and Human Rights in Northern Ireland: A False Dichotomy? 
    Beirne, Maggie; Knox, Colin (Journal of Human Rights Practice, 2013)
    Peace building interventions in Northern Ireland have attracted at least two approaches—those which advocate from a human rights-based perspective, and others which promote community relations and reconciliation as a ...