Christopher Hood
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Christopher Cropper Hood CBE
FBA
(born 1947) is Gladstone Professor of Government
at Oxford University, and a fellow
of All Souls College, Oxford
. From 2004–2010 he was director of the ESRC
Research Programme Public Services: Quality, Performance and Delivery. His books include The Limits of Administration (1976), The Tools of Government (1983) (updated as The Tools of Government in the Digital Age (2007) with Helen Margetts) and The Art of the State (1998 and 2000). He chaired the Nuffield Council on Bioethics
' Working Party on medical profiling and online medicine from 2008-2010.
He specializes in the study of executive government, regulation and public-sector reform and has written on New Public Management
.
He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours
.
Order of the British Empire
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FBA
British Academy
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(born 1947) is Gladstone Professor of Government
Government
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at Oxford University, and a fellow
Fellow
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of All Souls College, Oxford
All Souls College, Oxford
The Warden and the College of the Souls of all Faithful People deceased in the University of Oxford or All Souls College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England....
. From 2004–2010 he was director of the ESRC
Economic and Social Research Council
The Economic and Social Research Council is one of the seven Research Councils in the United Kingdom. It receives most of its funding from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and provides funding and support for research and training work in social and economic issues, such as...
Research Programme Public Services: Quality, Performance and Delivery. His books include The Limits of Administration (1976), The Tools of Government (1983) (updated as The Tools of Government in the Digital Age (2007) with Helen Margetts) and The Art of the State (1998 and 2000). He chaired the Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Nuffield Council on Bioethics
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics is a UK-based independent charitable body, which examines and reports on ethical issues raised by new advances in biological and medical research...
' Working Party on medical profiling and online medicine from 2008-2010.
He specializes in the study of executive government, regulation and public-sector reform and has written on New Public Management
New Public Management
New public management is a management philosophy used by governments since the 1980s to modernise the public sector. New public management is a broad and very complex term used to describe the wave of public sector reforms throughout the world since the 1980s...
.
He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours
2011 Birthday Honours
The Birthday Honours 2011 for the Commonwealth Realms were announced on 7 June 2011 in New Zealand and 11 June 2011 in United Kingdom to celebrate the Queen's Birthday of 2011.-Privy Councillors:...
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