Andrew Massey
Biographic Data
| ID | 4128410 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Massey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Massey |
| SIGNATURE | MASSEY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Exeter |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2311-7944 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Braibant lecture 2025 – Next generation of administrative reforms: Empowering citizens
This paper was first presented in the form of the Braibant lecture at the IIAS/DARPG Annual Conference, New Delhi, 12 February 2025. I have amended it slightly to make it suitable for publication in IRAS , but it remains what is essentially an edited speaking note. Please be aware that some sections draw heavily on previous Braibant lectures in order to make comparisons. I have endeavoured to indicate this wherever it occurs. Those who have heard…
Sustainable Development Goals and their Fit with Good Governance
This Policy Insight paper places the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the context of good governance. It explores what constitutes Good Governance , from a public administration perspective, and charts the manner in which SDGs and good governance are linked, before suggesting ways in which governments may achieve the aims of the SDGs. It argues none of the other 15 SDGs can be achieved without the coordination and delivery of SDGs 16 …
Public Administration and Public Management Research in Europe: Traditions and Trends
The chapter reviews the evolution of the state of the art of research in public administration and management in Europe since WWII. It argues that a pan-European community has developed, flanking and in many respects integrating the distinct national communities that characterised the field till the 1970s/1980s. After a bibliographical review of the main themes that catalyse the interest of PA scholars, it focuses on the most researched theme in …
In Memoriam of Christopher Pollitt
status: Published
Governance: Public Governance to Social Innovation
This paper reviews governance and public governance related to an emerging area of policy interest – social innovation. The European Commission’s White Paper on European Governance (2001) focused on openness, participation, accountability, effectiveness and coherence in public policy as characteristics of good governance. The EC has prioritised social innovation to address policy problems. Yet, the extant literature and research on social innovat…
How Power Changes Hands: Transition and Succession in Government ‐ Edited by Paul 'T Hart and John Uhr
Les programme reviews au Royaume-Uni et la question de la mesure de la performance
Cet article examine comment le Royaume-Uni procède à l’examen régulier de ses politiques publiques. Il montre que ces révisions se font en particulier sous l’angle de l’examen de leur performance et que la performance est entendue dans un sens large qui inclut même l’utilité de la politique en question. Il montre également que les mesures de performance sont un souci ancien et bien ancré dans la culture administrative au Royaume-Uni qui y voit un…
Lessons from Africa: New Public Management and the Privatization of Kenya Airways
The social and political context within which public administration is located determines the effectiveness of service delivery as well as the way in which policy is made and implemented. This article explores the issues of ‘modernization’ and New Public Management (NPM) advocated by the Bretton Woods Institutions as a process of strongly encouraging particular kinds of policy initiatives across the globe. The example of the privatization of Keny…
Policy mimesis in the context of global governance
The concept of ‘policy transfer’ is contested. Earlier work has discussed the defining traits, but generally concluded that the dissimilarities of regional and local implementation ensure a simple transfer in the form of a generic template remains elusive (Common 2001 Common, R. 2001. Public management and policy transfer in South East Asia, Aldershot: Ashgate. [Google Scholar]). The argument of this article is that it is more accurate to refer t…
Delegated Governance and the British State: Walking Without Order - by Matthew Flinders
Time, Policy, Management: Governing With the Past ‐ by Christopher Pollitt
Public Sector Management ‐ by Norman Flynn
Italian and English Local Funding Networks: Is there a Winning Formula
This article contributes to the understanding of European Local Governance by exploring the European funding networks developed within local areas under Objective 2 of the Structural Funds. The article describes the EU funding networks (within the theoretical perspective of network theory) and examines the relationship between the presence of local EU funding networks and councils' success in accessing EU funds. This exploratory study focuses on …
Design, Development, and Assessment of Mobile Applications: The Case for Problem-Based Learning
This paper describes efforts to develop a pedagogical environment that seeks to influence the learning experiences of students as mobile applications end users, developers, and decision makers. Specifically, via a collaborative effort involving industry sponsors, university technology services, and multiple academic units engaged in information technology education, a graduate-level course called Mobile Applications Development (MAD) was created.…
Agencies: How Governments Do Things Through Semi‐autonomous Organisations ‐ Edited by Christopher Pollitt, Colin Talbot, Janice Caulfield and Amanda Smullen
Modernisation as Europeanisation: The impact of the European Union on public administration
The Labour Government elected to office in Britain in 1997 is committed to modernisation. Observers may detect an echo here of earlier species of Labour modernisers, but the plans of all contemporary European governments, are located within the context of the Europeanisation of European governance. It is a process that impacts upon members of the European Union (EU) and those aspiring to join. An understanding of modernisation must take cognisanc…
Modernizing Government in the Channel Islands: The Context and Problematic of Reform in a Differentiated but Feudal European Polity
This paper explores the dynamics for changes to the machinery of government and public administration in the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. Although constitutionally Crown possessions and under the jurisdiction of the UK, both territories are self‐governing and are neither part of the UK nor the EU. Their importance as major offshore tax havens means that questions should be asked about their ability to effectively police the money that is in…
Modernising Civil Services
The Joint European Torus: An historical case study in European Public Policy
The steady integration of the European Union over many years has involved the formulation and implementation of many policies. One of the results has been the establishment of new legal and institutional structures in public administration of a supranational nature. Issues of structure are combined with those of efficiency, effectiveness and accountability. This article explores one small policy field, nuclear fusion technology research in the fo…
Quality Issues in the Public Sector
Benchmarking grew out of the concern for measuring performance and quality in the public sector, the latest manifestation of the change that has transformed the way in which the public sector operates. From the TQA movement of the 1980s, benchmarking has emerged in the UK, via the EFQM Excellence Model, as a formidable tool to seek to ascertain and implement best practice. Although originally a model designed for the private sector, the EFQM appr…
Ministers, the Agency Model, and Policy Ownership
The fragmentation of the machinery of government is one of the effects of the impact of agencification and other new managerial techniques being implemented throughout the Western World. This paper seeks a definition of the agency model, and then applies it to the British context, before examining the issue of policy ownership. The analysis suggests the increased ability of ministers to own and control their policies may be under threat from the …
Civil Service reform and accountability
Using existing documentation and some original survey and interviewing work, this paper explores the recent reforms in British central government. It attempts to measure them against the analytical perspective of NPM and the postbureau cratic reform paradigm and to discover how the impact of these reforms has transformed the accountability of public servants as a result of changes already imposed and those signalled by recent official documentati…
The Seamy Side of Politics
Market Testing: Some Preliminary Remarks
This paper places this special issue of Public Policy and Administration in the context of a PAC sponsored research workshop, held at the University of Portsmouth in early 1994. The paper then explores the background to Market Testing, arguing it must be seen as a progression from many of the reforms imposed on the civil service over the last fifteen years, yet containing some important aspects which appear to contradict the stated goals of those…
Managing Change: Politicians and Experts in the Age of Privatization
THIS ARTICLE COMPARES THE US AND BRITISH EXPERIENCE OF privatization policies. In both countries there is no ‘proof’ that privatization has led to any empirically measurable benefit, or that the new structures are necessarily more consumer-oriented. First the perceived need for change in the public sector is explored, outlining the dynamic provided by the New Right. Next the importance of managerial and professional power to this process of chang…
Governance: Public Governance to Social Innovation
This paper reviews governance and public governance related to an emerging area of policy interest – social innovation. The European Commission’s White Paper on European Governance (2001) focused on openness, participation, accountability, effectiveness and coherence in public policy as characteristics of good governance. The EC has prioritised social innovation to address policy problems. Yet, the extant literature and research on social innovat…
Policy mimesis in the context of global governance
The concept of ‘policy transfer’ is contested. Earlier work has discussed the defining traits, but generally concluded that the dissimilarities of regional and local implementation ensure a simple transfer in the form of a generic template remains elusive (Common 2001 Common, R. 2001. Public management and policy transfer in South East Asia, Aldershot: Ashgate. [Google Scholar]). The argument of this article is that it is more accurate to refer t…
Civil Service reform and accountability
Using existing documentation and some original survey and interviewing work, this paper explores the recent reforms in British central government. It attempts to measure them against the analytical perspective of NPM and the postbureau cratic reform paradigm and to discover how the impact of these reforms has transformed the accountability of public servants as a result of changes already imposed and those signalled by recent official documentati…
Lessons from Africa: New Public Management and the Privatization of Kenya Airways
The social and political context within which public administration is located determines the effectiveness of service delivery as well as the way in which policy is made and implemented. This article explores the issues of ‘modernization’ and New Public Management (NPM) advocated by the Bretton Woods Institutions as a process of strongly encouraging particular kinds of policy initiatives across the globe. The example of the privatization of Keny…
In Memoriam of Christopher Pollitt
status: Published
Italian and English Local Funding Networks: Is there a Winning Formula
This article contributes to the understanding of European Local Governance by exploring the European funding networks developed within local areas under Objective 2 of the Structural Funds. The article describes the EU funding networks (within the theoretical perspective of network theory) and examines the relationship between the presence of local EU funding networks and councils' success in accessing EU funds. This exploratory study focuses on …
Modernisation as Europeanisation: The impact of the European Union on public administration
The Labour Government elected to office in Britain in 1997 is committed to modernisation. Observers may detect an echo here of earlier species of Labour modernisers, but the plans of all contemporary European governments, are located within the context of the Europeanisation of European governance. It is a process that impacts upon members of the European Union (EU) and those aspiring to join. An understanding of modernisation must take cognisanc…
Managing Change: Politicians and Experts in the Age of Privatization
THIS ARTICLE COMPARES THE US AND BRITISH EXPERIENCE OF privatization policies. In both countries there is no ‘proof’ that privatization has led to any empirically measurable benefit, or that the new structures are necessarily more consumer-oriented. First the perceived need for change in the public sector is explored, outlining the dynamic provided by the New Right. Next the importance of managerial and professional power to this process of chang…
Professional Elites and BNFL
Modernizing Government in the Channel Islands: The Context and Problematic of Reform in a Differentiated but Feudal European Polity
This paper explores the dynamics for changes to the machinery of government and public administration in the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. Although constitutionally Crown possessions and under the jurisdiction of the UK, both territories are self‐governing and are neither part of the UK nor the EU. Their importance as major offshore tax havens means that questions should be asked about their ability to effectively police the money that is in…
Modernising Civil Services
The Joint European Torus: An historical case study in European Public Policy
The steady integration of the European Union over many years has involved the formulation and implementation of many policies. One of the results has been the establishment of new legal and institutional structures in public administration of a supranational nature. Issues of structure are combined with those of efficiency, effectiveness and accountability. This article explores one small policy field, nuclear fusion technology research in the fo…
Ministers, the Agency Model, and Policy Ownership
The fragmentation of the machinery of government is one of the effects of the impact of agencification and other new managerial techniques being implemented throughout the Western World. This paper seeks a definition of the agency model, and then applies it to the British context, before examining the issue of policy ownership. The analysis suggests the increased ability of ministers to own and control their policies may be under threat from the …
Professional Elites and BNFL
Managing Change: Politicians and Experts in the Age of Privatization
THIS ARTICLE COMPARES THE US AND BRITISH EXPERIENCE OF privatization policies. In both countries there is no ‘proof’ that privatization has led to any empirically measurable benefit, or that the new structures are necessarily more consumer-oriented. First the perceived need for change in the public sector is explored, outlining the dynamic provided by the New Right. Next the importance of managerial and professional power to this process of chang…
Due Process and Rectitude: US and British civil service reforms contrasted
In the federal system of the US, sovereignty is vested in the people, whilst in the UK it is found formally with the Crown-in-Parliament and for all practical purposes within the executive. In the two countries the nature of bureaucratic accountability is very different. The US relies upon the legal concept and
The Seamy Side of Politics
Market Testing: Some Preliminary Remarks
This paper places this special issue of Public Policy and Administration in the context of a PAC sponsored research workshop, held at the University of Portsmouth in early 1994. The paper then explores the background to Market Testing, arguing it must be seen as a progression from many of the reforms imposed on the civil service over the last fifteen years, yet containing some important aspects which appear to contradict the stated goals of those…
Ministers, the Agency Model, and Policy Ownership
The fragmentation of the machinery of government is one of the effects of the impact of agencification and other new managerial techniques being implemented throughout the Western World. This paper seeks a definition of the agency model, and then applies it to the British context, before examining the issue of policy ownership. The analysis suggests the increased ability of ministers to own and control their policies may be under threat from the …
Civil Service reform and accountability
Using existing documentation and some original survey and interviewing work, this paper explores the recent reforms in British central government. It attempts to measure them against the analytical perspective of NPM and the postbureau cratic reform paradigm and to discover how the impact of these reforms has transformed the accountability of public servants as a result of changes already imposed and those signalled by recent official documentati…
The Joint European Torus: An historical case study in European Public Policy
The steady integration of the European Union over many years has involved the formulation and implementation of many policies. One of the results has been the establishment of new legal and institutional structures in public administration of a supranational nature. Issues of structure are combined with those of efficiency, effectiveness and accountability. This article explores one small policy field, nuclear fusion technology research in the fo…
Quality Issues in the Public Sector
Benchmarking grew out of the concern for measuring performance and quality in the public sector, the latest manifestation of the change that has transformed the way in which the public sector operates. From the TQA movement of the 1980s, benchmarking has emerged in the UK, via the EFQM Excellence Model, as a formidable tool to seek to ascertain and implement best practice. Although originally a model designed for the private sector, the EFQM appr…
Modernising Civil Services
Modernisation as Europeanisation: The impact of the European Union on public administration
The Labour Government elected to office in Britain in 1997 is committed to modernisation. Observers may detect an echo here of earlier species of Labour modernisers, but the plans of all contemporary European governments, are located within the context of the Europeanisation of European governance. It is a process that impacts upon members of the European Union (EU) and those aspiring to join. An understanding of modernisation must take cognisanc…
Modernizing Government in the Channel Islands: The Context and Problematic of Reform in a Differentiated but Feudal European Polity
This paper explores the dynamics for changes to the machinery of government and public administration in the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. Although constitutionally Crown possessions and under the jurisdiction of the UK, both territories are self‐governing and are neither part of the UK nor the EU. Their importance as major offshore tax havens means that questions should be asked about their ability to effectively police the money that is in…
Design, Development, and Assessment of Mobile Applications: The Case for Problem-Based Learning
This paper describes efforts to develop a pedagogical environment that seeks to influence the learning experiences of students as mobile applications end users, developers, and decision makers. Specifically, via a collaborative effort involving industry sponsors, university technology services, and multiple academic units engaged in information technology education, a graduate-level course called Mobile Applications Development (MAD) was created.…
Agencies: How Governments Do Things Through Semi‐autonomous Organisations ‐ Edited by Christopher Pollitt, Colin Talbot, Janice Caulfield and Amanda Smullen
Public Sector Management ‐ by Norman Flynn
Italian and English Local Funding Networks: Is there a Winning Formula
This article contributes to the understanding of European Local Governance by exploring the European funding networks developed within local areas under Objective 2 of the Structural Funds. The article describes the EU funding networks (within the theoretical perspective of network theory) and examines the relationship between the presence of local EU funding networks and councils' success in accessing EU funds. This exploratory study focuses on …
Policy mimesis in the context of global governance
The concept of ‘policy transfer’ is contested. Earlier work has discussed the defining traits, but generally concluded that the dissimilarities of regional and local implementation ensure a simple transfer in the form of a generic template remains elusive (Common 2001 Common, R. 2001. Public management and policy transfer in South East Asia, Aldershot: Ashgate. [Google Scholar]). The argument of this article is that it is more accurate to refer t…
Delegated Governance and the British State: Walking Without Order - by Matthew Flinders
Time, Policy, Management: Governing With the Past ‐ by Christopher Pollitt
Lessons from Africa: New Public Management and the Privatization of Kenya Airways
The social and political context within which public administration is located determines the effectiveness of service delivery as well as the way in which policy is made and implemented. This article explores the issues of ‘modernization’ and New Public Management (NPM) advocated by the Bretton Woods Institutions as a process of strongly encouraging particular kinds of policy initiatives across the globe. The example of the privatization of Keny…
Les programme reviews au Royaume-Uni et la question de la mesure de la performance
Cet article examine comment le Royaume-Uni procède à l’examen régulier de ses politiques publiques. Il montre que ces révisions se font en particulier sous l’angle de l’examen de leur performance et que la performance est entendue dans un sens large qui inclut même l’utilité de la politique en question. Il montre également que les mesures de performance sont un souci ancien et bien ancré dans la culture administrative au Royaume-Uni qui y voit un…
How Power Changes Hands: Transition and Succession in Government ‐ Edited by Paul 'T Hart and John Uhr
Governance: Public Governance to Social Innovation
This paper reviews governance and public governance related to an emerging area of policy interest – social innovation. The European Commission’s White Paper on European Governance (2001) focused on openness, participation, accountability, effectiveness and coherence in public policy as characteristics of good governance. The EC has prioritised social innovation to address policy problems. Yet, the extant literature and research on social innovat…
Public Administration and Public Management Research in Europe: Traditions and Trends
The chapter reviews the evolution of the state of the art of research in public administration and management in Europe since WWII. It argues that a pan-European community has developed, flanking and in many respects integrating the distinct national communities that characterised the field till the 1970s/1980s. After a bibliographical review of the main themes that catalyse the interest of PA scholars, it focuses on the most researched theme in …
In Memoriam of Christopher Pollitt
status: Published
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