Oliver James

@_Oliver_James_

Professor of Political Science, University of Exeter. Research on public policy, public management, politics of public services, policy evaluation & experiments

England, United Kingdom socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/politics/staff… Joined January 2013

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Oliver James @_Oliver_James_ May 24, 2024

We replicate experimentally James et al.'s (2016) blame & contracting out study. Replications (England,Hong Kong and South Korea) show support for contracting out to the private sector for politicians to avoid blame onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pu…

onlinelibrary.wiley.com Public Administration Review | ASPA Journal | Wiley Online Library Theories of blame suggest that the institutional design of public service delivery affects citizens' blame of politicians for service failure, and that delegation or contracting out reducing citize...

Oliver James @_Oliver_James_ Apr 14, 2024

#IRSPM2024 Our panels in track P14 Behavioural and Experimental Public Administration at this week's conference in Tampere are the first under the new @IRSPM special interest group, see irspm.org/interest-group…

www.irspm.org Behavioural & Experimental Public Management | IRSPM

Oliver James @_Oliver_James_ Jan 2, 2024

Does Work Quality Differ between the Public and Private Sectors? Evidence from Two Online Field Experiments academic.oup.com/jpart/article/…

academic.oup.com Does Work Quality Differ between the Public and Private Sectors? Evidence from Two Online Field... Abstract. Understanding the differences between working in the public and private sectors is core to public management research. We assess the implications

Oliver James @_Oliver_James_ Dec 15, 2023

Slides and video recording of session discussing reporting information about government performance to stakeholders. Thanks to Oxford Go Lab @golaboxford, for inviting me to speak at the event #IndigoInitiative

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golab.bsg.ox.ac.uk What’s in a (performance) number? And how do we use it?

Oliver James @_Oliver_James_ Dec 11, 2023

Pleased to be speaking at this forthcoming (online, Thurs 14th Dec. 1pm UK) Oxford/Government Outcomes Lab event: What is represented in government performance data and how it is interpreted? @golaboxford golab.bsg.ox.ac.uk/community/even…
registration available:
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