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Introduction
Professor Lawrence Pratchett Urban governance, political participation, crisis management
Role
Dean
Department
Faculty of Business and Government
Organisation
University of Canberra
Background
Professor Pratchett is the new Dean of Business and Government. Before taking up his present position he was Professor of Local Democracy and Head of the Department of Public Policy at De Montfort University in the United Kingdom and prior to that Director and co-founder of the Local Governance Research Unit. Professor Pratchett’s Phd won the Political Studies Association Walter Bagehot Prize for the best dissertation in public administration in the UK. He has published widely, in journals which in Australia would be regarded as A and A*. He has attracted significant research income, including approximately $560,000 in the last 3 years as Principal Investigator. His earlier major grants include $300,000 for a project on “barriers to local e-democracy”, from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and $250,000 from the Economic and Social Research Council for a project on political participation. His appointment will add momentum to the renewal of our scholarship in public administration, and comes at an opportune time following our leading role in securing funding for the Australian Centre of Excellence in Local Government.
NewspaperPratchett, L. & Riordan, G., (2011), Public versus private school debate misses the mark
Book ChapterPratchett, L. & Karakaya-Polat, R., (2009), e-Citizenship: Reconstructing the public online, in Durose, C., Greasely, S. & Richardson, E.(eds.), Changing Local Governance, (Changing Citizens Policy Press)
Edited BookPratchett, L., Wingfield, M. & Karakaya-Polat, R., (2008), The barriers to local e-democracy in the UK, in Norris , D.(eds.), E-Government Research: Policy and Management, (IDEA-Group Publishing, Hershey, USA)
JournalLowndes, V., Pratchett, L., & Stoker, G., (2006), Local political participation: the impact of rules-in-use, Public Administration, 84, 3, pp. 539-562
BookPratchett, L., (2006), Local e-Democracy in Europe: a Comparison of Five Countries, in Jeffrey, D. & Glidden, J.(eds.), Promoting Social Inclusion via e-Participation, (Council of Europe, Strasbourg)
JournalLowndes, V., Pratchett, L., & Stoker, G., (2006), Diagnosing and remedying the failings of official participation schemes: the CLEAR framework, Social Policy and Society (special issue on partnerships, governance and citizenship), 5, 2, pp. 281-291
JournalPratchett, L., (2005), Local Autonomy, Local Democracy and the New Localism, Political Studies, 52, 2, pp. 258-275
JournalPratchett, L. & Leach, S., (2005), A New Vision for Local Government: Rhetoric or Reality?, Parliamentary Affairs, 58, 2, pp. 318-334