http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/research/index.aspx?RelatedItemsList_SyndicationType=1 Contensis: http://www.contentmanagement.co.uk http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/local-government-studies/research/projects/shrinking-the-state.aspx This three year project will analyse the UK Coalition Government's major reform of 'arm's length bodies' (ALBs – often called 'quangos'). Quangos are a frequent focus for public, political and media criticism, regarded as unaccountable, wasteful, and self-serving. But they are also indispensible to modern government, preventing ministers from becoming overloaded, bringing expert advice and management to complex policy issues, and undertaking regulatory and quasi-judicial tasks that need to be politically independent. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:30:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/local-government-studies/research/projects/shrinking-the-state.aspx govsoc http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/local-ownership-peace-missions.aspx A team of researchers at IDD has won EU funding for a project that could help transform international peacebuilding and statebuilding missions. Dr. Nicolas Lemay-Hébert, supervised by Professor Paul Jackson and Dr Heather Marquette, has begun a two-year Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship that will deepen understanding of 'local ownership'. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:38:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/international-development/research/projects/local-ownership-peace-missions.aspx govsoc http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/institutional-change-defence-policy-eu.aspx The aim of the proposed project is to carry out detailed research, via both documentary evidence and interviews with policy makers, in order to assess the validity of these competing claims. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:34:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/institutional-change-defence-policy-eu.aspx govsoc http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/research/collaborative-futures/index.aspx - New Insights from Intra and Inter-Sectoral Collaborations. Collaboration, variously described and defined, is firmly established within and between the public, private and third / community sectors in the UK and internationally. However, in spite of the continued enthusiasm for collaboration, evidence of its success is thin and contested and opinions are divided about its value. Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:53:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/research/collaborative-futures/index.aspx govsoc http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/narratives-violence-north-caucasus.aspx The aim of this project is to analyse political violence in the North Caucasus. Of particular interest is the way in which aspects of violence in the North Caucasus have inscribed narratives of identity and broader theoretical accounts of transversal politics. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:35:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/narratives-violence-north-caucasus.aspx european politics govsoc