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Bringing social and technological innovation to the work of national, regional and local elected representatives: the eRepresentative project. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Karamagioli, E., Koulolias, V., Smith, C. F., & Cruickshank, P. (2008, September). Bringing social and technological innovation to the work of national, regional and local elected representatives: the eRepresentative project

Members of elected assemblies have a number of overlapping roles. eRepresentative is a project of the European Commission’s IST programme, and has investigated the potential for ICT support for the committee-based legislative role in a secure, mobile... Read More about Bringing social and technological innovation to the work of national, regional and local elected representatives: the eRepresentative project..

Governance and accountability: a role for social accounts in the sustainable school. (2008)
Journal Article
Gibbon, J., Fenwick, J., & McMillan, J. (2008). Governance and accountability: a role for social accounts in the sustainable school. Public Money and Management, 28, 353-360. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00669.x

Alongside formal systems of governance in secondary education there are important informal relationships of accountability among key stakeholders, organized around
voluntary obligation in the public interest. Developing these accountabilities enhanc... Read More about Governance and accountability: a role for social accounts in the sustainable school..

Learning, compliance and gender in public management (2008)
Journal Article
McMillan, J., & Fenwick, J. (2008). Learning, compliance and gender in public management. Public Policy and Administration, 23(3), 247-261. https://doi.org/10.1177/0952076708089975

This article offers a critical perspective on the ways in which the learning process in public organizations may be influenced by gender. The discussion considers the difference between the direct impact of gender differences on learning and the indi... Read More about Learning, compliance and gender in public management.

Powers in the Land?: British political columnists in the information era (2008)
Journal Article
Duff, A. S. (2008). Powers in the Land?: British political columnists in the information era. Journalism Practice, 2(2), 230-244. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512780801999386

The expansion of opinion is one of the key developments in the British press, as elsewhere. The article analyses the role of one of the most important types of commentator, newspaper political columnists, examining their credentials, sources, informa... Read More about Powers in the Land?: British political columnists in the information era.