The Annual Conference of the Public Administration Committee (PAC) 2012 Plymouth University 18 th -19 th July 2012 Please note Panel Chairs will be confirmed shortly and announced on www.plymouth.ac.uk/pac2012 Wednesday 18 th July 2012 09:30 Registration and coffee (Roland Levinsky Building) 10:30 Introductions and Welcome: Professor Joyce Liddle 10:45 Paul Marshall Association of Business Schools We don't have a crystal ball, but we can see what works, why it works and plan now: the impact of government policy on university leadership and the central importance of engaging in proper strategic planning
11:15 Regeneration and Sustainability Toward Sustainable Public Services in Scotland: The Role and future of User Charges Peter Falconer (Queen Margaret University) Shrinking together or shrinking apart? Austere localism and the governance of sub-national climate change mitigation policy Warren Pearce (University of Nottingham) Governance for Sustainability: a practitioner's reflections Roger Higman (Plymouth University) An Evaluation of the Stakeholder Model of Governing Schools Michael Connolly (Glamorgan University) Catherine Farrell (Glamorgan University) and Chris James (University of Bath) 11:15 Devolution and Regionalism The Process of Decentralization -scope of Authorities, way of exercise, control and possible risks Ivana Shumanovska-Spasovska (University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius) Prospects for the Scrutiny of Regional Collaborations: A Welsh Perspective Dave Mckenna Dictatorship? There's no dictatorship here. I wouldn't allow it A history of personal leadership in English local government Howard Elcock, (University of Northumbria) The Politics of Arms Length Body Reform in the UK: A Case Study of the Abolition of the Audit Commission Katherine Tonkiss (University of Birmingham) 11:15 Emergency Services and Praxis The beginning a new era in UK police governance: Exploring the rationale behind the introduction of Police and Crime Commissioners in 2012, Harry Barton (Nottingham Trent University) and Dawn Albery (Birmingham City Business School)
Preloading and its Effects on Alcohol Policy, Adrian Barton (Plymouth University) Interoperability between blue light emergency services: issues, challenges and opportunities, Paresh Wankhade (Liverpool Hope University) 12:45 Lunch (Roland Levinsky Building/Portland Square) 12:45 PPA Editorial Board (TBC Roland Levinsky Building) 13:45 Doctoral Stream Implementation of Quality of Life Policy in the British Transport Sector: An Analytical Framework Louise Reardon (University of Sheffield) Title TBC: Thomas Bozzo (Aix-Marseille Université) The Grassroots Perspective: When Community Figures become Public Officials Rebecca Tidy (University of Exeter) 13:45 Comparative Public Administration Public sector liberalization: co-optation, resistance and coordination amongst intra-state actors Anneliese Dodds (Aston University) Explaining variations in childcare between German regions: the primacy of history over politics? Ed Turner (Aston University) and Sarah King-Hele (University of Manchester) Public Administration and Europeanization Kerry Howell (Plymouth University) 13:45 Emergency Services and Praxis Delivering public value through partnership: the work of the Cheshire Migration Impact Fund project, Julian Clarke and Stuart Speeden (Edgehill
University) The Effects of Regulation on Government Performance: Inspection and the Performance of Prisons in England and Wales Oliver James and Ayako Nakamura (University of Exeter) The development of new support and intervention arrangements for Fire and Rescue Services, Peter Murphy and Kirsten Greenhalgh (Nottingham Trent University, Patricia Coleman (Independent Consultant) 15:15 Coffee (Roland Levinsky Building/Portland Square) 15:30 Frank Stacey Memorial Lecture Denis Byrne Title TBC 16:30 PAC Executive Group meeting (TBC Roland Levinsky Building) 17:45 PAC 2012 Drinks Reception (sponsored by Sage) Treasury/RLB 18:45 Taxis (optional) to take delegates to formal dinner (Roland Levinsky Building) 19:00 PAC Annual Dinner: The National Marine Aquarium, Barbican, Plymouth Awards and Prizes following dinner: Best Doctoral Paper - awarded by Sage.
Best Conference Paper - awarded by Emerald and the International Journal of Public Sector Management. Best Paper Award in Emergency Services - awarded by Emerald and the IJES (International Journal of Emergency Services). After dinner speaker: Bill Rammell, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Plymouth University and former Minister of state, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills with an introduction from Professor David Wheeler, Dean of Business, Plymouth University The Future of Public Administration: Learning Lessons from the recent past Thursday 19 th July 2012 10:15 Welcome and coffee (Roland Levinsky Building) 11:15 Devolution and Regionalism Panel 9 (TBC Roland Levinsky Building) Mobilising for Independence? The SNP, Europe and Multi-Level Governance James Smith (Glasgow Caledonian University) What role is there for Whitehall under the new localism? Sarah Ayres (University of Bristol) and Graham Pearce (Aston University) Using alternative measures of economic progress in a public policy context: the case of the East Midlands Development Agency Will Rossiter (Nottingham Trent University) Craig Bickerton (Nottingham Trent University) Christopher Lawton (Nottingham Trent University) 11:15 Teaching Public Administration Where has all the Public Administration gone? Alistair Jones (De Montfort University) Public Administration: Community Values and Personal Costs Clare Butler (Newcastle University)
11:15 PMPA and CIPFA Practitioner session TBC 12:45 Lunch (Roland Levinsky Building/Portland Square) 12:45 IJPSM Editorial Board 12:45 TPA Editorial Board (TBC Roland Levinsky Building) 12:45 LGS Editorial Board 13:45 Sustainability and Regeneration Title TBC Graham Russell (DEFRA) Governing for Sustainability in Parishes Gregory Borne (Plymouth University) The Big Society and the Environment: Better Together? Roger Higman and Rory Shand (Plymouth University) 13:45 Emergency Services and Praxis Leadership Culture in Prison Risk Control: A Comparative Analysis of Leadership of Governors in the English and Japanese Prison Services, using the Grid- Group Cultural Theory Ayako Nakamura (University of Exeter)
Role of managers in strategic decision making: evidence from the emergency ambulance service, Paresh Wankhade (Liverpool Hope University) Behavioural insight into Fire safety: Perceptions from the community, Jess Smith (Manchester Fire & Rescue Service) 16:00 Closing Remarks and thanks (Professor Joyce Liddle, Chair of PAC/Professor Kerry Howell, Plymouth) (Roland Levinsky Building)