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61
Citations
41348
World Ranking
103
National Ranking
14

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Roderick Rhodes is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the broad area of Social Sciences, with a focused presence in Political Science and International Relations, Law, Sociology and Political Science, Public Administration, and Emergency Medical Services.

The main topics covered in Rhodes's work include:

  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Political and Economic history of UK and US
  • Judicial and Constitutional Studies
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Public Policy and Administration Research
  • Policy Transfer and Learning
  • Law in Society and Culture

Rhodes has contributed to a variety of academic venues, frequently publishing in Public Administration, with additional works appearing in the Journal of European Public Policy, Government and Opposition, New Area Studies, and the Australian Journal of Political Science.

Notable recent papers by Rhodes include:

  • "The comparative 'court politics' of Covid-19: explaining government responses to the pandemic" (2021) published in Journal of European Public Policy
  • "'Stretched But Not Snapped': A Response to Russell and Serban on Retiring the 'Westminster Model'" (2021) published in Government and Opposition
  • "All you need is... a network: The rise of interpretive public administration" (2021) published in Public Administration
  • "Duopoly, court politics and the Danish core executive" (2020) published in Public Administration
  • "A long and winding road: 25 years as editor" (2021) published in Public Administration

Rhodes has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including Jack Corbett, John Boswell, Heidi Houlberg Salomonsen, Matthew Flinders, and David Judge.

Among book publications, Rhodes has contributed titles published by Palgrave Macmillan and Oxford University Press, such as "What Political Science Can Learn From the Humanities: Blurring Genres" (2021) and "The Prime Ministerial Court" (2024).

Rhodes holds the distinction of being a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Understanding Governance: Policy Networks, Governance, Reflexivity and Accountability

    Roderick Arthur William Rhodes

  • The New Governance: Governing Without Government

    R. A. W. Rhodes

  • Understanding Governance: Ten Years On:

    Roderick Rhodes

  • THE HOLLOWING OUT OF THE STATE: THE CHANGING NATURE OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE IN BRITAIN

    R. A. W. Rhodes

  • Interpreting British Governance

    Mark Bevir;Roderick Rhodes

  • Beyond Westminster and Whitehall: The sub-central governments of Britain

    R. A. W. Rhodes

  • New directions in the study of policy networks

    R. A. W. Rhodes;David Marsh

  • Beyond Westminster and Whitehall

    R. A. W. Rhodes

  • Control and Power in Central-Local Government Relations

    R.A.W. Rhodes

  • Traditions of governance: interpreting the changing role of the public sector

    Mark Bevir;Roderick Rhodes;Patrick Moray Weller

  • Policy Network Analysis

    Roderick Rhodes

  • The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions

    Roderick Rhodes;Sarah A. Binder;Bert A. Rockman

  • The State as Cultural Practice

    Mark Bevir;R. A. W. Rhodes

  • The Limits to Public Value, or Rescuing Responsible Government from the Platonic Guardians

    Roderick Rhodes;John Wanna

  • The national world of local government

    R.A.W. Rhodes

  • CORE EXECUTIVE STUDIES IN BRITAIN

    Patrick Dunleavy;R. A. W. Rhodes

  • Policy Communities and Issue Networks

    David Marsh;R. A. W. Rhodes

  • Policy Networks

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  • The Governance Narrative: Key Findings and Lessons from the ESRC'S Whitehall Programme

    Roderick Rhodes

  • The Oxford handbook of political leadership

    R.A.W. Rhodes;Paul ‘t Hart

  • Recovering the craft of public administration

    Roderick A. W. Rhodes

  • Comparative Governance: Prospects and Lessons

    Mark Bevir;Roderick Rhodes;Patrick Moray Weller

  • BRINGING THE POLITICS BACK IN: PUBLIC VALUE IN WESTMINSTER PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT

    Roderick Arthur Rhodes;John Wanna

  • Can experience be evidence? Craft knowledge and evidence-based policing

    Jenny Fleming;R. A. W. Rhodes

  • Searching for civil society: changing patterns of governance in Britain

    Mark Bevir;Roderick Rhodes

  • Interpretation and its others

    Mark Bevir;Roderick Rhodes

  • Everyday Life in a Ministry Public Administration as Anthropology

    Roderick Rhodes

  • Different Roads to Unfamiliar Places: UK Experience in Comparative Perspective

    R.A.W. Rhodes

  • New Labour's Civil Service: Summing-up Joining-up

    Roderick Rhodes

  • Developing the public service orientation

    R. A. W. Rhodes

  • Waves Of Governance

    Roderick Arthur Rhodes

  • Traditions and Public Sector Reform: Comparing Britain and Denmark

    R. A. W. Rhodes

  • The Art and Craft of Comparison

    John Boswell;Jack Corbett;R. A. W. Rhodes

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Bevir
Mark Bevir University of California, Berkeley
Patrick Weller
Patrick Weller Griffith University
Paul 't Hart
Paul 't Hart Utrecht University
David Marsh
David Marsh University of Canberra
Mirko Noordegraaf
Mirko Noordegraaf Utrecht University
B. Guy Peters
B. Guy Peters University of Pittsburgh
Patrick Dunleavy
Patrick Dunleavy London School of Economics and Political Science
Simon Bulmer
Simon Bulmer University of Sheffield
Matthew Flinders
Matthew Flinders University of Sheffield
Will Jennings
Will Jennings University of Southampton

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