The Gladstone Professorship of Government is located at All Souls College at the University of Oxford. It was instituted in memory of William Ewart Gladstone. Initially the chair was described as the Gladstone Professorship of Political Theory and Institutions. In 1941 this was changed to Government and Public Administration.[1] More recently the title has changed to Professor of Government. The professorship has never been held by a woman. Its past holders have been:
- Sir Kenneth Clinton Wheare, 1944-1956[2]
- Max Beloff, 1957-1974
- Samuel Finer, 1974-1982[3]
- Peter Pulzer, 1985-1996[4]
- Alfred C. Stepan, 1996-1999 before he re-joined Columbia University[5]
- Christopher Hood, 2001–2014. He worked mainly on executive government and the politics of public services.
- Stathis Kalyvas, 2018-.[6]
External links
edit- ^ Ridley, F. (1972) Public Administration: Cause for Discontent. Public Administration, 50: 65-78, doi:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1972.tb00081.x, retrieved 4 August 2021
- ^ "Sir Kenneth Clinton Wheare (1907–1979)", Wheare, Sir Kenneth Clinton (1907–1979), National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 8 June 2012
- ^ Kavanagh, Dennis (11 June 1993), "Obituary: Professor Samuel Finer", The Independent, London, retrieved 8 June 2012
- ^ Professor Peter Pulzer, retrieved 8 June 2012
- ^ "New Gladstone Professor of Government", Oxford University Gazette, 4 May 2000, retrieved 31 January 2012
- ^ Professor Stathis Kalyvas appointed to the Gladstone Professorship of Government, archived from the original on 15 December 2017, retrieved 22 January 2018