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Tactics, traditions and opportunities: British and French crop-trashing actions in comparative perspective (2012)
Journal Article
(2012). Tactics, traditions and opportunities: British and French crop-trashing actions in comparative perspective. European Journal of Political Research, 540 -562. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6765.2011.02048.x

This article compares the tactic of trashing genetically modified crops in activist campaigns in Britain and France. In Britain, most crop trashing was carried out covertly, while in France most activists undertook open, public actions. In seeking an... Read More about Tactics, traditions and opportunities: British and French crop-trashing actions in comparative perspective.

Between the old metaphysics and the new empiricism: Collingwood's defence of the autonomy of philosophy (2012)
Journal Article
D'Oro. (2012). Between the old metaphysics and the new empiricism: Collingwood's defence of the autonomy of philosophy. Ratio, 34 -50. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9329.2011.00514.x

Collingwood has failed to make a significant impact in the history of twentieth century philosophy either because he has been dismissed as a dusty old idealist committed to the very metaphysics the analytical school was trying to leave behind, or bec... Read More about Between the old metaphysics and the new empiricism: Collingwood's defence of the autonomy of philosophy.

The development of strategic clinical leaders in the NHS in Scotland (2011)
Journal Article
(2011). The development of strategic clinical leaders in the NHS in Scotland. Leadership in Health Services, 337-353. https://doi.org/10.1108/17511871111172376

Purpose – The paper seeks to describe a national strategic and multi-professional clinical leadership programme designed and developed for the National Health Service in Scotland. It addresses the policy imperatives behind the programme, the local a... Read More about The development of strategic clinical leaders in the NHS in Scotland.

Action learning and organisation development: overlapping fields of practice (2011)
Journal Article
(2011). Action learning and organisation development: overlapping fields of practice. Action Learning: Research and Practice, 93-102. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767333.2011.581017

This paper explores the relationship between action learning and Organisation Development (OD). It proposes that they are overlapping fields of practice, with interesting similarities and differences. Both fields of practice are experienced as challe... Read More about Action learning and organisation development: overlapping fields of practice.

Reasons and causes: the philosophical battle and the meta-philosophical war (2011)
Journal Article
D'Oro. (2011). Reasons and causes: the philosophical battle and the meta-philosophical war. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 207 -221. https://doi.org/10.1080/00048402.2011.583930

Since the publication of Davidson’s “Actions, Reasons and Causes” the philosophy of action has been dominated by the view that rational explanations are a species of causal explanations. Although there are dissenting voices, anti-causalism is for the... Read More about Reasons and causes: the philosophical battle and the meta-philosophical war.

The Extreme Right in Western Europe: Success or Failure? (2011)
Book
Carter, E. (2011). The Extreme Right in Western Europe: Success or Failure?. Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7228/manchester/9780719070488.001.0001

Parties of the extreme Right have experienced a dramatic rise in electoral support in many countries in Western Europe over the last two and a half decades. This phenomenon has been far from uniform, however, and the considerable attention that the m... Read More about The Extreme Right in Western Europe: Success or Failure?.

Then and now: evolving community in the context of a retirement village (2011)
Journal Article
(2011). Then and now: evolving community in the context of a retirement village. Ageing and society, 103 - 129. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X11000079

There is currently much debate in the United Kingdom policy and practice literature about how best to respond to the care and accommodation needs of people as they retire and grow older. Against a policy background which espouses the benefits of ‘ li... Read More about Then and now: evolving community in the context of a retirement village.

Developing leaders and leadership in health care: a case for rebalancing? (2011)
Journal Article
(2011). Developing leaders and leadership in health care: a case for rebalancing?. Leadership in Health Services, 8-18. https://doi.org/10.1108/17511871111102490

Purpose – The paper aims to describe the emerging critique of leader development in health care and to describe an alternative approach. Design/methodology/approach – The paper explores the growing critique of leader development, highlighting th... Read More about Developing leaders and leadership in health care: a case for rebalancing?.

Ageing and consumer culture (2010)
Book Chapter
Leach, R. (2010). Ageing and consumer culture. In Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture. SAGE Publications

Electoral Systems and Election Management (2010)
Book Chapter
Carter, E., & Farrell, D. M. (2010). Electoral Systems and Election Management. In L. LeDuc, R. G. Niemi, & P. Norris (Eds.), Comparing Democracies 3: Elections and Voting in the 21st Century. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781446288740

The sine qua non of representative democracies is a process of elections that is fair and competitive. This is the role of electoral institutions, which determine how elections are fought, how the act of voting results in the election of political re... Read More about Electoral Systems and Election Management.

United Kingdom (2010)
Book Chapter
Carter, E., Loomes, G., & Carl Lundberg, T. (2010). United Kingdom. In The 2009 elections to the European Parliament country reports (177-182). Europa

A new approach to project managing change (2010)
Journal Article
(2013). A new approach to project managing change. British Journal of Healthcare Management, 16(5), 225-230. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjhc.2010.16.5.47936

Project management based on the PRINCE 2 (Projects In Controlled Environments) methodology isthe default mode for managing organisational change in the NHS. While this approach to project management is suitable for ‘tame’ problems, it is not so for ‘... Read More about A new approach to project managing change.

How European Integration Changes National Parties: Evidence from a 15-Country Study (2010)
Journal Article
Carter, E., & Poguntke, T. (2010). How European Integration Changes National Parties: Evidence from a 15-Country Study. West European Politics, 33(2), 297-324. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402380903538930

This article examines the impact of European integration on the balance of power within national political parties. It does this by drawing on the results of a survey of key actors in up to 55 parties in the 15 pre-2004 enlargement member states. The... Read More about How European Integration Changes National Parties: Evidence from a 15-Country Study.

Have patient and public involvement forums lived up to expectations? A qualitative study of Primary Care PPI forum groups (2009)
Thesis
Gilbert, M. (2009). Have patient and public involvement forums lived up to expectations? A qualitative study of Primary Care PPI forum groups. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/877858

This thesis investigates the establishment and operation of NHS Primary Care patient and public involvement forums and explores whether they were able to meet expectations, and fulfil their intended regulatory roles. PPI Forums, established in 2003,... Read More about Have patient and public involvement forums lived up to expectations? A qualitative study of Primary Care PPI forum groups.