Hood, Christopher

Professor Christopher Hood  

Department

Position held

CARR Programme Director, Regulation of Government and Governance

 

Experience keywords:

administrative reform; management; public administration; reform; risk regulation; safety regulation

Languages:

French [Spoken: Basic, Written: Intermediate]; German [Spoken: Basic, Written: Intermediate]

Media experience:

Radio; TV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 7203

LSE email:

c.hood@lse.ac.uk

Publications

2012

Hood, Christopher and Dixon, Ruth (2012) The current government is aiming for cuts to administration costs that have never previously been achieved British Politics and Policy at LSE (11 Oct 2012) Blog entry

2011

Hood, Christopher and Lodge, Martin (2011) Appearing in front of a Select Committee: does this prove that we had an impact or were we a convenient political cover for positions already taken? Impact of Social Sciences Blog (23 May 2011) Blog entry

Lodge, Martin and Hood, Christopher (2011) Into an age of multiple austerities?: public management and public service bargains across OECD countries Governance, 25 (1). 79-101. ISSN 0952-1895

2010

Lodge, Martin and Hood, Christopher (2010) Regulation inside government: retro-theory vindicated or outdated? In: Baldwin, Robert and Cave, Martin and Lodge, Martin, (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Regulation. Oxford handbooks in business and management. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199560219

2007

Hood, Christopher and Jennings, Will and Hogwood, Brian and Beeston, Craig (2007) Fighting fires in testing times: exploring a staged response hypothesis for blame management in two exam fiasco cases CARR Discussion Papers, DP 42. Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. ISBN 978085328

2006

Hood, Christopher and Heald, David, eds (2006) Transparency: the key to better governance? Proceedings of the British Academy (135). Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780197263839

Hood, Christopher and Lodge, Martin (2006) The politics of public service bargains: reward, competency, loyalty - and blame Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199269679

Hood, Christopher (2006) Transparency in historical perspective In: Hood, Christopher and Heald, David, (eds.) Transparency: the Key to Better Governance?. Proceedings of the British Academy (135). Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 3-23. ISBN 9780197263839

Bevan, Gwyn and Hood, Christopher (2006) Have targets improved performance in the English NHS? British Medical Journal, 332 (7538). 419-422. ISSN 0959-8138

Hood, Christopher (2006) Beyond exchanging first principles? Some closing comments In: Hood, Christopher and Heald, David, (eds.) Transparency: the Key to Better Governance?. Proceedings of the British Academy (135). Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 211-225. ISBN 9780197263839

Hood, Christopher and Lodge, Martin (2006) From Sir Humphrey to Sir Nigel: what future for the public service bargain after Blairworld? Political Quarterly, 77 (3). 360-368. ISSN 0032-3179

Bevan, Gwyn and Hood, Christopher (2006) What's measured is what matters: targets and gaming in the English public health care system Public Administration, 84 (3). 517-538. ISSN 0033-3298

2005

Hood, Christopher and Lodge, Martin (2005) Pavlovian innovation, pet solutions and economizing on rationality?: politicians and dangerous dogs In: Black, Julia and Lodge, Martin and Thatcher, Mark, (eds.) Regulatory Innovation: a Comparative Analysis. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., Cheltenham, UK. ISBN 9781845422844

Hood, Christopher and Lodge, Martin (2005) Aesop with variations: civil service competency as a case of German tortoise and British hare? Public Administration, 83 (4). 805-822. ISSN 0033-3298

Lodge, Martin and Page, Edward C. and Hood, Christopher (2005) Conclusion: is competency management a passing fad? Public Administration, 83 (4). 853-860. ISSN 0033-3298

2004

Bevan, Gwyn and Hood, Christopher (2004) Targets, inspections, and transparency British Medical Journal, 328 (7440). 598. ISSN 0959-8138

Bevan, Gwyn and Hood, Christopher (2004) Targets, inspections and transparency British Medical Journal, 328 (7440). 598-598. ISSN 0959-8138

Hood, Christopher and James, Oliver and Peters, B. Guy and Scott, Colin (2004) Controlling modern government: variety, commonality and change Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK. ISBN 9781843766292

Hood, Christopher and Lodge, Martin (2004) Competency, bureaucracy and public management reform: a comparative analysis Governance, 17 (3). 313-333. ISSN 0952-1895

2003

Hood, Christopher (2003) Tsar-tsar galore Times Higher Education Supplement. ISSN 0049-3929

Lodge, Martin and Hood, Christopher (2003) Competency and bureaucracy: diffusion, application and appropriate response? West European Politics, 26 (3). 131-152. ISSN 0140-2382

2002

Hood, Christopher (2002) The risk game and the blame game Government and Opposition, 37 (1). 15-37. ISSN 0017-257X

Hood, Christopher (2002) Managing risk and managing blame: a political science perspective In: Weale, Albert, (ed.) Risk, Democratic Citizenship and Public Policy. British Academy occasional papers. Oxford University Press/British Academy, Oxford, UK, 73-84. ISBN 9780197262832

Hood, Christopher and Peters, B. Guy and Lee, Grace (2002) Introduction In: Hood, Christopher and Peters, B. Guy and Lee, Grace, (eds.) Reward for High Public Office: Asian and Pacific Rim States. Routledge research in comparative politics. Routledge, London, UK, 3-21. ISBN 9780415303491

Hood, Christopher and Askim, Jostein (2002) Alike at the summit? In: Hood, Christopher and Peters, B. Guy and Lee, Grace, (eds.) Reward for High Public Office: Asian and Pacific Rim States. Routledge research in comparative politics. Routledge, London, UK, 22-46. ISBN 9780415303491

Hood, Christopher and Peters, B. Guy (2002) The top pay game and good governance - where immodest theories meet slippery facts In: Hood, Christopher and Peters, B. Guy and Lee, Grace, (eds.) Reward for High Public Office: Asian and Pacific Rim States. Routledge research in comparative politics. Routledge, London, UK, 165-181. ISBN 9780415303491

Lodge, Martin and Hood, Christopher (2002) Pavlovian policy responses to media feeding frenzies? Dangerous dogs regulation in comparative perspective Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 10 (1). 1-13. ISSN 1468-5973

Hood, Christopher and Peters, B. Guy and Lee, Grace, eds (2002) Reward for high public office: Asian and Pacific Rim states Routledge research in comparative politics. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415303491

Hood, Christopher (2002) Control, bargains, and cheating: the politics of public service reform Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 12 (3). 309-332. ISSN 1053-1858

2001

Hood, Christopher (2001) Public service managerialism: onwards and upwards, or "Trobriand cricket" again? Political Quarterly, 72 (3). 300-309. ISSN 0032-3179

Hood, Christopher and Rothstein, Henry and Baldwin, Robert (2001) The government of risk: understanding risk regulation regimes Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199243631

Hood, Christopher (2001) Public service bargains and public service reform In: Peters, B. Guy and Pierre, Jon, (eds.) Politicians, Bureaucrats and Administrative Reform. Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science. Routledge, London, UK, 13-23. ISBN 9780415234436

Hood, Christopher and Rothstein, Henry (2001) Risk regulation under pressure: problem solving or blame shifting? Administration and Society, 33 (1). 21-53. ISSN 1552-3039

2000

Hood, Christopher (2000) Paradoxes of public-sector managerialism, old public management and public service bargains International Public Management Journal, 3 (1). 1-22. ISSN 1096-7494

Scott, Colin and Hood, Christopher and James, Oliver and Jones, George W. and Travers, Tony (2000) Bureaucratic gamekeeping: regulation of UK public administration 1976-96 In: Rhodes, R. A. W., (ed.) Transforming British Government. Palgrave Macmillan, London, UK, 80-96. ISBN 9780333752418

Hood, Christopher (2000) Relations between ministers/politicians and public servants: public service bargains old and new In: Peters, B. Guy and Savoie, Donald J., (eds.) Governance in the Twenty-First Century: Revitalizing the Public Service. Canadian Centre for Management Development series on governance. McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, Canada, 178-208. ISBN 9780773521292

Baldwin, Robert and Hood, Christopher and Rothstein, Henry (2000) Assessing the Dangerous Dogs Act: when does a regulatory law fail? Public Law (Summer). 282-305. ISSN 0033-3565

Baldwin, Robert and Hood, Christopher and Rothstein, Henry and Hutter, Bridget M. and Power, Michael (2000) Business risk management in government: pitfalls and possibilities CARR Launch Paper. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. ISBN 0753014297

Baldwin, Robert and Hood, Christopher and Rothstein, Henry and Hutter, Bridget M. and Power, Michael (2000) Is regulation right? CARR Launch Paper. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. ISBN 0753014297

Hood, Christopher and James, Oliver and Scott, Colin (2000) Regulation of government: has it increased, is it increasing, should it be diminished? Public Administration, 78 (2). 283-304. ISSN 0033-3298

Baldwin, Robert and Hood, Christopher and Rothstein, Henry and Hutter, Bridget M. and Power, Michael (2000) Risk management and business regulation CARR Launch Paper. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. ISBN 0753014297

1999

Hall, Clare and Scott, Colin and Hood, Christopher (1999) Telecommunications regulation: culture, chaos and interdependence inside the regulatory process Routledge advances in management and business studies. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415199490

Hood, Christopher and Rothstein, H. (1999) Institutions and risk management: problem solvers or blame-shifters In: Hubert, P. and Mays, C., (eds.) Risk Analysis: Opening the Process. Institut de Protection et de Surete Nucleaire, Paris, France, 13-22.

Hood, Christopher and Rothstein, Henry and Baldwin, Robert and Rees, Judith and Spackman, Michael (1999) Where risk society meets the regulatory state: exploring variations in risk regulation regimes Risk Management, 1 (1). 21-34. ISSN 1460-3799

Hood, Christopher and Rothstein, Henry and Spackman, Michael and Rees, Judith and Baldwin, Robert (1999) Explaining risk regulation regimes: exploring the 'minimal feasible response' hypothesis Health, Risk and Society, 1 (2). 151-166. ISSN 1369-8575

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