CASE STUDIES
Our faculty members are engaged in applied and academic research at the regional, national and international level. These case studies provide examples of the Academy of Government's contribution to research and public engagement. Each case study features recent books, papers, articles, and other publications by AoG faculty.
Public Management
The audit, inspection and scrutiny of government and public services are big business.The UK, in particular, has a bewildering array of organisations charged with this task, and their proliferation and expansion over the last two decades has been the subject of contentious debate.
Island nationalisms
An international workshop was convened at the University of Edinburgh on 8-10 September 2011, chaired by Dr Eve Hepburn (AoG) and Professor Godfrey Baldacchino (University of Prince Edward Island). The workshop featured discussion of the role of independence parties and movements in sub-national island jurisdictions in an age of European integration and globalisation.
European Integration
The European Union’s Executive Agency for Education, Audiovisual and Culture recently awarded the University of Edinburgh a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence.
Devolution
Devolution came out at the top of a list of the most successful policies of the last 30 years, according to a 2010 poll of politics academics in the UK. Not everyone would agree, especially in Scotland, where there is still a vigorous debate about what kind of powers the Scottish parliament should have – up to and including full national independence.
African Development
M-PESA (mobile money in Swahili) has taken off as a mobile branchless banking service that opens us basic banking facilities such as transfer of cash to low-income people who would ordinarily not have access to such services.
This page was published on 8 December 2011
