Prof Roderick Rhodes

Career: Univ of Birmingham 1970-76, Univ of Strathclyde 1976-79, Univ of Essex 1979-89, prof of politics and head of Dept Univ of York 1989-94, prof of politics Univ of Newcastle upon Tyne 1994-2002; ANU: prof of political science and head of dept 2003-07, distinguished prof of political science 2006-11, dir Research Sch of Social Sciences 2007-08; prof of govt Univ of Tasmania 2008-, prof of govt (research) Univ of Southampton; adjungeret prof Institut for Statskundskab, Kobenhans Universitet 1998-2003, visiting research prof of politics and public policy Griffith Univ Brisbane 1999-2003; chm Public Admin Ctee Jt Univ Cncl for Social and Public Admin 1996-99; pres Political Studies Assoc 2002-05 (chm 1999-2002); research dir ESRC Whitehall Research Prog 1984-99, chair Local Governance Steering Ctee of ESRC 1992-98; ed Public Admin 1986-; Sam Richardson Prize for best article published in Australian Jl of Public Administration 2007; fell Aust Acad of Social Sci 2004-, academician Acad of Social Sciences 2002-

Books and Publications: Control and Power in Central-Local Government Relations (1981, 2 edn 1999), The National World of Local Government (1986), Beyond Westminster and Whitehall (1988), Policy Networks in British Government (ed, 1992), Prime Minister, Cabinet and Core Executive (jt ed, 1995), Understanding Governance (1997), United Kingdom (ed, 2 vols, 2000), Transforming British Government (ed 2 vols, 2000), Interpreting British Governance (jtly, 2003), Governance Stories (jtly, 2006), The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions (jt ed, 2006), Observing Government Elites (jt ed, 2007), Comparing Westminter (jtly, 2009), The Australian Study of Politics (ed, 2009), The State as Cultural Practice (jtly, 2010)