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Senior Lecturer
BA (Hons) Government
PhD (Change Management in Local Government), University of Central England
Current Teaching Area
Current Research Projects
- My research interests are primarily local government and public sector management. I am particularly interested in the issues around Auckland's mismanagement and misgovernance.
Research, Indicative Publications and Conference Presentations
- ‘A Bullock, a Monkey and Robocop: An Assessment of the Directly Elected Mayor in English Local Government.’, Policy and Politics (forthcoming).
- ‘New Zealand’ in Global Report 2007 on Local Democracy and Decentralization. Eastern Regional Organisation for Public Administration (forthcoming).
- (2007). 'The activities of local authority chief executive officers', Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences, 19, 5-14.
- (2007) ‘Towards One Auckland: The case for governance and managerial reform in Auckland, New Zealand’, International Research Society for Public Management symposium, Potsdam, Germany.
- (2007) ‘Local government reform in the worlds NPM laboratory’, United Kingdom Political Studies Association conference, Bath.
- (2007) ‘A world class city needs governance structures and systems: Developing the case for strengthening regional governance in Auckland, New Zealand’, UPE07, Bangkok, Thailand.
- 2006. ‘Reforming local government in England: An assessment of the Blairite agenda’, Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences, 17, 5-15.
- (2006) ‘Are Super Cities going to be a reality for the future of Local Government in New Zealand? Global trends and experiences. The impact on Governance and community representation and the future of Community Boards in a “Super Environment”’, Invited keynote presentation to Future of Local Governance and Democracy in New Zealand Conference.
- (2006) ‘Overcoming the uncertainties of change inevitable in connecting government strategies’, Invited keynote presentation to Third Annual Connecting Government Forum, Sydney.
- (2006) ‘Managing Auckland’, paper presented to the New Zealand Political Studies Association Conference.
- (2006) ‘Globalisation, public management and accountability: The case of city management in Auckland, New Zealand’, paper presented to the Eastern Regional Organisation for Public Administration Conference, Brunei.
- (2005). ‘New Labour and New Local Governance: The rebirth of sub-national government in England?’, paper presented to the Australasian Political Studies Association Conference.
- (2002) ‘Threats and challenges affecting the CEO’. In Dahler-Larsen, P. (Ed.), Social bonds to City Hall. Odense: Odense University Press.
Other information
- Visiting Professor: Urals Academy of Public Administration, Ekaterinburg, Russia - 1998
- Keynote Speaker: Future of Local Governance and Democracy in New Zealand Conference, Manukau City, New Zealand
- Keynote Speaker: Third Annual Connecting Government Forum, Sydney, Australia
- Invited Participant: 'The Contribution of Public Administration Higher Education to the Reform of Public Administration” conference, Babes Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania - 2006
- Visiting Scholar: University of Central England, UK - 2007
- Invited Participant: Council of Local Authorities for International Relations Study Tour, Tokyo/Ishiwara, Japan - 2007
- Trustee: One Auckland Trust
- Member: New Zealand Institute of Public Administration
- Member: New Zealand Political Studies Association
- Member: Australasian Political Studies Association
- Passionate Supporter: Barnsley Football Club
Contact Details
E-mail : A.Asquith@massey.ac.nz
Office: QB 2.08
Phone: 414 0800 Extn. 9219
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