Francesca Gains
Professor
Environment, Education and Development
University of Manchester
United Kingdom
Biography
Francesca Gains is a Professor of Public Policy and Head of Politics at the University of Manchester. Before becoming an academic she worked in local government & the probation service, and has both government funded and Parliamentary research experience. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and on the editorial board of the Journal of Public Policy, Local Government Studies and the International Review of Administrative Sciences. Her research explores the relationship between political management arrangements and policy outcomes. Current projects investigate of the politics of regulatory decisions examining Impact assessments accross Whitehall Departments (Leverhulme funded); and new arrangements to support Police and Crime Commissioners (with Vivien Lowndes) linked with ERC funded Understanding Institutional Change research.
Research Interest
Specific research interests: Comparative public policy The politics of regulation Gender policy change and policy making processes Political management reform in central and local government especially introduction of police and crime commissioners Labour politics and policies Political management and policy outcomes
Publications
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Metro Mayors - the work begins
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General election 2017 - Is gender still on the agenda? How parties appeal to women voters
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General election 2017: Making the astonishing explicable
