Seeks to advance the comparative study of executive politics; this includes chief executives and cabinets, the permanent bureaucracy and appointed officials, and the relations between them. SOG is also interested in the development, adoption and implementation of policies, and in the co-ordination and control of decision making.
- Control and Accountability in the Public Sector
Chair: Prof. Eckhard Schroeter - Executive Politics at the Top: The Politics-Administration Interface
Chair: Dr. Katherine Bersch - Policy Compliance in Democratic Backsliding
Chair: Prof. Kutsal Yesilkagit - Presidential Staffs and Government Centers: A Comparative Perspective on Government Advisory Structures
Chair: Dr. Daniel Casal - Public Trust in Populistic Times
Chair: Prof. Anat Gofen - Representative Bureaucracy in Theory and Practice
Chair: Dr. Robert Cox - Street-level Bureaucracy in Times of Democratic Backsliding
Chair: Dr. Gabriela Lotta - The Politics of Bureaucratic Reputation in China
Chair: Prof. Sicheng Chen