Email	allan.mcconnell@sydney.edu.au
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Books

Legrand, T. and McConnell, A. (eds.) (2012 forthcoming), Emergency Policy: Volume III, Global Influences on National Crisis Management. Ashgate: Farnham.

McConnell, A. (2010), Understanding Policy Success: Rethinking Public Policy, Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke.

Boin, A; McConnell, A. and ‘t Hart, P. (eds.) (2008), Governing After Crisis: The Politics of Investigation, Accountability and Learning, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Drennan, L. and McConnell, A. (2007), Risk and Crisis Management in the Public Sector, Routledge: Abingdon.

McConnell, A. (2004), Scottish Local Government, Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh.

McConnell, A. (1999), The Politics and Policy of Local Taxation in Britain, Tudor: Eastham.

McConnell, A. (1995), State Policy Formation and the Origins of the Poll Tax, Dartmouth: Aldershot.

Refereed Journal Articles and Papers

Hindmoor, A. and McConnell, A. (2012 forthcoming) 'Why Didn't They See it Coming? Warning Signs, Acceptable Risks and the Global Financial Crisis', Political Studies

McConnell, A. (2011) ‘Success? Failure? Something In-between? A Framework for Evaluating Crisis Management’, Policy & Society Vol. 32, No. 2. 63-76.

Eriksson, K. and McConnell, A. (2011) ‘Contingency Planning for Crisis Management: Recipe for Success or Political Fantasy?’, Policy & Society Vol.32, No. 2. 89-99.

McConnell, A. (2010) ‘Policy Success, Policy Failure and Grey Areas In-Between', Journal of Public Policy, Vol. 30, No.3, pp. 345-362.

Boin, A., McConnell, A., ‘t Hart, P. and Preston, T. (2010), ‘Leadership Style, Crisis Response and Blame Management: The Case of Hurricane Katrina, Public Administration, Vol. 88, No. 3, pp. 706-723

Marsh, D. and McConnell, A. (2010) ‘Towards a Framework for Establishing Policy Success: A Reply to Bovens’, Public Administration, Vol. 88, No 2, pp. 564-583

Marsh, D. and McConnell, A. (2010), ‘Towards a Framework for Establishing Policy Success’, Public Administration, Vol. 88, No 2, pp. 586-587

Schwarz, Y. and McConnell, A. (2009), ‘Remote Crisis Management: Australia's 2006 Rescue of Citizens Trapped in Lebanon’, Australian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 63, No. 2, pp. 235-250.

Schwartz, R. and McConnell, A. (2009), ‘Do Crises Help Remedy Regulatory Failures? A Comparative Study of the Walkerton Water and Jerusalem Banquet Hall Disasters’, Canadian Public Administration, Vol. 52, No. 1, pp. 92-112. [Winner of the J.E. Hodgetts Award for the best English-language article published in Canadian Public Administration during 2009]

Boin, A., ‘t Hart, P. and McConnell, A. (2009), ‘Crisis Exploitation: Political and Policy Impacts of Framing Contests’, Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 81-106.

McConnell, A., Gauja, A. and Botterill, L.C. (2008), ‘Policy Fiascos, Blame Management and AWB Limited: The Howard Government’s Escape from the Iraq Wheat Scandal’, Australian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 599-616.

McConnell, A. (2008), ‘Ripples Not Waves: A Policy Configuration Approach to Reform in the Wake of the 1998 Sydney Water Crisis’, Governance, Vol. 21, No 4, pp.551-580.

Marsh, D. and McConnell, A. (2008), ‘Towards a Framework for Examining Policy Success’, Refereed paper presented at the Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, Governance and Public Policy Stream, University of Queensland, 6 – 9 July.

Boin, A. and McConnell, A. (2007), ‘Preparing for Critical Infrastructure Breakdowns: The Limits of Crisis Management and the Need for Resilience’, Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 50-59.

Boin, A. and McConnell, A. (2007), ‘Editorial Introduction: Unravelling the Puzzles of Critical Infrastructures’, Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 1-3.

Boin, A. McConnell, A. and ‘t Hart, P. (2006), ‘Inertia or Change? Crisis-induced Challenges for Political Leaders’, Refereed paper presented to the Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, University of Newcastle 25-27 September, [[http://www.newcastle.edu.au/school/ept/politics/apsa/abs.publicpolicy.html ||http://www.newcastle.edu.au/school/ept/politics/apsa/abs.publicpolicy.html]]

McConnell, A. and Drennan, L. (2006), ‘Mission Impossible? Planning and Preparing for Crisis’, Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Vol. 14, No. 2. pp. 59-70.

Dinan, W. Ford, A. McConnell, A and Pyper, R. (2006), ‘Policy Responses to Crisis: The Case of the UK Firefighters’ Dispute’, Policy & Politics, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 307-323.

McConnell, A. (2006), ‘Shifting the Balance? Central-Local Relations in Post-Devolution Scotland’, International Review of Administrative Sciences, Vol. 71, No. 2, pp. 71-82.

McConnell, A, (2004), ‘Has Devolution Transformed Scottish Local Government? Notes from a Small Country Facing Common Problems of Governance’, Refereed paper presented to the Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, University of Adelaide, 29 September - 1 October, [[http://www.adelaide.edu.au/apsa/papers/||http://www.adelaide.edu.au/apsa/papers/]]

McConnell, A. (2003), ‘Overview: Crisis Management, Influences, Responses, Evaluation’, Parliamentary Affairs, No. 56, July, pp. 393-409 (reprinted in A. Boin (ed). 2008. Crisis Management, Three Volumes, Sage: London).

McConnell, A. and Stark, A. (2002), ‘Bureaucratic Failure and the UK’s Lack of Preparedness for Foot and Mouth Disease’, Public Policy and Administration, Vol. 17, No. 4, Winter, pp. 39-54.

McConnell, A. and Stark, A. (2002), ‘Foot and Mouth 2001: The Politics of Crisis Management’, Parliamentary Affairs, Vol. 55, No. 4, October, pp. 664-681 (reprinted in A. Boin (ed), 2008, Crisis Management, Three Volumes, Sage: London).

McConnell, A. (2000), ‘Local Taxation, Policy Formation and Policy Change: A Reply to Peter John', British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Vol. 2, No.1. April, pp. 81-88.

Pyper, R. and McConnell, A. (1998), ‘Westminster: A Parliament in Crisis?’, Working Paper, No. 6, Faculty of Business: Glasgow Caledonian University.

McConnell, A. (1998), ‘Global Experiences of Local Taxation: Lessons for a New Scottish Parliament’, Working Paper, No. 2, Faculty of Business: Glasgow Caledonian University.

McConnell, A. (1997), ‘The Recurring Crisis of Local Taxation in Post-War Britain’, Contemporary British History, Vol. 11, No. 3, Autumn, pp. 39-62.

McConnell, A. and Pyper, R. (1996), ‘The Select Committee on Scottish Affairs: Emerging Themes and Issues’, Scottish Affairs, No. 15, May, pp. 17-31.

Bruce, A. and McConnell, A. (1995), ‘Local Government and the NHS: Accountability in the Hollowed Out State’, Public Policy and Administration, Vol. 10, No. 3, Autumn, pp. 15-28.

Bruce, A. and McConnell, A. (1995), ‘Changing Regimes of Accountability in Local Government and the NHS’, Policy Analysis Research Unit, Faculty of Business: Glasgow Caledonian University, Paper No. 25.

McConnell, A. (1994), ‘The “Crisis” of Conservative Party Funding’, Talking Politics, Vol. 7, No. 1, Autumn, pp. 41-45.

McConnell, A. and Pyper, R. (1994), ‘The Revived Select Committee on Scottish Affairs: A Case Study of Parliamentary Contradictions’, Strathclyde Papers on Government and Politics, Department of Government: University of Strathclyde.

McConnell, A. and Pyper, R. (1994), ‘A Committee Again: The First Year of the Revived Select Committee on Scottish Affairs’, Scottish Affairs, No. 7, Spring, pp. 15-34.

McConnell, A. (1993), ‘Parliamentarism, Policy Networks and the Poll Tax’, Strathclyde Papers on Government and Politics, Department of Government: University of Strathclyde.

McConnell, A. (1992), ‘Scotland After the General Election: The Constitution In Flux?’, Talking Politics, Vol. 5, No. 1, Autumn, pp. 15-17.

McConnell, A. (1991), ‘Public Consultation and the Green Paper "Paying for Local Government"’ Occasional Paper, No. 2, Department of Applied Social Studies, Paisley College.

McConnell, A. (1990), ‘The Birth of the Poll Tax’, Critical Social Policy, 28, Summer, pp. 67-78.

Book Chapters

McConnell, A. (2012 forthcoming), 'Learning From Success and Failure?' in Araral, E., Fritzen, S., Howlett, M., Ramesh, M. and Xun, W. Routledge Handbook of Public Policy, Routledge: Abingdon.

McConnell, A. (2012 forthcoming), ‘Institutionalism’ in R. Smith, A. Vromen and I. Cook (eds), Contemporary Politics in Australia: Theories, Practices and Issues, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.

Boin, A. McConnell, A and ‘t Hart, P. (2010), ‘Coping With Unscheduled Events: The Challenges Of Crisis Leadership’ in R. A. Couto (ed), Political and Civic Leadership: A Reference Handbook, Sage.

McConnell, A. (2009), ‘Framing Dilemmas in the Quest for Successful Crisis Management’ in P. ‘t Hart and K. Tindall (eds), Framing the Global Economic Downturn: Crisis Rhetoric and the Politics of Recessions, Canberra: ANU e-press, pp. 315-321.

Schwartz, R. and McConnell, A. (2008), ‘The Walkerton Water Tragedy and the Versailles Banquet Hall Collapse: Regulatory Failure and Policy Change’, in Boin, A. McConnell, A. and ‘t Hart, P. (eds), Governing After Crisis: The Politics of Investigation, Accountability and Learning, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Boin, A. McConnell, A. and ‘t Hart, P. (2008), ‘Governing After Crisis’ in Boin, A. McConnell, A. and ‘t Hart, P. (eds), Governing After Crisis: The Politics of Investigation, Accountability and Learning, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Boin, A. ‘t Hart, P. and McConnell, A. (2008), ‘Conclusions: The Politics of Crisis Exploitation’, in Boin, A. McConnell, A. and ‘t Hart, P. (eds), Governing After Crisis: The Politics of Investigation, Accountability and Learning, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

McConnell, A. (2000), ‘Issues of Governance in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland’, Chapter 9 in Pyper, R. and Robins, L. (eds), United Kingdom Governance, Macmillan: London, pp. 219-255.

Bruce, A. and McConnell, A. (1996), ‘Accountability in Local Government and the NHS’, Chapter 5 in Pyper, R. (ed), Aspects of Accountability in the British System of Government, Tudor: Eastham, pp. 119-157.

McConnell, A. (1996), ‘Popular Accountability’, Chapter 1, in Pyper, R. (ed), Aspects of Accountability in the British System of Government, Tudor: Eastham, pp. 13-44.

McConnell, A. (1994), ‘A Concluding Thought: Should Parties be Funded by the State?’, Chapter 11 in Robins, L. Blackmore, H. and Pyper, R. (eds), Britain’s Changing Party System, Leicester University Press: Leicester, pp. 203-231.

Edited Special Editions of Journals

McConnell, A. (2011), ‘Success and Failure in Public Crisis Management’. Special Edition of Policy & Society.

Boin, A. and McConnell, A. (2007), ‘Critical Infrastructure Protection: Prospects for a Resilient Approach’, Special Edition of the Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Vol. 15, No. 1.

McConnell, A. and Ridley, F.F. (2003), ‘When Government Must Step in: Crisis Management in British Government’, Special Edition of Parliamentary Affairs, No. 56, July.

Non-refereed Reports, Articles, and Papers

Boin, A. and Rhinard, M. (eds) with Carrel, L. Duke, S. Ekengren, M. Flin, M. Groenleer, M. Kirchner, E. Lagadec, P. Lezaun, J. McConnell, A. Missiroli, A. Ojanen, H. Porfiriev, B. Prezelj, I. (2005), Transnational Breakdowns: What Role for the EU?, European Policy Centre: Brussels.

McConnell, A. (2005), 'Post-Crisis Reform and Learning in the Aftermath of the 1998 Sydney Water Crisis', Report Number: GOV2005-4, Sydney University: School of Economics and Political Science.

McConnell, A. and Pyper, R. (1995), ‘Is the Scottish Committee Doomed?’, Parliamentary Brief, Vol. 3, No. 7. May, pp. 72-74.

McConnell, A. (1995), ‘The Hard Facts Facing the SNP’, Parliamentary Brief, Vol. 3, No. 4, February, pp. 17-18.

Book Reviews

Gender, Politics, Institutions: Towards a Feminist Institutionalism, Mona Lena Crook and Fiona Mackay (eds), (2012 forthcoming), Public Administration.

Time, Policy, Management: Governing With the Past, Christopher Pollitt (2010 forthcoming) in Public Policy and Administration.

Brave New War: The Next Stage of Terrorism and the End of Globalization, John Robb, Reviewed (2008) in Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Vol. 16, No, 3, June, pp, 115-116.

Local Government in the United Kingdom, David Wilson and Chris Game, Palgrave Macmillan: Houndmills, Reviewed (2007) in Public Policy and Administration, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 266-69.

The Government of Scotland: Public Policy Making After Devolution, Michael Keating, Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, Reviewed (2006) in Political Studies, Vol. 4, Issue 1, pp. 77.

Party Politics and Local Government, Colin Copus, Manchester University Press: Manchester, Reviewed (2005) in Public Policy and Administration, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 80-82.

Success and Failure in Public Governance: A Comparative Analysis, Mark Bovens, Paul ’t Hart and B. Guy Peters (eds), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, Reviewed (2002) in Public Policy and Administration, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 75-77.

Recent Conference Papers and Presentations (non-refereed)

McConnell, A. (2012) 'Public Policy as Inaction: The Politics of Doing Nothing', paper presented to the 62nd conference of the Political Studies Association Annual International Conference, Belfast, 3-5April.

McGarvey, N. and McConnell, A. (2012) 'Process, Policy and Politics: Examining Some Convenient Scottish Political Myths', paper presented to the 62nd conference of the Political Studies Association Annual International Conference, Belfast, 3-5 April.

McGarvey, N. and McConnell, A. (2012) 'Has Scottish Devolution Been a Success?', paper presented to the 62nd conference of the Political Studies Association Annual International Conference, Belfast, 3-5April.

Hindmoor, A. and McConnell, A. (2011) 'Hindsight Vs. Foresight: Competing Explanations For Political Failures To Anticipate The Global Financial Crisis', Paper presented to the conference of the Australian Political Studies Association (APSA), Australian National University, Canberra, 26-28 September 2011.

McConnell, A. (2011) 'International Experiences of Policy Evaluation: Understanding Strategies and Risks'. Policy Evaluation Seminar, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, Department of Premier and Cabinet, 2 September.

McConnell, A. (2011) ‘Successful Crisis Management: What is it and Why is it Difficult to Achieve?', Presentation delivered at Australian Emergency Management Institute workshop, Beyond Command and Control: New Leadership for New Crises, 5 May.

McConnell, A. (2010) ‘What is Success in Crisis Management and Can it be Achieved?, Keynote Address, Swiss Society for Administrative Sciences, Berne, 18th November.

McConnell, A. (2009) ‘Assessing the Risks of Harnessing Science and Technology to Produce Better Public Policy’, Paper presented to the Asia-Pacific Science, Technology and Society Network Conference, Griffiths University, Brisbane, 23-25 November.

McConnell, A. (2009), ‘A Framework For Helping Explain Policy Appraisal Strategies’, Paper presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Lisbon, 14-19 April 2009, Workshop 30: The Politics of Policy Appraisal.

McConnell, A. (2007), ‘What is Policy Change? A Small Step on an Uneven Road’, paper presented to Workshop ‘Tracking Policy Through Time: Beyond the Stability-Change Dualism’, Governing by Looking Back Conference, ANU, Canberra, Australia, 12-14 December.

McConnell, A. (2007), ‘Global Experiences of Crisis and Disaster Management: A Public Policy Perspective’, Public Risk Management Association – PRIMA, Annual Conference, Boston, 10-13 June 2007.

McConnell, A. (2006), ‘Global Crises: Lesson Learned’ paper presented to the 14th National Conference of ALARM (National Forum for Risk Management in the Public Sector), Manchester, UK, 26-28 June.

Boin, A. and McConnell, A. (2006), ‘Promoting Resilience: The Role of Leaders in Managing Critical Infrastructure Breakdowns’, Paper presented at the workshop ‘Protecting Critical Infrastructures: Vulnerable Systems, Modern Crises, and Institutional Design’, Conference on Future Challenges for Crisis Management in Europe, Swedish Emergency Management Agency/CRISMART, Stockholm, 4-5 May.

McConnell, A. (2005), 'The Sydney Water Crisis 1998: A Policy Configuration Approach to Post-Crisis Reform and Learning', European Consortium for Political Research Joint Sessions - Workshop on Crisis and Politics: Investigations, Accountability and Learning, Granada, Spain, 14-19 April.

McConnell, A. (2005), ‘The Changing Nature of the Public Sector in Australia and Beyond: From Old Style Public Administration to Joined Up Government’, CPA Australia, Centering on Excellence Conference, Sydney 15 March.

Recent Online Articles and Opinion Pieces

McConnell, A. (2011) The Next Wave – After the Floods Have Subsided, 14 January, Online Opinion