Chapman, Richard A(rnold)

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CHAPMAN, Richard A(rnold)

CHAPMAN, Richard A(rnold). British, b. 1937. Genres: Administration/Management, Politics/Government, Public/Social administration, Social sciences. Career: Air Ministry, London, England, clerk, 1953-55; Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, London, executive officer, 1955-62; Inland Revenue, London, inspector of taxes, 1962; University of Leicester, England, assistant lecturer in politics, 1962-63; University of Liverpool, England, Leverhulme Lecturer in Public Administration, 1963-68, sub-dean of arts faculty, 1966-68; University of Birmingham, England, senior lecturer, 1968-71; University of Durham, England, reader, 1971-85, professor of politics, 1985-96, chair of board of studies in politics, 1973-75, 1988-91, deputy dean of faculty of social sciences, 1975-76, dean, 1976-78, honorary treasurer of St. Chad's College, 1976-79. Publications: Decision Making: A Case Study of the Decision to Raise the Bank Rate in September, 1957; The Higher Civil Service in Britain, 1970; Teaching Public Administration, 1973; (with J.R. Greenaway) The Dynamics of Administrative Reform, 1980; Leadership in the British Civil Service, 1984; Ethics in the British Civil Service, 1988; The Art of Darkness, 1988; (with P.K. Saxena) Public Sector Management: India and Britain, 1990; The Treasury in Public Policy-Making, 1997; (with F. Bealey and M. Sheehan) Elements in Political Science, 1999. EDITOR: (with A. Dunsire) Style in Administration, 1971; The Role of Commissions in Policy Making, 1973; Public Policy Studies: The North East of England, 1985; (with M. Hunt) Open Government, 1987; Ethics in Public Service, 1993; Ethics in Public Service for the New Millennium, 2000. Address: Durham University Business School, Mill Hill Lane, Durham DH1 3LB, England.

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