RC27 - Structure and Organization of Government

Chair

Robert Cox, University of South Carolina
coxrh@mailbox.sc.edu

Co-Chair

Kutsal Yesilkagit, Leiden University
a.k.yesilkagit@fgga.leidenuniv.nl

Vice-Chairs

Prof. Anat Gofen, Hebrew University
anat.gofen@mail.huji.ac.il

Julia Fleischer, Potsdam University, Germany
fleischer@uni-potsdam.de

Board members

Professor Caner Bakir, Koc University, Turkey, CBAKIR@ku.edu.tr

Professor Katherine Bersch, Davidson College, USA, kabersch@davidson.edu

Parisa Maki, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Iran, parisamaki@gmail.com

Professor Patrik Marier, Concordia University, Canada, patrik.marier@concordia.ca

Professor Eckhard Schroeter, German Police University, Germany, Eckhard.Schroeter@dhpol.de

Professor Kutsal Yesilkagit, Leiden University, Netherlands, a.k.yesilkagit@fgga.leidenuniv.nl

Background

Recognised as study group in 1984; granted research committee status in 1987.

Objectives

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.

Website

http://sog27.org/