Jonathan George Boston ONZM (born 1957) is a New Zealand academic and professor of policy studies at the Victoria University of Wellington School of Government.
Jonathan Boston | |
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.jpg) Boston in 2021 | |
| Born | 1957 (age 66–67) |
| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | The theory and practice of voluntary incomes policies with particular reference to the British Labour government's social contract, 1974–79 (1984) |
| Doctoral advisor | Jim Sharpe David Soskice |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Public policy |
| Website | staff page |
Academic career
Boston got his MA from the University of Canterbury and his DPhil from the University of Oxford.[1]
He was the co-chair of the Expert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty,[2][3] and has written extensively on climate change policy.[1]
In the 2021 New Year Honours, Boston was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to public and social policy.[4]
Selected works
- Boston, Jonathan, John Martin, June Pallot, and Pat Walsh. Public management: the New Zealand model. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1996.
- Boston, Jonathan, John Martin, June Pallot, and Pat Walsh. "Reshaping the state: New Zealand’s bureaucratic revolution." Victoria University of Wellington Print (1991).
- Boston, Jonathan. "The theoretical underpinnings of public sector restructuring in New Zealand." Reshaping the state (1991): 1-26.
- Boston, Jonathan. The state under contract. Paul & Company Pub Consortium, 1995.
References
External links
- Staff page at Victoria University of Wellington
- Author page at Bridget William Books
- LinkedIn profile