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Have mandate, will travel: The developing roles of the councillor above and below the council house (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Oliver, T. (2013, September). Have mandate, will travel: The developing roles of the councillor above and below the council house. Paper presented at Policy & Politics Conference: 'Transforming Policy & Politics: The Future of the State in the 21st Century', Marriot Hotel, Bristol, UK

The modern councillor lives in an era of complex local governance operating in multiple arenas and networks rather than purely through old-style national/local government structures. The Localism Act (2011) offers no respite from the challenges to th... Read More about Have mandate, will travel: The developing roles of the councillor above and below the council house.

Making the business case, female quotas in Business: Discourses and logics (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Oliver, T. (2013, March). Making the business case, female quotas in Business: Discourses and logics. Paper presented at 63rd Political Studies Association Annual International Conference: 'The Party's Over?', City Hall, Cardiff, Wales

The recent review conducted by Lord Davies (BIS, 2011) on Women on Boards received over 2,654 responses to the call for evidence from a broad range of academic, corporate and practitioners sources. The report whilst stressing that boards be made of... Read More about Making the business case, female quotas in Business: Discourses and logics.