Catherine Owen argues that understanding how regime type influences public sector performance can illuminate varieties of ‘authoritarian public policy’ and the resilience of authoritarian states. To do so, she calls on the fields of public administration and comparative politics to work together
Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Department of Politics, University of Exeter
Previously, Catherine was British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, also at Exeter.
Prior to her appointments at Exeter, Catherine lectured in the Department of History and Civilization at Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China.
Her primary research interest is citizen participation in public policy-making and delivery in authoritarian conditions, with a focus on Russia and China.
Catherine's most recent research is published in the China Quarterly, European Journal of International Relations, and the Journal of Chinese Governance.
