By Professor Peter Blunt

Journal articles

Blunt P, 2025, 'Fateful Synergies: Global Warming and Non-communicable Diseases in the Pacific Island Countries', Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 37, pp. 220 - 241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02601079251337279

Blunt P; Escobar C; Missos V, 2025, 'Emergency Responses Under COVID-19: Development Assistance, ‘Structural Violence’, and ‘Interpretive Labour’ in Samoa', Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 37, pp. 69 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02601079221121903

Missos V; Blunt P; Domenikos C; Pontis N, 2024, 'Inflated inequality or unequal inflation? A case for sustained ‘two-sided’ austerity in Greece', European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies Intervention, 21, pp. 396 - 415, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/ejeep.2024.0127

Blunt P; Escobar C; Missos V, 2023, 'The political economy of bilateral aid_ African development and the manufacture of consent', Africa Journal of Management, 9, pp. 1 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23322373.2022.2155022

Blunt P, 2021, 'Development Undone: Weber, Kafka and the Organisation of Supply-Side Vested Interests', Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 33, pp. 74 - 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0260107919896879

Blunt P, 2018, 'Varoufakis Versus Europe’s Deep Establishment: ‘Frail Deeds’, Apologias and a Battle Lost Before It Was Begun', Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 30, pp. 210 - 225, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0260107918769124

Blunt P; Mamundzay F; Nasary M, 2017, 'The long and the short of policy pantomime in Afghanistan', Progress in Development Studies, 17, pp. 67 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1464993416674303

Blunt P; Khamoosh S, 2016, 'Vexatious voice: The politics of downward accountability and subnational governance reform in Afghanistan', Progress in Development Studies, 16, pp. 81 - 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1464993415608085

Blunt P; Sainkhuu G, 2015, 'Serendipity and stealth, resistance and retribution: Policy development in the Mongolian mining sector', Progress in Development Studies, 15, pp. 371 - 385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1464993415592763

Blunt P; Mamundzay F; Yama N; Afghan H, 2015, 'Policy paradigms, subnational governance and the state sovereignty gap in Afghanistan', Progress in Development Studies, 15, pp. 270 - 285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1464993415578981

Blunt P, 2014, 'Whose resources are they anyway? 'Development assistance' and community development agreements in the Mongolian mining sector', Progress in Development Studies, 14, pp. 383 - 399, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1464993414521491

Blunt P; Turner M; Lindroth H, 2013, 'Morton's Fork: "Democracy" Versus Neopatrimonialism in Developing Countries', International Journal of Public Administration, 36, pp. 45 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2012.713293

Blunt P; Lindroth H, 2012, 'Development's Denial of Social Justice', International Journal of Public Administration, 35, pp. 471 - 481, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2012.655357

Blunt P; Turner M; Lindroth H, 2012, 'Patronage, Service Delivery, and Social Justice in Indonesia', International Journal of Public Administration, 35, pp. 214 - 220, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2011.641050

Blunt P; Turner M; Lindroth H, 2012, 'Patronage's progress in post-soeharto Indonesia', Public Administration and Development, 32, pp. 64 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pad.617

Blunt P, 2012, 'Toxic technical assistance in conditions of state fragility: Field notes from Iraq', Progress in Development Studies, 12, pp. 337 - 352, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/146499341201200405

Blunt P; Turner M; Hertz J, 2011, 'The meaning of development assistance', Public Administration and Development, 31, pp. 172 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pad.592

Blunt P, 2009, 'The political economy of accountability in timor-leste: Implications for public policy', Public Administration and Development, 29, pp. 89 - 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pad.522

Blunt P; Turner M, 2005, 'Decentralisation, democracy and development in a post-conflict society: Commune councils in Cambodia', Public Administration and Development, 25, pp. 75 - 87, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pad.349

Blunt P, 2003, 'Governance conditions, roles and capacity-building needs in the rebel-held areas of Southern Sudan', Public Administration and Development, 23, pp. 125 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pad.272

Jones ML; Blunt P, 1999, ''Twinning' as a method of sustainable institutional capacity building', Public Administration and Development, 19, pp. 381 - 402, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-162X(199910)19:4<381::AID-PAD87>3.0.CO;2-1

Blunt P; Jones M, 1999, 'Comments on Carr and MacLachlan (1999)', Journal of International Development, 11, pp. 146 - 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1099-1328(199901/02)11:1<146::aid-jid571>3.0.co;2-g

Blunt P; Jones ML, 1997, 'Exploring the limits of Western leadership theory in East Asia and Africa', Personnel Review, 26, pp. 6 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00483489710157760

Blunt P, 1997, 'Prisoners of the paradigm: Process consultants and 'clinical' development practitioners', Public Administration and Development, 17, pp. 341 - 349, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-162X(199708)17:3<341::AID-PAD954>3.0.CO;2-N

Blunt P; Jones ML, 1997, 'Motivational muddles, recycled conventional wisdom and straw men in Malaŵi: Comments on Carr, MacLachlan, Kachedwa and Kanyangale (1997)', Journal of International Development, 9, pp. 913 - 917, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1099-1328(199711)9:7<913::aid-jid494>3.0.co;2-x

Jones ML; Blunt P; Sharma KC, 1996, 'Managerial perceptions of leadership and management in an African public service organization', Public Administration and Development, 16, pp. 455 - 467, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-162X(199612)16:5<455::AID-PAD897>3.0.CO;2-Z

Blunt P, 1995, 'Cultural relativism, ‘good’ governance and sustainable human development', Public Administration and Development, 15, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pad.4230150102

Southall R; Jones ML; Blunt P, 1995, 'Letter to the Book Reviews Editor', Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 13, pp. 139 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02589009508729567

Blunt P; Collins P, 1994, 'Introduction', Public Administration and Development, 14, pp. 111 - 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pad.4230140201

Jones ML; Blunt P, 1993, 'Organizational development and change in africa(1))', International Journal of Public Administration, 16, pp. 1735 - 1765, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01900699308524871

Blunt P, 1992, 'BECOMING INTERNATIONAL*', Australian Journal of Public Administration, 51, pp. 147 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8500.1992.tb00230.x

Blunt P, 1992, 'East Africa Strikes Back — A Rejoinder to ‘Inside East Africa, Outside the Research Culture’', Organization Studies, 13, pp. 119 - 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/017084069201300110

Blunt P, 1992, 'INSTITUTION BUILDING AS A MEANS FOR INTERNATIONALISING PUBLIC ORCANISATIONS IN AUSTRALIA*', Australian Journal of Public Administration, 51, pp. 268 - 273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8500.1992.tb00247.x

Blunt P; Jones M, 1991, 'Editorial: Human resource management in developing countries', International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2, pp. 3 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09585199100000047

Blunt P, 1991, 'Organizational culture and development', International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2, pp. 55 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09585199100000051

van Nieuwkerk A; Blunt P; Kayira G; Smith MVW; Skeen A; Smith M; Palmer R; Bank L; Whisson M; Anglin D; Spiegel A; Vyver JVD; Harries P, 1991, 'Reviews', Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 10, pp. 97 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02589009108729516

Blunt P, 1990, 'Recent Developments in Human Resource Management: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly', International Journal of Human Resource Management, 1, pp. 45 - 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09585199000000039

Blunt P, 1990, 'Strategies for enhancing organizational effectiveness in the Third World', Public Administration and Development, 10, pp. 299 - 313, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pad.4230100306

Grundlingh A; Simkins C; Newbury C; Esterhuysen P; Tamarkin M; Fair TJD; Decalo S; Dale R; Nel P; Bemath AS; Blunt P; Napier CJ; Whisson MG; Grobler J, 1990, 'Reviews', Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 9, pp. 243 - 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02589009008729499

Blunt P; Richards D; Wilson J, 1989, 'The ‘hidden‐hand’ of public administration in newly‐emerging states: A theoretical and empirical analysis', Journal of International Development, 1, pp. 409 - 443, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jid.3380010402

Blunt P, 1988, 'Cultural Consequences for Organization Change in a Southeast Asian State: Brunei', Academy of Management Perspectives, 2, pp. 235 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ame.1988.4277262

Decalo S; Finlayson R; Swanepoel HJ; Schneider K; Leistner GME; Blunt P; Whisson MG; Wood JRT; Parkington J; Kongwa S; Fair TJD; Marais D; Pridmore J; Hattingh JL; Davenport TRH; Newbury C; Msimang CT, 1987, 'Reviews', Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 6, pp. 202 - 247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02589008708729473

Blunt P, 1986, 'Managerial Motivation in Kenya and Malawi: A Cross-Cultural Comparison', Journal of Modern African Studies, 24, pp. 165 - 175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X00006790

D'A Henderson R; Abedian I; Theron F; de Beer FC; Rogerson CM; Blunt P; Whisson MG; Dewar D; van Rensburg APJ; Ingham K; Eyberg C; Wood JRT; Wellings P; Hamilton C; Barber J; Wilsenach A; du Pisani A; Frankel P; Fair TJD; Shole SJ; Hlongwane JB, 1986, 'Review', Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 5, pp. 201 - 267, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02589008608729462

Blunt P, 1986, 'Techno- and Ethnocentrism in Organizational Studies: Comment and Speculation Prompted by Ronen and Shenkar', Academy of Management Review, 11, pp. 857 - 859, http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/amr.1986.4284107

Blunt P, 1984, 'Conditions For Basic Need Satisfaction in Africa Through Decentralized Forms of Decision Making', Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 20, pp. 403 - 421, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002188638402000408

Warren DM; Blunt P, 1983, 'Decentralization in Ghana: The Impact on Organizational Effectiveness of Management Training among District and Regional-Level Officials', Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 3, pp. 35 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02589008308729419

Blunt P, 1983, 'Motivation through job design and orientations to work: A theoretical reconstruction and synthesis', Australian Psychologist, 18, pp. 191 - 204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00050068308256252

Blunt P, 1982, 'Work Alienation and Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Some Evidence from Kenya', Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 2, pp. 59 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02589008208729398

Blunt P, 1980, 'Aspects of Psychology and Epistemology', Australian Psychologist, 15, pp. 41 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00050068008254370

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