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Martin J. Williams

Martin J. Williams

@Mar_tinW

Associate Professor of Organizational Studies, University of Michigan. Policy implementation, political economy, civil service reform.

Katılım Nisan 2017
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This paper was one of the most fun but also most challenging I’ve ever written. Thanks to all the scholars doing boundary-breaking work in this area and to everyone whose input and encouragement helped this paper come together, and I hope it’s useful! 9/9
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But no one approach tells us everything we want to know; understanding inherently endogenous causal processes requires pluralism in piecing together different forms of knowledge and building bridges across different methodological traditions. 8/
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The article identifies & discusses three causal mechanisms that can lead to inherent endogeneity (there may be more!). In each, the effect of an endogenously chosen action may be different than the effect of the same action when exogenously triggered or forced. 4/
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I define & conceptualize inherently endogenous causal processes & contrast them to the ‘incidental endogeneity’ problems causal inference is designed to address. Incidental endogeneity problems are ‘solvable’ with clever research design; inherent endogeneity problems aren’t. 3/
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The preprint of “Causal Inference, Agency, and the Problem of Inherent Endogeneity” is now up & free at the Annual Review of Political Science! Boring title but actually really fun (I promise!) and hopefully useful to empirical researchers annualreviews.org/content/journa… Short🧵... 1/
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Researchers often try to find or induce exogenous variation in a variable to solve endogeneity problems. But what if the endogenous decision process is part of what produces the causal effect? These inherently endogenous causal processes are what this review is about. 2/
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I'm sad to be leaving the amazing colleagues and even more amazing students at Oxford, but I'll still be involved in the Blavatnik School community in various ways. And I'm also very excited to be joining Org Studies at Michigan and seeing what this next chapter holds! (2/2)
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Martin J. Williams@Mar_tinW·
Life update: after 8 years at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford, today I'm starting a new job as Associate Professor of Organizational Studies and (by courtesy) Political Science at the University of Michigan. (1/2)
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Martin J. Williams@Mar_tinW·
And if you're also unlucky enough not to have read anything by @jean23bean, her book Citizen Outsider: Children of North African Immigrants in France is a brilliant study of race and citizenship in France
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Martin J. Williams@Mar_tinW·
If you haven't read anything of Fred Cooper's before, try Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference, with Jane Burbank. It's world history at mind-boggling scale and scope
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I recently had the pleasure of interviewing the incredible historian Fred Cooper for the @CASBSStanford podcast, with the amazing @jean23bean. It was a fun and mind-expanding ramble about states, migration, citizenship, and empire. Have a listen!
CASBS@CASBSStanford

NEW EPISODE of the CASBS podcast "Frederick Cooper's Illumination of History" CASBS fellows @jean23bean & @Mar_tinW deftly engage three-time fellow Cooper & his life's work, enabling him to put on a master class in conducting historical inquiry LISTEN: #Frederick-Cooper-illumination-history" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">casbs.stanford.edu/podcast#Freder…

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Martin J. Williams@Mar_tinW·
If you're interested in using case-method teaching but don't know where to start, or if you want to learn to do it better, check out this workshop on 19th and 20th June at @BlavatnikSchool Oxford. In-person and online options available.
Blavatnik School of Government@BlavatnikSchool

Are you faculty for a school of government or public policy? Prepare your students for a world of increasing polarisation with the case method. Join our workshop this June. ow.ly/gMcB50Nk2Q6

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Esther E. Spio
Esther E. Spio@EstherSpio·
A splendid scenario for reforming Ghana's Civil Service that got me thinking about; what reforms the Head of Service should prioritise, and for how long? Donor or self (GoG) funded? Though set in 2014, the Case is timely. Thanks to @Mar_tinW, Sarah and @BlavatnikSchool for this!
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English: thecasecentre.org/products/view?… Portuguese: thecasecentre.org/products/view?… Requires setting up a login, but case and teaching note are free for instructors

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Martin J. Williams@Mar_tinW·
Tremendous thanks to the brilliant Sarah McAra, senior case writer @BlavatnikSchool for co-authoring this case, and to Nana Agyekum-Dwamena and the many dedicated professionals throughout the Ghana Civil Service I've had the privilege to work with.
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Public policy and poli sci instructors, here's a new (free!) teaching case on civil service reform in Ghana. Put your students in the shoes of the Head of Civil Service. Designed for masters and exec ed courses. Available in English and Portuguese w/ teaching note. Links below:
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