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Mr Geoffrey Merrick Fougere

School of Social and Political Sciences

Fields of Research

  • Health policy
  • Political sociology
  • Sociology of economic life
  • Sociology of innovation

Researcher Summary

Current research focus is on the emerging pattern of governance in the health sector, with particular attention paid to issues of distributed learning. Longer term research interests, of which the health governance project is a part, focus on the emergence of new, networked forms of state agency and governance in economic and social policy.

Subject Area: Disciplines

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Publications


  • Fougere, G. and Langford, B. (2006) Working together for health and wellbeing (Keynote Address). Palmerston North, New Zealand: Public Health Association of New Zealand Conference 2006, 4-7 Jul 2006. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Fougere, G. (2005) After quasi-markets: Changing forms of governance in the New Zealand health sector. Budapest, Hungary: 17th Annual Meeting, Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, 30 Jun-2 Jul 2005. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Fougere, G. and Langford, B. (2005) Assessing policies for their impact on health - Experiences of the Public Health Advisory Committee. Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Association for Social Impact Conference, 28-29 Apr 2005. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Earle, M. and Fougere, G. (2005) Decision making about new health interventions - A comparison between Australia and New Zealand. Canberra, Australia: 4th Health Services and Policy Research Conference, 13-16 Nov 2005. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Fougere, G. (2001) Transforming health sectors: new logics of organizing in the New Zealand health system. Social Science and Medicine 52: 1233--42. (Journal Article)
  • Fougere, G. (1999) The End of the Hospital? Reorganizing Health Systems. Chicago: Invited paper, Section on Comparative and Historical Sociology, Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, 6-10 August 1999. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Fougere,G. (1997) Transforming health sectors: new logics of organizing in the New Zealand health system. Toronto, Canada: Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, 9-13 August 1997. (Conference Contribution - Other)