News Breadcrumb Home News ... Professor Christopher Hood and Dr Ruth Dixon receive 2015 Louis Brownlow Book Award Date 16 Nov 2015 Ruth Dixon Christopher Hood Share image/svg+xml image/svg+xml Congratulations to Christopher Hood and Ruth Dixon, whose book 'A Government that Worked Better and Cost Less' has been given this year's Louis Brownlow Book Award.The Brownlow Award is the top book prize in the field of public administration. The award committee honored Hood and Dixon’s book “for its comprehensive study of reform, cost and performance.” You can find out more by clicking here: http://xgov.politics.ox.ac.uk/materials/pdfs/2015_Louis_Brownlow_Winner_Press_Release_Hood_and_Dixon.pdf Other news Image 8 Dec 2025 UN Department of Peace Operations and DPIR launch new Peace & Security Fellowship David Doyle Richard Caplan Image 4 Dec 2025 Oxford Launches its First Executive Education Programme in Geopolitical Risk
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