User:Talderton

Dr. Tony Alderton worked within the Civil Service for many years, and has a thorough understanding of the working of numerous government bodies. After returning to academia, he obtained his PHD from the Sociology department of Bristol University. He is an expert in quantitative data analysis, and has taught this subject at post-graduate level. He has also widely used the ethnographic approach in his research, and is particularly skilled in sensitive interviewing techniques. He has developed many contacts in government and state administrations around the world, and has travelled extensively. His specific research interests lie in the fields of social policy, particularly housing issues, employee relations, human resource management and ethnic relations