Staff Profiles

Associate Professor Adrian Little Phone: 8344 8969 Email: little@unimelb.edu.au Office: Room 417, John Medley Building

Background

Adrian Little was educated at Nottingham Trent University and Queen's University Belfast where he was awarded his PhD in 1993. He taught at University College Northampton and Goldsmiths College, University of London where he specialized in political and social theory before joining the department as Lecturer in Political Theory in February 2004. In 2008 he became Associate Professor and Reader in Political Theory and the new Head of School.

Research

Contemporary political and social theory, democratic theory and practice, Northern Irish politics, British politics.

Subjects Taught

• 166-407 Contemporary Political and Social Theory (Honours)
• 166-219 Democracy, Terrorism and Violence (Level 2/3)
• 166-301 Political Analysis (Level 3)

Supervision

Contemporary political and social theory, democratic theory and practice, history of political thought, Northern Irish politics, British politics.

Recent Publications

Books

Democratic Piety: Complexity, Conflict and Violence (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2008)

Democracy and Northern Ireland: Beyond the Liberal Paradigm? (London: Palgrave, 2004)

The Politics of Community: Theory and Practice (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2002)

Book Chapters

‘Commentary on Arthur Aughey’, in C. McGrath and E. O’Malley (eds) Irish Political Studies Reader: Key Contributions, London: Routledge, 2007.

'Community', in I. MacKenzie (ed.) Political Concepts: A Reader and A Guide, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2005.

'Working Time Reductions', in M. Cahill and T. Fitzpatrick (eds), Environment and Welfare: Towards a Green Social Policy (London: Palgrave, 2002)

Journal Articles

'‘Between Disagreement and Consensus: Unravelling the Democratic Paradox’, Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 42, no. 1, 2007.

‘Theorising Democracy and Violence: The Case of Northern Ireland’, Theoria, no. 111, 2006.

'Multiculturalism, Diversity and Liberal Egalitarianism in Northern Ireland', Irish Political Studies, vol. 18, no. 2, 2004.

'The Problems of Antagonism: Applying Liberal Political Theory to Conflict in Northern Ireland', British Journal of Politics and International Relations, vol. 5, no. 3, 2003.

'Community and Radical Democracy', Journal of Political Ideologies, vol. 7, no. 3, 2002.

'Rethinking Civil Society: Radical Politics and the Legitimization of Unpaid Activities', Contemporary Politics, vol. 8, no. 2, 2002.

'Feminism and the Politics of Difference in Northern Ireland', Journal of Political Ideologies, vol. 7, no. 2, 2002.