Global democracy, legitimacy and human rights

• Areas of expertise
• Current research projects
• Selected recent publications
• Postgraduate research

Areas of expertise

• Labour movement politics and history
• New social movements, such as anti-globalisation radicalism and environmentalism
• Theories of justice and democracy
• Constitutional design, citizenship and rights protection
• Comparative corruption
• Political party financing
• Legitimation theories

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Current research projects

The Politics of Rights: Australia in Comparative Perspective.
Investigators: Prof. Brian Galligan, Dr John Chesterman, Prof. Ted Morton

The corruption-organised crime nexus in four European states, with particular reference to people.
Chief Investigator: Prof. Leslie Holmes

Fragility and Security: Human Rights, State Wrongs and Democratic Solidarity.
Dr Andrew Schaap (Australian Postdoctoral Fellow)

Reason in Revolt: The Role of Intellectuals in Australian Radicalism.
Investigators: Prof. Verity Burgmann, Prof. Stuart Macintyre, Prof. Andrew Milner

Communicating power: Political consultants, symbolic production and media democracy.
Chief Investigator: Dr Michael Crozier

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Selected recent publications

Books

Verity Burgmann, Power, profit and protest. Australian social movements and globalisation, (Allen & Unwin, 2003).

John Chesterman, D. Philips (eds), Selective Democracy: Race, Gender and the Australian Vote, (Melbourne Publishing Group/Circa, 2003).

Robyn Eckersley, The green state: rethinking democracy and sovereignty, (MIT Press, 2004).

Brian Galligan & Winsome Roberts, Australian Citizenship, (Melbourne University Press, 2004).

Adrian Little, Democracy and Northern Ireland: beyond the liberal paradigm? (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004).

Book chapters

Verity Burgmann, "Moloch's little mate: the ruling class and the Australian Labor Party" in N. Hollier (ed.), Ruling Australia: the power, privilege and politics of the new ruling class, (Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2004), pp. 48-69.

Verity Burgmann, "Active citizenship against marketisation: comunity resistance to neo-liberalism" in G. Patmore (ed.), The vocal citizen: Labor essays 2004, (Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2004), pp. 116-131.

John Chesterman, “'An unheard of piece of savagery': indigenous Australians and the federal vote" in Selective democracy: race, gender and the Australian vote (Melbourne: Melbourne Publishing Group/Circa, 2003), pp.21-31.

Robyn Eckersley, “Politics and policy” in Managing Australia's environment, (Sydney: Federation Press, 2003), pp.485-500.

Brian Galligan, "The High Court's role in government and nation" in P. Crane (ed.), Centenary essays for the High Court of Australia, (LexisNexis, 2004), pp. 35-53.

Brian Galligan, "Political parties and constitutional change" in W. Hudson & A.J. Brown (eds.), Restructuring Australia: regionalism, republicanism and reform of the nation-state, (Federation Press, 2004), pp. 140-152.

Brian Galligan, “A role for religion in citizenship and national life" in Spirit of Australia II: religion in citizenship and national life, (Adelaide: Australian Theological Forum, 2003), pp.24-41.

Brian Galligan, “Federalism and the constitution" in The Cambridge handbook of social sciences in Australia, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003), pp.234-248.

Leslie Holmes, “Political corruption in central and eastern Europe" in Corruption in contemporary politics (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2003), pp.193-206.

Brian Howe, “An Australia come of age" in Spirit of Australia II: religion in citizenship & national life (Adelaide: Australian Theological Forum, 2003), pp.201-206.

David Tucker, “Representation-reinforcing review: comparing experiences in the United States and Australia” in Human rights protection: boundaries and challenges, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003), pp.159-174.

Journal articles

Peter Chen, “Advocating online censorship”, Australian Journal of Public Administration. 62 (2003), pp. 43-64.

Peter Gibilisco, “A just society inclusive of 'people with disabilities'”, Journal of Australian Political Economy. 52 (2003), pp. 128-142.

Christopher Hobson, "Rethinking democracy: the end of democratic transitions", Melbourne Journal of Politics. 29 (2004), pp. 56-67.

Winsome Roberts, “Reading the people’s stories: tales of trial and toil and Australia’s federal republic”, Journal of Australian Studies. 79 (2003), pp. 95-103.

Conference papers

Verity Burgmann, "Striking back against empire: autonomist Marxism and globalization", Australasian Political Studies Association Conference 2004, (APSA/University of Adelaide, 2004).

Robyn Eckersley, ”The WTO and multilateral environmental agreements: a case of disciplinary neoliberalism?”, Refereed papers from the 2003 APSA conference, (School of Government, University of Tasmania, 2003).

Brian Galligan, Ted Morton, "Australian rights protection", Australasian Political Studies Association Conference 2004, (APSA/University of Adelaide, 2004).

Brian Galligan, Winsome Roberts, ”Australian multiculturalism: its rise and demise”, Refereed papers from the 2003 APSA conference, (School of Government, University of Tasmania, 2003).

Leslie Holmes, ”Corruption and democratisation: problems of legitimation in Russia and other post-communist states”, Refereed papers from the 2003 APSA conference, (School of Government, University of Tasmania, 2003).

Adrian Little, "Liberal democracy, ethics and the politics of disagreement", Australasian Political Studies Association Conference 2004, (APSA/University of Adelaide, 2004).

Jonathan Symons, ”NGOs in international organizations: searching for legitimacy in global governance?”, Refereed papers from the 2003 APSA conference, (School of Government, University of Tasmania, 2003).

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Postgraduate research

PhD

Bernice Bovenkerk: The biotechnology debate. (Supervisors: Robyn Eckersley, Frans Brom (Utrecht))

Donald Bowser: Corruption in the former Soviet Union. (Supervisor: Leslie Holmes)

Ian Duncanson: Law, the English subject and the empire.(Supervisor: Phillip Darby)

Dora Horvath: Conceptualising the emerging notion of citizenship in the European Union. (Supervisors: Brian Galligan & Philomena Murray)

Joshua Puls: The contribution of the Catholic church to political and legal processes in Australia. (Supervisor: Paul Smyth)

John Roskam: Liberalism and the Liberals: concepts of Australian liberalism and the Liberal Party of Australia, 1944-1996. (Supervisor: Brian Galligan)

Sandra Rudland: Literary and legal narratives of sovereign subjectivity. (Supervisor: Judith Grbich)

Geoffrey Slack: Contemporary policy initiatives in Victoria: Spatial governance, social inclusion and practical applications. (Supervisor: Paul Smyth)

Craig Smith: Antimonies of emancipation: Political philosophy and psychoanalysis. (Supervisor: Michael Dutton)

Jonathan Symons: Legitimacy, international regimes and responses to NGOs. (Supervisor: Robyn Eckersley)

Vicki Turner: The growth of religion and civil society in China. (Supervisor: Michael Dutton)

Andrew Ure: Anarchism and 'anti-globalisation' movements. (Supervisor: Verity Burgmann)

Catherine Woodward: The dynamics of Aboriginal policy: interests, institutions and ideas. (Supervisor: Brian Galligan)

Kristy Yeats: The new left movement in Australia, 1956-1975. (Supervisors: Verity Burgmann & Graeme Willett (Australian Centre))

MA

Julie Baird: The Victorian Legislative Council: in search of its democratic legitimacy. (Supervisor: John Chesterman)

Jessica Brennan: Politics of democracy and sovereignity. (Supervisor: Michael Dutton)

Sarjit Sidhu: The enlightenment and contemporary political practice. (Supervisor: David Tucker)

Gabriel Turzo: Moral leadership or policy imperialism: the international impact of America's war on drugs. (Supervisor: David Tucker)

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