| Title | Situating Australian democracy |
|---|---|
| Contributor | Patrick Dunleavy(author) |
| Mark Evans(author) | |
| Harry Hobbs(author) | |
| Patrick Weller(author) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.ada.a |
| Landing page | https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.ada.a |
| License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
| Publisher | LSE Press |
| Published on | 2024-12-05 |
| Language | English (Original) |
Patrick Dunleavy is Emeritus Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He worked in the Department of Government at LSE from 1979 to 2020. He is also Emeritus Professor of Government at the University of Canberra, where he was Centenary Professor 2015–2020. A Fellow of the British Academy and the Academy of Social Sciences, he also served as founding editor-in-chief at LSE Press from 2020–2023. He was director of the UK Democratic Audit from 2013 to 2020. His recent books include The UK’s Changing Democracy: The 2018 Democratic Audit (open access from LSE Press, 2018, co-edited) and Maximizing the Impacts of Academic Research (Palgrave, now Bloomsbury Press, 2021, co-authored with Jane Tinkler).
Mark Evans (FIPPA, FRS) is Deputy Vice Chancellor Research at Charles Sturt University and was formerly Director of Democracy 2025 at the Museum of Australian Democracy in Canberra from 2018 to 2022. Prior to this, he was Executive Director of the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis at the University of Canberra (2009-18) and editor of the international journal Policy Studies (2004 to 2021). His research focuses on evaluating domestic and international evidence on how to improve democratic governance and practice. His most recent books include Saving Democracy (Bloomsbury Press, 2022, co-authored with Gerry Stoker) and From Turnbull to Morrison: The Trust Divide (Melbourne University Press, 2019, with Michelle Grattan and Brendan McCaffrie).
Harry Hobbs is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law and Justice at the University of New South Wales. His research articles are in constitutional law, indigenous legal issues (especially in Australia), human rights law, transitional justice and international criminal law.
Patrick Weller is Professor Emeritus in the School of Government and International Relations at Griffith University. He has authored numerous journal articles and books on political science, mainly on prime ministers and cabinet government, on policy-making and comparative executive politics. His most recent books include Comparing Cabinets: Dilemmas of Collective Government (Oxford University Press, 2021, co-authored with Dennis C. Grube and R.A.W. Rhodes) and Comparing Westminster (Oxford University Press, 2009, co-authored with R.A.W. Rhodes and John Wanna).