This page contains archived publications from 2011.
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Journal Articles by Author
Conference Presentations by Author
Media Coverage by Author
Annual Report
Books by Title
Democratizing health : consumer groups in the policy process
Hope
Intercultural Relations in a Global World
Migration, Citizenship and Intercultural Relations
Not Dark Yet: A Personal History
The Secret History of Democracy
Intercultural Relations in a Global World
Lobo, Michele., Marotta, Vince & Oke, Nicole (Eds.) (2011) 'Intercultural Relations in a Global World', Common Ground, USA.
The exploration of cross-cultural contact in a global and transnational world is essential for understanding how we can learn to live with difference in ways that go beyond tolerance. This book explores such contact in Euro-American/Australian societies as well as non-western multiethnic societies such as China, Malaysia, Indonesia and countries within Easter Europe. The contributors in this book expose the power relations underpinning such encounters as well as explore the possibilities for meaningful dialogue.
Migration, Citizenship and Intercultural Relations
Mansouri, Fethi & Lobo, Michele (Eds.) (2011) 'Migration, Citizenship and Intercultural Relations', Ashgate, London.
Migration, Citizenship and Intercultural relations reflects on the tensions and contradictions that arise within debates on social inclusion, arguing that both the concept of social inclusion and policy surrounding it need to incorporate visions of citizenship that value ethnic diversity. Presenting the latest empirical research from Australia and engaging with contemporary global debates on questions of identity, citizenship, intercultural relations and social inclusion, this book unsettles fixed assumptions about who is included as a valued citizen and explores the possibilities for engendering inclusive visions of citizenship in local, national and transnational spaces.
Organised around themes of identity, citizenship and intercultural relations, this interdisciplinary collection sheds light on the role that ethnic diversity can play in fostering new visions of inclusively and citizenship in a globalised world.
The Secret History of Democracy
Isakhan, Benjamin & Stockwell, Stephen (Eds) (2011) 'The Secret History of Democracy', Palgrave Macmillan, London.
Could democracy have a ‘secret’ history? Most of us are familiar with a history of democracy that emphasises the keystone moments in the story of Western civilization: the achievements of the ancient Greeks and Romans, the more recent development of the British parliament, the American Declaration of Independence and the French Revolution, and the gradual global spread of democracy since the end of the Cold War. The central argument of this book is that there is much more to the history of democracy than this foreshortened genealogy admits. There is a whole ‘secret’ history, too big, complex and insufficiently ‘Western’ in character to be included in the standard narrative.
Not Dark Yet: A Personal History
Walker, David (2011) 'Not Dark Yet: A Personal History', Giramondo Publishing, NSW.
David Walker’s eyesight deteriorated suddenly at the end of 2004 as a result of macular degeneration. His blindness caused him to reconsider his own relation to the past, and the history of his family, which, like most families, left very few records. Not Dark Yet: a personal history (Giramondo, 2011) is the result. It traces family connections to the mid-north of South Australia (just south of the Goyder Line) from the late nineteenth century to middle class life in the city from the mid-twentieth century.
The book examines how the past is embodied in everyday experience, as much as in extreme events - it makes the small events and day-to-day foibles of ordinary people bear witness to the social forces which have defined the country. In her review of the book for the Sydney Morning Herald, the novelist and critic Kerryn Goldsworthy commented: ‘the book exerts the same powerful grip on the reader as the family chronicles and sagas of good 19th-century fiction and has the same kind of deep, complicated personal appeal.’
Democratizing health : consumer groups in the policy process
Lofgren, Hans, de Leeuw, Evelyne and Leahy, Michael (2011) Democratizing health : consumer groups in the policy process, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, England.
This book examines the important role of consumer activism in health policy in different national contexts. In an age of shifting boundaries between state and civil society, consumer groups are potentially drivers of democratisation in the health domain. The expert contributors explore how their activities bring new dynamics to relations between service providers, the medical profession, government agencies, and other policy actors. This book is unique in comprehensively analysing the opportunities and dilemmas of this type of activism, including ambiguous partnerships between consumer groups and stakeholders such as the pharmaceutical industry. These themes are explored within an internationally comparative framework, with case studies from various countries. Students and researchers in the fields of health policy and sociology, public policy and social movements will find this relevant and path-breaking book enlightening. It will also prove invaluable for participants and activists in patient and health consumer organisations.
Hope
van Hooft, Stan (2011) Hope, Acumen Publishing Ltd, Durham, England
From the now iconic Barack Obama "Hope" poster of the 2008 presidential campaign to the pit-head "Camp Hope" of the families of the trapped Chilean miners, the language of hope can be hugely powerful as it draws on resources that are uniquely human and universal. We are beings who hope. But what does that say about us? What is hope and what role does it play in our lives?
Book Chapters by Author
Professor Evelyn De Leeuw
Leahy, Michael, Lofgren, Hans and de Leeuw, Evelyne (2011) Introduction : consumer groups and the democratization of health policy, in Lofgren, Hans; de Leeuw, Hans and Leahy, Michael (eds), Democratizing health : consumer groups in the policy process, pp. 1-14, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, England.
Lofgren, Hans, Leahy, Michael and de Leeuw, Evelyne (2011) From activism to state inclusion : health consumer groups in Australia, in Lofgren, Hans; de Leeuw, Evelyne and Leahy, Michael (eds),Democratizing health : consumer groups in the policy process, pp. 177-192, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, England
Professor Baogang He
He, Baogang (2011) 陆克文的“亚太共同体”倡议, Blue Book (2011) : Asian and Chinese economic model to adjust, pp. 103-119, Social Sciences Academic Press, Beijing, China.
Dr Benjamin Isakhan
Isakhan, B., & Stockwell, S. (2011) Introduction: Democracy and History. In B. Isakhan, & S Stockwell (Eds.), The Secret History of Democracy (pp. 1-16). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Isakhan, B., (2011). What is so 'Primitive' about 'Primitive Democracy'? Comparing the Ancient Middle East and Classical Athens. In B. Isakhan, & S. Stockwell, (Eds.), The Secret History of Democracy (pp. 19-34). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Isakhan, B., & Stockwell, S., (2011). Conclusion: Democratising the History of Democracy. In B. Isakhan, & S. Stockwell, (Eds.), The Secret History of Democracy (pp. 219-224). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Leahy, Michael, Lofgren, Hans and de Leeuw, Evelyne (2011) Introduction : consumer groups and the democratization of health policy, in Lofgren, Hans; de Leeuw, Hans and Leahy, Michael (eds),Democratizing health : consumer groups in the policy process, pp. 1-14, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, England .
Lofgren, Hans, Leahy, Michael and de Leeuw, Evelyne (2011) From activism to state inclusion : health consumer groups in Australia, in Lofgren, Hans; de Leeuw, Evelyne and Leahy, Michael (eds),Democratizing health : consumer groups in the policy process, pp. 177-192, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, England
Pan, Chengxin (2011) Shu and the Chinese quest for harmony : a Confucian approach to meditating across difference, in Brigg, Morgan and Bleiker, Roland (eds), Mediating across difference : oceanic and Asian approaches to conflict resolution, pp. 221-247, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Haw.
Dr Matthew Sharpe
Grigg, Russell and Sharpe, Matthew (2011) In the name of the father : understanding monotheism and fundamentalism, in Oppy, Graham and Trakakis, N. N (eds), The Antipodean philosopher, pp. 81-87, Lexington Books, Lanham, Md.
Sharpe, Matthew and Townsend, Daniel (2011) Strauss’s Nietzsche, in Woodward, Ashley (ed.), Interpreting Nietzsche : reception and influence, pp. 131-148, Continuum International Publishing Group, New York.
Journal Articles by Author
de Leeuw, E (2011) Do healthy cities work? A logic of method for assessing impact and outcome of healthy cities, Journal of Urban Health, pp. 1-15, Springer New York LLC, New York, N. Y.
Lofgren, H, Leahy, M and de Leeuw, E (2011) Health activism to health ‘consumers’, Arena Magazine, no. 109, pp. 32-35, Arena Printing and Publications Pty. Ltd, Carlton North, Vic.
Professor Baogang He
He, Baogang (2011) 諍友能否成為一種外交原則？, Twenty-first Century, no. 123, pp. 68-80, Chinese University Press, China.
Dr Benjamin Isakhan
Isakhan, B., (2011). Targeting the symbolic dimension of Baathist Iraq: cultural destruction, historical memory and national identity. Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication, 4(3) see article
Rane, H., Nathie, M., Isakhan, B., & Abdalla, M. (2011). Towards Understanding What Australia's Muslims Really Think. Journal of Sociology. 47(2), 1-21 see article
Dr David Hundt
Hundt, David (2011) Middle powers and the building of regional order : Australia and South Korea compared, The Korea Observer, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 69-94, Institute of Korean Studies, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Hundt, David and Kim, Jaechun* (2011) Competing notions of regionalism in South Korean politics, Japanese Journal of Political Science, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 251-266, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England
Hundt, David (2011) Issues in Australian foreign policy : July to December 2010, Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 270-282, University of Queensland Press, Brisbane, Qld.
Kim, Jaechun* and Hundt, David (2011) U.S. policy toward rogue states : the Bush administration’s policy toward Iraq and North Korea compared, Asian Perspective, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 239-257, Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, Colo
Dr Dawn Joseph
Joseph, Dawn (2011) Early career teaching : learning to be a teacher and staying in the job, Australian Journal of Teacher Education, vol. 36, no. 9, pp. 1-14, Social Science Press, Katoomba, N.S.W.
Dr Hans Lofgren
Lofgren, Hans and Benner, Mats* (2011) A global knowledge economy? Biopolitical strategies in India and the European Union, Journal of Sociology, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 163-180, Sage Publications Ltd., London, England
Lofgren, Hans, Leahy, Michael and de Leeuw, Evelyne (2011) Health activism to health ‘consumers’, Arena Magazine, no. 109, pp. 32-35, Arena Printing and Publications Pty. Ltd, Carlton North, Vic.
Lofgren, Hans (2011) India's parliamentary communism, Arena Magazine, no. 112, pp. 32-35, Arena Publications, Melbourne, Vic.
Professor Fethi Mansouri
Mansouri, F., & Piestsch J, (2011). Local governance and the challenge of religious pluralism in liberal democracies: an Australian perspective. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 32(3) see article
Mansouri, F., (2011). Creating an inclusive national Australian identity. Australian Mosaic, no. 27, pp. 32-34 see article
Dr Chengxin Pan
Pan, Chengxin (2011) Is the south China sea a new dangerous ground for US-China rivalry?, East Asia Forum Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 1-3, ANU E Press, Canberra, A.C.T.
Dr Matthew Sharpe
Boucher, Geoff and Sharpe, Matthew (2011) Financial crisis, social pathologies and 'generalised perversion' : questioning Žižek's diagnosis of the times, New formations : a journal of culture / theory / politics, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 64-79, Lawrence & Wishart Ltd, London, England
Sharpe, Matthew Joel (2011) In the court of a great king : some remarks on Leo Strauss’ introduction to the guide for the perplexed, Sophia, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 141-158, Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Sharpe, Matthew (2011) Reading Camus with, or after, Levinas : rebellion and the primacy of ethics, Philosophy Today, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 82-95, DePaul University, Chicago, Ill.
Sharpe, Matthew (2011) Pierre Hadot (1922-2010), Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, pp. 1-14, Internet encyclopedia of philosophy, unknown
Professor Stan Van Hooft
van Hooft, Stan (2011) Book review : The practices of the self by Charles Larmore, Metapsychology Online Reviews, vol. 15, no. 17, pp. 1-4, Mental Help Net, Dubln, OH
van Hooft, Stan (2011) Author response, Nursing Ethics: an International Journal for Health Care Professionals, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 262-263, Edward Arnold, London, England
van Hooft, Stan (2011) Caring, objectivity and justice : an integrative view, Nursing Ethics : an International Journal for Health Care Professionals, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 149-160, Sage Publications Ltd., London, England
Dr Grazyna Zajdow
Zajdow, Grazyna (2011) Outsourcing the risks : alcohol licensing, risk and the making of the night time economy, Current Issues in Criminal Justice, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 73-84, University of Sydney, Sydney, N.S.W.
Zajdow, Grazyna (2011) Producing the market for alcohol : the Victorian example, Journal of Australian Studies, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 83-98, Routledge, Melbourne, Vic.
Conference Presentations by Author
Dr Abe Ata 'Attitudes of non-Muslim Australian Senior Students to Muslims and Islam: a national survey', CCG Seminar Series, Deakin University, Melbourne, 7 July.
Dr Yoko Harada
Dr Yoko Harada 'What Australians are Missing: Exploration into the Japanese Theatre of the Whaling Dispute', CCG Seminar Series, Deakin University, 25 August.
Dr Benjamin Isakhan
Dr Benjamin Isakhan presented a paper titled 'Iraq and the Arab Revolutions: Protesting the Failure to Democratise Governance' at the Democratising Governance Forum, Deakin University on 18 November.
Dr Benjamin Isakhan presented 'Succeeding and Seceding Iraq' to The 150 years' crisis: Revising Territorial Separatism in World Politics Forum, Deakin University.
Dr Benjamin Isakhan 'Targeting the Symbolic Dimension of Baathist Iraq: Cultural Destruction, Historical Memory, and National Identity', CCG Seminar Series, Deakin University, Melbourne, on 5 May.
Dr Benjamin Isakhan 'Manipulating 'Islam' and 'Democracy' in Iraq's 'Anti-Authoritarianism' presented to Spirited Voices from the Muslim World: Islam, Democracy and Gender Rights, University of Sydney, NSW, April.
Professor Fethi Mansouri presented a paper to Leongatha Secondary College titled 'Australia's Approach to Asylum Seekers and Refugees' on 8 November. Download related newspaper article.
Professor Fethi Mansouri gave a presentation titled 'The Arab Spring' at the Melbourne Writers Festival 20 October.
Professor Fethi Mansouri delivered a presentation titled 'Political Islam and the Arab Spring' to the Religion and the Nation workshop at Deakin Prime on 22 September.
Professor Fethi Mansouri 'Forced Immigration from Conflict Zones in Africa/Asia and the Middle East' presented to the International EOTO World Online Conference, on 26 June.
Professor Fethi Mansouri 'Perspectives on an 'Education and Youth' Research Agenda: Current Trends, Existing Gaps and Conceptual Challenges' plenary paper presented to the United Nations University, UNU-IIAOC Scoping Conference, Barcelona, Spain, on 1-3 June.
Professor Fethi Mansouri & Dr Benjamin Isakhan with Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh convened The Arab Revolution in Context: Socio-Political Implications for the Middle East and Beyond, at Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre, University of Melbourne, on 3 June.
Professor Fethi Mansouri was an invited speaker and facilitator at the UN Alliance of Civilisations Forum, and presented the paper 'What is Cohesive Diversity All About?', in Doha on 2-4 May.
Professor Fethi Mansouri 'Islam and Muslim Diaspora Seen from the West and Australia' paper presented at the UNESCO forum on Religion and Identity in Tunisia, 28-29 April.
Dr Masa Mikola
Dr Masa Mikola 'Cosmopolitan Futures' presented at The Australian Centre', University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 6 April.
Dr Masa Mikola 'In the Middle of Somewhere: the Processing, Training and Containing of New Australian's' presented to Migration and Mobility Network Series, RMIT, Melbourne, 25 February.
Media Coverage by Author
- was interviewed for ABC Radio Melbourne on Whales and Whaling, on 8 April.
- was interviewed for The Advertiser on the Arab Spring, 24 November. Download article.
- was interviewed for ABC Radio on the Blackwater video game and Iraq, on 8 June.
- 'The Middle East Should Not Adopt Western Democracy', The Punch, on 30 may. See article.
- was interviewed for Radio 2SER on the return of the Mahdi army, on 13 April. Listen Online
- was interviewed for ABC Radio Australia on the secret history of democracy, on 4 April. Listen online.
- 'Australia's Mideast Relationship is Easy as 1,2,3', in ABC Unleashed, on 17 March. See article.
- was interviewed for D Magazine in November on the IBIS forum and multiculturalism in Australia. Download article.
- was interviewed for the Ottawa Citizen on 17 November. Download podcast.
- was interviewed for ABC Radio Life Matters as a panelist in a forum on multiculturalism, migration and a sustainable Australia on 10 November. Listen online.
- was interviewed for ABC Radio on the UNESCO decision to accept Palestine's membership on 1 November. Download podcast. Listen online.
- was interviewed for ABC Radio on democracy in Tunisia on 28 October. Listen Online.
- was interviewed for Panorama Youth Radio (RMIT) on the Arab Spring on 26 October.
- was interviewed for Al-Jazeera English TV regarding the death of Gaddafi and its implications for post-revolutionary Libya on 21 October.
- was interviewed for SBS Arabic Language Program on the Arab Spring on 20 October.
- was interviewed for SBS on social inclusion and the IBIS forum on 7 October. Watch Online.
- was interviewed for SBS Radio on social inclusion and the IBIS forum on 4 October. Listen Online.
- 'What is Missing in the UN Millennium Development Goals? in The Age, on 14 June. See article.
- was interviewed for ABC Radio on Australia's immigration policy and asylum seekers, on 13 June. See transcript.
- was interviewed for SBS Arabic Language Program, on social inclusion and international development within the UN system, on 6 June.
- spoke about the future of Arab revolutions at The Monthly Argument, on 12 May.
- 'Creating an Inclusive National Identity', in Mosaic, April. See article.
- was interviewed for Ash-Sharaq Newspaper (Qatar) on the role of civil society in political transformations, on 5 May.
- was interviewed for Deutsche Welle Tv (DW-TV) on migration and politics in the wake of the Arab revolutions, on 24 April.
- spoke about the fallout from Egypt's revolution at The Wheeler Centre - The Talking Point: Egypt and Beyond, on 24 February, 2011. See more details.
- 'In people power, there is hope yet for the Middle East', in Crikey, on 22 February. See article.
- was interviewed for ABC 7:30 Report on the impact of social media on political protests in Egypt and Tunisia on 9 February. See the transcript.
- was interviewed for SBS on the revolution in Tunisia, on 17 Janurary.
2011 Annual Report
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