Professor Keith Dowding
Areas of expertise
- Political Theory And Political Philosophy 160609
- Political Science 1606
- Comparative Government And Politics 160603
- Public Policy 160510
- Public Administration 160509
Research interests
I am interested in supervising students in the areas of
- Political Theory and Political Philosophy - analytic political theory, synthetic political theory, especially freedom, equality, power, democratic theory, theories of justice, rational choice theory, philosophy of social science.
- Public administration - especially politician-agency relations, public sector reform, Australian Politics - especially cabinet, career paths of politicians.
- Comparative Politics - all areas especially electoral systems, comparative legislatures, comparative executives, comparative party systems; collective action.
- British politics; all areas.
- Australian Politics - political elites: ministers, parliamentarians, public service; policy agendas.
- Political Sociology - collective action/mass mobilization; agency-structure; choice.
Biography
Keith Dowding is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Political Philosophy. He arrived at the ANU in July 2007 from the LSE where he was Professor of Political Science He has also held appointments at Brunel University in West London and at the University of Oxford.
He has been a Hallsworth Fellow at Manchester University in 1993-94; Visiting Fellow at RSSS, ANU in 2000-01; British Academy Research Fellow 2005-07, Visiting Fellow Nuffield College, Oxford 2005-07; Visiting Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS) October-December 2007; Viisting PPE Fellow at the Free University of Amsterdam May-June 2019; Visiting Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in Munich 2019-2020; and a Visiting Fellow (remotely) at the Centre for Advanced Studies, Oslo, 2021, and in person May-June 2022.
He currently holds (with others) an ARC Discovery Grant Pathways to Power: Australian Political Careers
He formed (with others) a network of scholars Selection and De-selection of Political Elites (SEDEPE) who are interested in the career paths of political elites.
He formed (with others) the ECPR Standing Group on Methods in Normative Political Theory
He was vice-Chair at the Citizens' Income Trust in the UK an organization educating people about a Citizen's or Basic Income for all to replace all other kinds of social welfare assistance. He edited the Journal of Theoretical Politics from 1996 to 2014 and was Associate editor of Research and Politics 2014-18.
He owns and curates the second largest cornflake collection in the world.
Researcher's projects
All of my research is informed by the rational choice approach which I have found myself defending against misinformed criticism for many years. The funny thing is, I always thought I was a critic of classical rational choice.
Having a very short attention span I work on many different projects at the same time. I am unusual in that I work in both empirical political science and political philosophy.
Work in Empirical Political Science
My main research projects are:
The Careers of Political Elites
There are many strands to my study of elite careers.
Pathways to Power: Australian Political Careers
ARC Discovery Grant DP21010101021 (Funding July 2021-June 2024)
This project maps the career structure of political elites and examines the de-sparation thesis suggesting that the convergence of elite careers produces worse policy outcomes. Held with ANU colleagues Marija Taflaga, Matthew Kerby and Darren Halpin
The project aims to uncover the determinants of successful careers of elected and non-elected political elites. The project expects to generate new knowledge about elite career paths (politicians, political staff, media, interest group personnel and bureaucrats), examine the impact of political elites on the quality of government, and whether this has changed over time. The project should provide significant benefits to academics via theoretical development of processes driving careers progression and establishing Australia as a benchmark case facilitatingfuture international collaboration. It will enhance the capacity of citizens and policy makers to assess the overalleffectiveness of governance and the regulation of political life.
Institutional Rules and their Effects on Cabinet and Ministerial Durability in Advanced Democracies (With Elena Semonova and Andre Kaiser, University of Cologne)
DFG (German Science Foundation) Project Number 469033183 (Funding 2023-2036)
This project examines how specific rules affect the durability and career paths of politicians in advance democracies. It involves the collection of a vast dataset on politiicians, and on the specific rules that govern executive power, legislative and parliamentary rules. An early paper associated with that project appears in European Political Science Review in 2021.
The Accountability of Australian Cabinet Ministers
ARC Discovery Grant DP0985196 (Funded 2009-2011)
This created a data set on Australian ministers, their longevity and factors that lead to their durability. Numerous papers emerged from this project and also a book Keith Dowding and Chris Lewis (eds) Ministerial Careers and Accountability in the Australian Commonwealth Government Canberra: ANU Press, 2012
UK
Previously I had similar work on UK ministers published in various journals and in a book with Samuel Berlinski and Torun Dewan Accounting for Ministers Cambridge University Press 2012.
Westminster
In a sister project with Mattew Kerby and Jennifer Curtin we are comparing Westminister systems at the ministerial and cabinet level
Institutional Rules and their Effects on Cabinet and Ministerial Durability in Advanced Democracies
With Elena Semonova and Andre Kaiser.
This project examines how specific rules affect the durability and career paths of politicians in advance democracies. It involves the collection of a vast dataset on politiicians, and on the specific rules that govern executive power, legislative and parliamentary rules. An early paper from that project appears in European Political Science Review in 2021.
SEDEPE
With Patrick Dumont I set up the academic network Selection and De-Selection of Political Elites (SEDEPE) which encourages data collection on political elites for comparative analysis. We edit a book series Routledge Research on Political Elites which has over twenty books including Keith Dowding and Patrick Duomnt The Selection of Ministers in Europe (2009) and Keith Dowdng and Patrick Dumont (eds) The Selection of Ministers Around the World (2015).
Policy Agendas in Australia
ARC Discovery Project DP110102622 2011-13 held with Aaron Martin of Melbourne University
Part of the International Comparative Policy Agendas initiative this project maps the process of policy formation within Austraiia over time. With over a dozen publications in journals and edited books and Keith Dowding and Aaron Martin Policy Agendas in Australia (Palgrave) 2017.
Public Policy
I have long been engaged with examining urban service-delivery (mostly with Peter John) our book Exits, Voices and Social Investment: Citizens' Responses to Public Services Cambridge: Cambridge University Press was published in 2012.
I am combining with work on public policy with political theory notably freedom and responsibility. My book Its the Government, Stupid (Bristol University Press 2020) argues that government tries to pin responsibility onto citizens for policy failures that are the government's own responsibility via the cult of individual responsibility. I am working with a colleague Alex Oprea examining 'nudge' and other forms of regulation in relationship to freedom, manipulation and responsibility.
Work in Theory and Political Philosophy
Methodology
My book The Philosophy and Methods of Political Science, London: Palgrave, came out in 2016. There were symposiums on the book in Political Studies Review and Australian Journal of Political Science in 2017. I have published articles with Charles Miller and Enzo Lenine extending some of this work and have chapters in several Methodology Handbooks.
I am now extending this work looking at methods in moral and political philosophy, some of this joint work William Bosworth at the LSE with articles in European Journal of Political Theory and Review of Politics. I have run panels on this methods in political philosophy at ECPR General Conference since 2016 and helped set up the ECPR Specialist group of Methods of Normative Political Theory.
Power and Freedom
I have long had an interest in the concept of power and freedom and their relationship. I have published two books on power (Rational Choice and Political Power, Elgar 1991, and Power, Minnesota University Press, 1996) as well as many articles on both power and freedom. Rational Choice and Political Power with two new chapters was ire-issued by Bristol University Press in 2019. A symposium on this book appeared in the Journal of Political Power in 2021. I edited The Encyclopedia of Power Sage in 2011. My book Power, Luck and Freedom: Collected Essays, Manchester: Manchester University Press was published in early 2017. I am working on a project with Martin van Hees (University of Amsterdam) entitled 'Assessing Freedom'.
Other Recent Research
Keith Dowding and Brad Tayler Economic Approaches to Government Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
Current student projects
Chair
Matthew Emond 'Interpration and the Australian Constitution' (commenced July 2022)
Adriano Giuliani 'Sortition versus Party Government' (commenced Jan 2022) Joint Phd with LUMSA
Jarryd Louw 'The Role of Political Power within Analytical Marxism' (commenced February 2022)
Serrin Rutledge-Prior 'Expanding the Circle of Political Inclusion: Animal Rights in Australia' (commenced July 2020)
Panel Member
Past student projects
Edmund Handby 'Evaluating Models of Conceptual Change' graduated 2022
Yarden Niv (external, served on Advisory Committee and Examination Committee, Hebrew University of Jerusalem) 'Moral Experts in Decision-Making: Conceptual and Normative Examinations', graduated 2021
Lars Moen 'The Republican Dilemma: Liberating Republicanism, Sacrificing Pluralism', graduated 2020
Kelvin Lee 'Trust and Environmental Valuation: The Impact of Culture as a System' graduated 2019
Enzo Lenine (external, served on Advisory Committee and Examination Committee, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil) 'Mathematical Models in Political Science', graduated 2018
Ram Prasad Ghamere (Chair John Wanna) ‘Examining the Adoption of Governance Reforms in Nepal: Success or Failure in the Post-Liberalisation Era (1990-2015)?’, graduated 2018
David Monk ‘The Dominant Discourse of Central Bank Independence’, ANU, graduated 2017
Adam Packer ‘The Difference Constitutions Make: A Global Inquiry into the Impacts of Institutional Design' ANU, graduated 2014
William Bosworth ‘Concepts and Consistency in Political Argument’ ANU graduated 2014
Brad Taylor ‘Exit and Voice: Papers from a Revisionist Public Choice Perspective’ ANU graduated 2014
Andrew Klassen ‘Electoral Management Autonomy and Fair Elections: The Effects of Institutional Design on Public Perceptions’ ANU graduated 2014
Mhairi Cowden ‘Should Children Have Rights?’ ANU, graduated 2012
Michael Dalvean ‘The Selection of Ministers in the Australian Federal Parliament’, ANU, graduated 2012
Matthew Laing ‘New Perspectives on Political Time: Populists, Prime Ministers and Perpetual Preemption’ (Chair Paul ‘t Hart), ANU, graduated 2012
Joanne Lau ‘Culture and Obeying the Law’ (Chair Bob Goodin), ANU, graduated 2012
Aaron Martin ‘Why Don’t Young People Vote? A Study of Advanced Democracies’ (Chair Ian McAllister) ANU, graduated 2010
Andre Alves ‘The Employment Effects of Welfare Regimes’ [with Valentino Larcinese] LSE, graduated 2009
Zsuzsunna Chappell ‘Deliberative Democracy and the Discursive Dilemma’ [with Christian List], LSE, graduated 2009
Rekha Diwakar ‘Determinants of the Size of Party in the Indian States’, LSE, graduated 2006
Daniel Rubenson ‘Is It Really about Bowling: How Institutions and Community Affect Participation in American Cities, LSE, graduated 2006
Stewart Astill ‘Networks that Form Policy: The Case of Pension Reform’, LSE, graduated 2006
Rotem Bressler-Gonen ‘Shirking and Shifting Policies: Uncooperative Political Appointees in Local Governments – the Case of Israel’, LSE, graduated 2005
Oliver Curry ‘New Evolutionary Ethics: An Adaptationist Account of Morality’, LSE, graduated 2005
Kennedy Stewart ‘“Persistent Losing” and Electoral Fairness in Four World Cities’, LSE, graduated 2003
Tom Quinn ‘Organizational Reform in the British Labour Party Since 1983’, LSE, graduated 2002
Oliver James ‘The “Next Steps” Agency Model in the UK Central Government 1988-98, with Special Reference to the Benefits Agency’ [with Patrick Dunleavy], LSE, graduated 2001
Yoav Schechter ‘Interests, Strategies and Institutions: Lobbying in the Pharmaceutical Industry in the European Union’, LSE, graduated 1999
Maijia Setala ‘Theories of Referendums and the Analysis of Agenda-Setting’ [with Brian Barry], LSE, graduated 1997
Andrew Hindmoor ‘Socialism and Entrepreneurship: A Rational Choice Approach to an Issue of Compatibility’, LSE, graduated 1996
Shlomo Mizrahi ‘A Theory of Constitutional Change: Game-theoretical Analysis of Socio-Political Processes in Poland, 1976-1981’ [with Brian Barry], LSE, graduated 1995
Publications
- Dowding, Keith 2022 'Geoffrey Brennan: Scholar and Gentleman', Public Choice
- Dowding, Keith & Taflaga, Marija 2022, 'Procedural Rationality in Westminster Systems: How De-Separation Affects the Decision Premise', Public Administration Review , vol. 82, no. 5, pp. 920-930.
- Dowding, Keith 2022 ‘How to Use Imaginary Cases in Normative Theory’ Metaphilosophy vol. 52 no. 3, pp.
- Dowding, Keith & Alexandra Oprea 2022, 'Nudges, Regulations and Liberty', British Journal of Political Science, first view
- Curtin, Jennifer, Matthew Kerby & Keith Dowding, 2022, 'Sex, Gender and Promotion in Executive Office: Cabinet Careers in the World of Westminster', European Governance , first view.
- Dowding, Keith 2022, 'Social and Political Power', in William R Thompson (ed.), Politics Oxford Reserarch Encyclopedias, Oxford University Press online https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.198.
- Dowding, Keith and Lenine, Enzo 2021, 'Models, Conceptual and Predictive: A Response to Johnson's Models-as-Fabels', Perspectives on Politics , first view, pp. 1-10.
- Semenova, Elena and Dowding, Keith 2021, 'Presidential Power Effects on Government and Ministerial Durability’ Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe’ European Political Science Review, vol 13 no 2, pp. 227-248 DOI: https:doi.org/10.1017/S1755773921000059
- Dowding, Keith 2021, 'Individually Lucky, Collectively Powerful: A Response to Friends', Journal of Political Power, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 340-362.
- Dowding, Keith and Bosworth, William 2021, 'Ambiguity and Vagueness in Political Terminology: On Coding and Referential Imprecision', European Journal of Political Theory, vol 20, no 2, pp. 335-354
- Dowding, Keith 2021, 'Power: Ambiguous not Vague’ Journal of Political Power, vol 14 no 1, pp. 11-26.
- Dowding, Keith 2021, 'Why Forecast? The Value of Correct and Incorrect Election Forecasts', PS: Political Science and Politics, vol 54, no 1, pp. 104-106.
- Dowding, Keith 2020, Its the Government Stupid: How Governments Blame Citizens for Their Own Policies , Bristol: Bristol University Press.
- Dowding, Keith 2020, 'The Relationship between Political Philosophy and Political Science' Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 432-444
- Dowding, Keith 2020, 'Response and Comments on Walsh and Oprea', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 466-468.
- Dowding, Keith & Taflaga, Marija 2020, 'Career De-Separation in Westminster Democracies', The Political Quarterly, vol. 91, no. 1, pp. 116-124.
- Dowding, Keith 2020, 'Can a Case Study Test a Theory?: Types and Tokens in Comparative Policy Analysis' , inB. Guy Peer and Guilliame Fontaine (eds), Handbook of Methods for Comparative Policy Analysis, Berlin Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 49-66.
- Dowding, Keith 2020, 'Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: It's the Government, Stupid' Podcast first broadcast 29th October 2020
- Dowding, Keith 2019, Rational Choice and Political Power with Two New Chapters, Bristol University Press, Bristol.
- Dowding, Keith & Taylor, Brad 2019, Economic Perspectives on Government, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Swizerland.
- Dowding, Keith & Miller, Charles 2019, 'On Prediction in Political Science', European Journal of Political Research, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 1001-1018.
- Dowding, Keith, Martin, Aaron & Evans, Rhonda L. 2019, 'The Australian Policy Agendas Project', in Frank Baumgartner , Emiliano Grossman and Christian Bruenig (eds), Comparative Policy Agenda: Theory, Tools, Data, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London, pp. 51-56
- Dowding, Keith 2018, 'Rational Choice Theory and Voting', in Justin Fisher, Edward Fieldhouse, Mark N. Franklin, Rachel Gibson, Marta Cantijo (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Elections, Voting Behavior and Public Opinion, Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 30-40.
- Dowding, Keith, 2018, 'The Advocacy Coalition Framework', in Hal Colebach and Robert Hoppe (eds), Handbook on Policy Process and Governingt,Edward Elgar: Aldershot, pp. 220-231.
- Dowding, Keith 2017,Power, Luck and Freedom: Collected Essays, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
- Dowding, Keith & Martin, Aaron 2017, Policy Agendas in Australia, London: Palgrave.
- Dowding, Keith 2017, 'Australian Exceptionalism Reconsidered', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 52 no. 2, pp. 165-182.
- Dowding, Keith 2017, 'Emotional Appeals in Politics and Deliberation', Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 242-260.
- Dowding, Keith 2017 ‘So Much to Say: Response to Commentators’ Political Studies Review vol. 15, no. 2 (April), pp. 217-230
- Dowding, Keith 2017 ‘The Highlights of The Philosophy and Methods of Political Science’ Australian Journal of Political Science vol. 52 no. 1 (March) 2017, pp. 143-145
- Dowding, Keith 2017, 'Some reflections following the comments', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 158-162.
- Dowding, Keith 2017, 'Developing Democracy. Comment on Proposals for a Democracy of the Future? by Bruno Frey', Homo Oeconomicus, vol. 34, no. 2-3, pp. 207-212.
- Dowding, Keith 2017 ‘Political Theory and its Normative Methods’ in Hans Keman and Jaap Woldendorp (eds) Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Political Science Aldershot: Edward Elgar, pp. 202-213
- Dowding, Keith 2017 ‘Social and Political Power’ Politics Oxford Research Encyclopedias New York: Oxford University Press, 2017
- Dowding, Keith & Goodin, Robert 2017, 'How to Do a Political Theory PhD', in Adrian Blau (ed.), Methods in Analytical Political Theory, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 297-324.
- Dowding, Keith 2016, The Philosophy and Methods of Political Science, Palgrave Macmillan, United Kingdom.
- Dowding, Keith 2016, 'Power and Persuasion', Political Studies, vol. 64, no. IS, pp. 4-18.
- John, Peter & Dowding, Keith 2016, 'Spanning Exit and Voice: Albert Hirschman's Contribution to Political Science', Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, vol. 34B, pp. 175-196.
- Dowding, Keith, Hindmoor, Andrew & Martin, Aaron 2016, 'The Comparative Policy Agendas Project: Theory, Measurement and Findings', Journal of Public Policy, vol 36, no. 1pp. 3-25.
- Dowding, Keith, Hindmoor, Andrew & Martin, Aaron 2016, 'Attention, Content and Measurement: Rejoinder to Adams and Jones', Journal of Public Policy, vol. 36, no. 1 pp. 44-48.
- Dowding, Keith & Dumont, Patrick, eds, 2015, The Selection of Ministers around the World, Routledge, Abingdon and New York.
- Dowding, Keith & Dumont, Patrick 2015, 'Introduction: Agency Rent, Adverse selection and Moral Hazard', in Keith Dowding and Patrick Dumont (ed.), The Selection of Ministers around the World, Routledge, Abingdon and New York, pp. 1-24.
- Dowding, Keith & Lewis, Chris 2015, 'Australia: Ministerial Characteristics in the Australian Federal Government', in Keith Dowding and Patrick Dumont (ed.), The Selection of Ministers around the World, Routledge, Abingdon and New York, pp. 44-60.
- Dowding, Keith 2015, 'Albert O. Hirschman, Exit, Voice and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States', in Steven Balla, Martin Lodge, Edward Page (ed.), Oxford Handbook of the Classics of Public Policy and Administration, Oxford University Press, oxford.
- Boulus, Paul & Dowding, Keith 2014, 'The Press and Issue Framing in the Australian Mining Tax Debate', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 694-710.
- Dowding, Keith 2014, 'Intuitions and Intuition Pumps in Moral and Political Theory', Australian Political Studies Association Annual Conference 2014, University of Sydney, Sydney Australia.
- Martin, Aaron, Dowding, Keith, Hindmoor, Andrew, Gibbons, Andrew 2014, 'The Opinion-Policy Link in Australia', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 499-517.
- Dowding, Keith 2013, 'The Role of Political Argument in Justice as Impartiality', Political Studies, vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 67-81.
- Dowding, Keith 2013, 'The Prime Ministerialisation of the British Prime Minister', Parliamentary Affairs, vol. 66, no. 3, pp. 617-635.
- Dowding, Keith 2013, 'Beneath the Surface: Replies to Three Critics', Parliamentary Affairs, vol. 66, no. 2013, pp. 663-672.
- Dowding, Keith 2013, 'Presidentialisation Again: A Comment on Kefford', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 147-149.
- Dowding, Keith, Hindmoor, Andrew & Martin, Aaron 2013, 'Australian Public Policy: Attention, Content and Style', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 82-88.
- Dowding, Keith, Hindmoor, Andrew & Martin, Aaron 2013, 'Causes, Content and Party Influence on the Australian Policy Agenda', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 72, no. 4, pp. 481-484.
- Boulus, Paul, Dowding, Keith & Pietsch, Juliet 2013, 'Policy Agendas and Immigration in Australia 1996-2012', Australian Journal of Social Issues, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 299-318.
- Dowding, Keith 2013, 'Authoritative, Comprehensive and International', Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica , vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 124-130.
- Dowding, Keith, Capano, Giliberto and Andreatta, Filippo 2013, 'A Guide for Global Political Scientists?', Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, vol. 43, no. 1, p. 123.
- Dowding, Keith 2013, 'Explaining Prime-Ministerial Power: Institutional and Personal Factors', in Paul 't Hart, Paul Strangio and James Walter (ed.), Understanding Prime Ministerial Performance: Comparative Perspectives, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, pp. 57-78.
- Dowding, Keith 2013, 'Book Review: Property-Owning Democracy: Rawls and Beyond. Edited by Martin O'Neill and Thad Williamson. Malden, MA:Wiley-Blackwell, 2012', Perspectives on Politics, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 628-630.
- Keith Dowding and Peter John 2012, Exits, Voices and Social Investment, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK.
- Berlinski, Samuel, Dewan, Torun & Dowding, Keith 2012, Accounting for Ministers: Scandal and Survival in British Government 1945-2007, Cambridge University Press, New York.
- Dowding, Keith and Lewis, Chris (ed) 2012 Ministerial Careers and Accountability in the Australian Commonwealth Government Canberra: ANU E Press
- Keith Dowding, Jorn Fischer and Patrick Dumont 2012 'The Duration and Durability of Cabinet Ministers' International Political Science Review vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 505-519
- Dowding, Keith, Faulkner, Nick, Hindmoor, Andrew and Martin, Aaron 2012 'Change and Continuity in the Ideology of Australian Prime Ministers: The Governor-General's Speeches (1946-2010)' Australian Journal of Political Science vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 455-472
- Dowding, Keith, John, Peter & Rubenson, Daniel 2012, 'Geographic Mobility, Social Connections and Voter Turnout', Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 109-122.
- Dowding, Keith and Lewis, Chris 2012 'Culture, Newspaper Reporting and Changing Perceptions of Ministerial Accountability in Australia' Australian Journal of Politics and History vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 226-250
- Dowding, Keith 2012, 'Why should we care about the definition of power?', Journal of Political Power, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 119-135.
- Dowding, Keith and Chris Lewis 2012 'Hiring, Firing, Roles and Responsibilities of Ministers' in Keith Dowding and Chris Lewis (edited) Ministerial Careers and Accountability in the Australian Commonwealth Government Canberra: ANU E Press, pp. 1-14
- Keith Dowding, Lewis, Chris and Packer, Adam 2012 'The Pattern of Forced Exits from the Ministry' in Keith Dowding and Chris Lewis (edited) Ministerial Careers and Accountability in the Australian Commonwealth Government Canberra: ANU E Press, pp. 115-134
- Keith Dowding and Martin van Hees 2012 'Freedom, Rights and Social Software' in Jan van Eijck and Rineke Verbrugge (eds) Games, Actions and Social Software Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 14-28
- Dowding, Keith & Feiock, Richard 2012, 'Intralocal Competition and Cooperation', in Karen Mossberger, Susan E Clarke, Peter John (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Urban Politics, Oxford University Press, New York USA, pp. 29-50.
- Keith Dowding 2012 'Resources, Power and Systematic Luck: A Response to Barry' in Mark Haugaard and Stewart Clegg (ed) Power and Politics , Los Angeles: Sage, reprinted from Politics, Philosophy and Economics , vol. 2, no. 3 (Oct) 2003, pp. 305-322
- Keith Dowding 2012 'Review: Katharine Gelber Speech Matters: Getting Free Speech Right' Centre for the Study of Australian Politics, School of Politics, CASS, ANU http://politicsir.cass.anu.edu.au/centre-study-australian/politics/publications, January.
- Keith Dowding and Chris Lewis 2012 'Enhancing Ministerial Accountability: the Role of the Print Media' ON LINE opinion Australia's e-journal of social and political debate, www.onlineopinion.co.au 4 July
- Keith Dowding 2012 'Forced Exits of Ministers in the Australian States and Territories' at The Selection and De-Selection of Political Elites: Multi-Level Systems in Comparative Perspective, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 17-19 October.
- Keith Dowding 2012 'Luck and Perceptions of Leadership' US Studies Centre, Sydney 'Why Leaders Can't Lead' Workshop 21-22nd June 2012
- Dowding, Keith, ed., 2011 Encyclopedia of Power Beverly Hills, Sage, xxvi+755pp
- Keith Dowding 2011 Political Analysis and Public Choice, London: University of London, 110pp; 2nd edition.
- Dowding, Keith and Peter John 2011, 'Voice and Choice in Health Care in England: Citizen Responses to Dissatisfaction', Public Administration, 89(4)pp. 1403-18.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Republican Freedom, Rights, and the Coalition Problem', Politics, Philosophy and Economics, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 301-322.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'What is the Idea of Justice?', Indian Journal of Human Development, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 83-98.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Working Within the Constraints', Public Service Review, no. 23, p. 13.
- Dowding, Keith & McLeay, Elizabeth 2011, 'The Firing Line: When and Why Do Prime Ministers Fire Ministerial Colleagues?', in Paul 't Hart and John Uhr (ed.), How Power Changes Hands: Transition and Succession in Government, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, London, pp. 157-173.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Rational Choice Theory', in Mark Bevir (ed.), The SAGE Handbook of Governance, Sage Publications, India, US, UK, pp. 36-50.
- Dowding, Keith 2011 "Introduction" Encyclopedia of Power Beverly Hills, CA: Sage, pp. xxiii-xxvi
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Absolutism', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 2-3.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Adverse Selection', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 5-6.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Agency', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 6-10.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Agency-Structure Problem', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 10-11.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Louis Althusser (1918-1990)', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 17-18.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Appeasement', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 25-26.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Authority', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 36-39.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Arms Race', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 31-32.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Peter Bachrach and Morton Baratz', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 45-46.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Business and Power', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 79-81.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Cabal', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, p. 83.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Complex Equality (Walzer)', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 126-127.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Control', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 141-142.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Cooperation', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 143-146.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Coordination', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, p. 146.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Consent', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 137-138.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Corporatism', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 148-150.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Decentering (of Subject, of Structure)', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 164-165.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'G. William Domhoff (1936- )', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 201-202.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Free Will', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 263-264.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Growth Coalition', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 298-299.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Jurgen Habermas (1929- )', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 301-302.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Hierarchy', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks, California, pp. 319-321.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Floyd Hunter (1912-1992)', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 329-330.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Influence', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, p. 342.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Leadership', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 373-377.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Manipulation', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 397-399.
- Dowding, K 2011, 'Moral Hazard', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks, California, pp. 425-426pp.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Neoclassical Capital', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 86-87.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Opportunity', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 458-460.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Talcott Parsons (1902-1979)', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 472-473.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Pluralism', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 481-484.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Post-Fordism', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 496-497.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Public Goods', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 540-541.
- Dowding, K 2011, 'Rationality', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks, California, pp. 551-554pp.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'Relative Autonomy of the State', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, pp. 567-568.
- Dowding, Keith 2011, 'William H. Riker (1920-1993)', in Keith Dowding (ed.), Encyclopedia of Power, Sage Publications, California, p. 582.
- Dowding, Keith, Packer, Adam, Hindmoor, Andrew, Martin, Aaron 2011, 'The Agenda of "Policy Agendas in Australia"', APSA Conference 2011, Crisis, Uncertainty and Democracy, Conference Organising Committee, Canberra Australia, pp. 1-25.
- Dowding, Keith 2010, 'Luck, Equality and Responsibility', Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy , vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 71-92.
- Berlinski, Samuel, Dewan, Torun & Dowding, Keith 2010, 'The Impact of Individual and Collective Performance on Ministerial Tenure', Journal of Politics, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 559 - 571.
- Dowding, Keith, Hindmoor, Andrew, Iles, Richard and John, Peter 2010, 'Policy Agendas in Australian Politics: The Governor-General's Speeches, 1945-2008', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 45, no. 4, pp. 533-557.
- Dowding, Keith, Dewan, Torun & Shepsle, Kenneth A., eds, 2009, Rational Choice Politics, Volume I: Social Choice, Equilibrium and Electoral Systems, Vol II: Voting, Elections and Pressure Politics, Volume III: Legislatures, Volume IV: Bureaucracy, Constitutional Arrangments., Sage Publications, London.
- Dowding, Keith & Dumont, Patrick, eds, 2009, The Selection of Ministers in Europe: Hiring and Firing, Routledge, London.
- Dowding, Keith & John, Peter 2009, "The Value of Choice in Public Policy", Public Administration, vol. 87, no. 2, pp. 219-233.
- Bresler Gonen, Rotem & Dowding, Keith 2009, 'Shifting and Shirking: Political Appointments for Contracting Out Sservices in Israeli local Government', Urban Affairs Review, vol. 44, no. 6, pp. 807-831.
- Dowding, Keith 2009, 'Rational Choice Approaches', in S. Clegg, M. Haugaard and C. Lester (ed.), The Sage Handbook of Power, Sage Publications, London, pp. 40-53.
- Dowding, Keith & Dumont, Patrick 2009, 'Structural and Strategic Factors Affecting the Hiring and Firing of Ministers', in Keith Dowding and Patrick Dumont (ed.), The Selection of Ministers in Europe: Hiring and Firing, Routledge, London, pp. 1-20.
- Berlinski, Samuel, Dewan, Torun, Dowding, Keith and Subrahmanyam, Gita 2009, 'Choosing, Moving and Resigning at Westminster, UK', in Keith Dowding and Patrick Dumont (ed.), The Selection of Ministers in Europe: Hiring and Firing, Routledge, London, pp. 58-78.
- Dewan, Torun, Dowding, Keith & Shepsle, Kenneth A. 2009, 'Introduction: Rational Choice Classics in Political Science', in Keith Dowding, Torun Dewan and Kenneth A. Shepsle (ed.), Rational Choice Politics, Volumes I - 4, Sage Publications, London, pp. xix-li.
- Anand, Paul, Hunter, Graham, Carter, Ian,, Dowding, Keith, and Van Hees, Martin 2009, 'The Development of Capability Indicators', Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 125-152.
- Dowding, Keith 2009, 'What is Welfare and How Might it Be Measured?', in Don Ross and Harold Kincaid (ed.), Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Economics, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 511-539.
- Dowding, Keith 2009, 'Rational Choice and British Politics', in Andrew Gamble, Colin Hay, Matthew Flinders and Michael Kenny (ed.), Oxford Handbook of British Politics, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 75-91.
- Dowding, Keith and van Hees, Martin 2009, 'Freedom of Choice', in Paul Anand, Prasanta K. Pattanaik, Clemens Puppe (ed.), The Handbook of Rational and Social Choice: an overview of new foundations and applications, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 374-392.
- Dowding, Keith & Verbrugge, Renate 2009, 'Social Software and the Social Sciences', in Jan van Eijck and Renate Verbrugge (ed.), Discourses on Social Software, Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, pp. 57-70.
- Dowding, Keith 2009, 'Book review: Legislative Voting and Accountability', Perspectives on Politics, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 683-684.
- Dowding, Keith 2008, 'Agency and Structure: Interpreting Power Relationships', Journal of Power, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 21-36.
- Dowding, Keith & van Hees, Martin 2008, 'In Praise of Manipulation', British Journal of Political Science , vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 1-15.
- Dowding, Keith 2008, 'Power, Capability and Ableness: The Fallacy of the Vehicle Fallacy', Contemporary Political Theory, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 238-258.
- Dowding, Keith 2008, 'A Pandemonium of Confusion: Kay and Marsh on Tiebout', New Political Economy, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 335-348.
- Dowding, Keith 2008, 'Una defensa de la preferencia revelada (A Defence of Revealed Preference Analysis)', Revista Internacional de Sociologia, vol. LXV1, no. 49, pp. 9-31.
- Dowding, Keith 2008, 'Why are inheritance taxes unpopular?', Political Quarterly, vol. 79, no. 2, pp. 179-183.
- Dowding, Keith & van Hees, Martin 2008, 'Counterfactual Success Again: Response to Carter and Kramer', Economics and Philosophy, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 97-103.
- Dowding, Keith & John, Peter 2008, 'The Three Exit, Three Voice and Loyalty Framework: A Test with Survey Data on Local Services', Political Studies, vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 288-311.
- Dowding, Keith & van Hees, Martin 2008, 'Freedom, Coercion and Ability', in Matthew Braham and Frank Steffen (ed.), Power, Freedom and Voting, Springer, Berlin, pp. 307-324.
- Dowding, Keith 2008, 'Desafios a Administracao Publica: Dar Poder aos Consumidores (Challenges to Public Administration: Empowering Consumers)', in José Manuel Moreira; Carlos Jalali; André Azevedo Alves (ed.), Estado, Sociedade Civil e Administração Pública, Almedina, Portugal, pp. 11-23.
- Dowding, Keith 2008, 'Perceptions of Leadership', in Paul t'Hart and John Uhr (ed.), Public Leadership: Perspectives and Practices, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 93-102.
- Dowding, Keith & van Hees, Martin 2007, 'Counterfactual Success and Negative Freedom', Economics and Philosophy, vol. 23, pp. 141-162.
- Berlinski, Samuel, Dewan, Torun & Dowding, Keith 2007, 'The length of ministerial tenure in the UK, 1945-97', British Journal of Political Science, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 245-262.
- Dowding, Keith 2007, 'Externalism, Expensive Tastes and Equality', in Barbara. Montero, Mark.D. White (ed.), Economics and the Mind, Routledge, London, pp. 101-115.
- Dowding, Keith 2007, 'Issues in the Political Economy of European Union Enlargement', in Herman W. Hoen and Torsten J. Selck (ed.), Europa: Charming Zeus ... and Numerous Others! International Political Economy of EU Accession, Peeters Publishers, Leuven, pp. 1-14.
- Dowding, Keith 2006, 'Can populism be defended? William Riker, Gerry Mackie and the interpretation of democracy', Government and Opposition, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 327-346.
- Dowding, Keith 2006, 'The Economic Approach to the Study of British Politics', British Politics, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 26-43.
- Dowding, Keith 2006, 'The D-Term: A Reply to Stephen Parsons', British Journal of Politics and International Relations, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 299-302.
- Dowding, Keith 2006, 'Three Dimensional Power: A Discussion of Steven Lukes Power: A Radical View (2nd ed)', Political Studies Review, vol. 4, no, 2 (May) 2006, pp. 136-145.
- Dowding, Keith 2006, 'Can Capabilities Reconcile Freedom and Equality?', Journal of Political Philosophy, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 323-336.
- Dowding, Keith & Dewan, Torun 2005, 'The Corrective Effect of Ministerial Resignations on Government Popularity', American Journal of Political Science, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 46-56.
- Dowding, Keith 2005, 'Is it Rational to Vote? Five Types of Answer and a Suggestion', British Journal of Politics and International Relations, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 442-459.
- Dowding, Keith and van Hees, Martin 2004, 'Poverty and the Local Contigency of Universal Rights', International Social Science Journal, vol. 180, pp. 301-312.
- Dowding, Keith 2004, 'Interpretation, Truth and Investigation: Coments on the Interpretative Political Science of Bevir and Rhodes', British Journal of Politics and International Relations, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 136-142.
- John, Peter, Ward, Hugh & Dowding, Keith 2004, 'The Bidding Game: Competitive Funding Regimes and the Political Targeting of Urban Programme Schemes', British Journal of Political Science, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 405-428.
- Dowding, Keith 2004, 'Are Democratic and Just Institutions the Same?', in Dowding Keith , Goodin Robert E., Pateman Carole, (ed.), Justice and Democracy: Essays for Brian Barry, Cambridge University Press, United States, pp. 25-39.
- Dowding, Keith & James, Oliver 2004, 'Analysing Bureau-Shaping Models', British Journal of Political Science, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 183-189
- Dowding, Keith 2004, 'Thoughts on Modeling the State', Government and Opposition, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 101-109.
- Dowding, Keith 2004, 'Social Choice and the Grammar of Rights and Freedoms', Political Studies, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 144-161.
- Dowding, Keith 2004, 'A Rational Choice Approach to Political Power', in Kate Nash and Alan Scott (ed.), Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology (2nd ed), Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 29-39.
- Dowding, Keith, Goodin, Robert E. & Pateman, Carole 2004, 'Introduction: Between Justice and Democracy', in Dowding K, Goodin RE, Pateman C, (ed.), Justice and Democracy: Essays for Brian Barry, Cambridge University Press, United States, pp. 1-24.
- Dowding, Keith 2003, 'Rational Choice and Trust', in Preston King (ed.), Trusting in Reason: Martin Hollis and the Philosophy of Social Action, Frank Cass & Co Ltd, UK, pp. 207-220.
- Dowding, Keith 2003, 'The Civil Service', in Jonathan Hollowell (ed.), Britain Since 1945, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 179-193.
- Dowding, Keith & Mergoupis, Thanos 2003, 'Fragmentation, Fiscal Mobility and Efficiency', Journal of Politics, vol. 65, no. 4, pp. 1190-1207.
- Dowding, Keith 2003, 'Resources, Power and Systematic Luck: A Response to Barry', Politics, Philosophy and Economics, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 305-322.
- van Vugt, Mark, Dowding, Keith, van Dijk, Erik and John, Peter 2003, 'The Exit of Residential Mobility or the Voice of Political Action? Understanding Problem-Solving in Residential Communities', Journal of Applied Social Psychology, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 321-338.
- Dowding, Keith & van Hees, Martin 2003, 'The Construction of Rights', American Political Science Review, vol. 97, no. 2, pp. 281-293.
- Dowding, Keith, De Wispelaere, Jurgen & White, Stuart, eds, 2003, The Ethics of Stakeholding, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, United States.
- Dowding, Keith, De Wispelaere, Jurgen and White, Stuart 2003, 'Stakeholding- A New Paradigm in Social Policy', in Keith Dowding, Jurgen De Wispelaere, Stuart White (ed.), The Ethics of Stakeholding, Palgrave MacMillan, United States, pp. 1-28.
- Dowding, Keith 2002, 'Revealed preference and external reference', Rationality and Society, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 257-282.
- Dowding, Keith 2002, 'Model or Metaphor? A Critical Review of the Policy Network Approach', in John Scott (ed.), Social Networks: Critical Concepts in Sociology vol 4: Applications: Political Protest and Policy Networks, Routledge, London, pp. 80-116.
- Dowding, Keith 2002, 'Rational Choice and Institutional Change: An Overview of Current Theories', in Bernard Steunenberg (ed.), Widening the European Union, Routledge, USA & Canada, pp. 21-38.
- Dowding, Keith, Hughes, James & Margetts, Helen, eds, 2001, Challenges to Democracy, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, UK.
- Dowding, Keith, Hughes, James & Margetts, Helen 2001, 'Introduction (Challenges to Democracy: Ideas, Involvement and Institutions)', in Keith Dowding, James Hughes and Helen Margetts (ed.), Challenges to Democracy: Ideas, Involvement and Institutions, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, UK, pp. xi-xvii.
- Dowding, Keith 2001, 'There must be end to confusion: Policy networks, intellectual fatigue, and the need for political science methods courses in British universities', Political Studies, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 89-105.
- Dowding, Keith 2001, 'Rational Choice and Trust', Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 207-220.
- Dowding, Keith 2001, 'Explaining Urban Regimes', International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 7-19.
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