Professor Richard Mulgan
BA (NZ), BA, MA, BPhil (Oxford)
Professor Emeritus
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Areas of expertise
- Auditing And Accountability 150102
- Political Theory And Political Philosophy 160609
- Public Policy 160510
- Australian Government And Politics 160601
- New Zealand Government And Politics 160608
- Comparative Government And Politics 160603
- Public Administration 160509
- Policy And Administration 1605
Research interests
- Accountability and transparency
- Public sector management and ethics
- New Zealand politics
- Greek political theory
Researcher's projects
Richard's most recent book, Making Open Government Work (Palgrave Macmillan 2014), continues his recent academic interest in issues of accountability and transparency. Written for public managers it combines academic analysis with a wide range of actual examples from both Anglo-American and continental European democracies. It pursues themes from his earlier book Holding Power to Account. Accountability in Modern Democracies (Palgrave Macmillan 2003), but with a greater emphsis on the concerns of managers. He has also recently published a chapter on accountability deficits in the Oxford Handbook of Public Accountability (Oxford University Press 2014).
His textbook on New Zealand politics, Politics in New Zealand (Auckland University Press) is in its third edition (2004) and still in press.
He writes a monthly column in The Canberra Times Public Sector Informant on issues of interest to Australian public servants.
He teaches courses on public sector ethics and public management in the Master of Public Policy and Master of Public Administration. He retired in 2008 and is now Professor Emeritus in the Crawford School.
Publications
- Mulgan, R 2014, Making Open Government Work, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Basingstoke, UK and New York, USA.
- Mulgan, R 2014, 'Accountability Deficits', in Mark Bovens, Robert E. Goodin & Thomas Schillemans (ed.), Oxford Handbook of Public Accountability, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 545-559.
- Mulgan, R 2012, 'What Future for Free and Frank Advice?', Policy Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 3-10.
- Mulgan, R & Wanna, J 2011, 'Developing cultures of integrity in the public and private sectors', in Adam Graycar & Russell G Smith (ed.), Handbook of Global Research and Practice in Corruption, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, USA, pp. 416-428.
- Mulgan, R 2010, 'Where Have All the Ministers Gone?', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 69, no. 3, pp. 289-300.
- Mulgan R 2010, 'Where have all the ministers gone?', Australian Journal of Public Administration 69 (3), 289-300
- Mulgan, R 2009, 'AWB and oil for food: some issues of accountability', in Jeremy Farrall and Kim Rubenstein (ed.), Sanctions, Accountability and Governance in a Globalised World, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 334-51.
- Mulgan, R 2008, 'Public sector reform in New Zealand - issues of public accountability', Public Administration Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 1-32.
- Mulgan, R 2008, 'How Much Responsiveness is Too Much or Too Little?', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 345-56.
- Mulgan, R 2008, 'The Accountability Priorities of Australian Parliamentarians', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 457-469.
- Mulgan, R 2007, 'The importance of appearing not to be earnest', in Bill Manhire and Peter Whiteford (ed.), Still Shines When You Think of It: a Festschrift for Vincent O'Sullivan, Victoria University Press, Wellington, pp. 15-25.
- Mulgan, R 2007, 'Truth in government and the politicization of public service advice', Public Administration, vol. 85, no. 3, pp. 569-86.
- Mulgan, R 2006, 'Government accountability for outsourced services', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 65, p. 11.
- Mulgan, R 2005, 'Plato, Aristotle and the good governance agenda', in Tim Battin (ed.), A Passion for Politics, Pearson Longman, Sydney, pp. 145-154.
- Mulgan, R 2005, 'Outsourcing and public service values: the Australian experience', International Review of Administrative Sciences, vol. 71, no. 1, pp. 55-70.
- Mulgan, R 2003, Holding Power to Account: Accountability in Modern Democracies, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Basingstoke, UK.
- Mulgan, R 2003, 'One cheer for hierarchy: accountability in disjointed governance', Political Science, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 6-18.
- Mulgan, R 2003, 'Centrelink: a new approach to service delivery', in C Aspalter (ed.), Neoliberalism and the Australian Welfare State, Casa Verde Publishing, HIng Kong, pp. 169-180.
- Mulgan, R 2002, 'Public Accountability of provider agencies: the case of the Australian Centrelink', International Review of Administrative Sciences, vol. 68, pp. 45-59.
- Mulgan, R 2001, 'The Accountability of Community Sector Agencies: A Comparative Framework', Third Sector Review, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 89-105.
- Mulgan, R 2001, 'Constitutions and Purpose of the State (III 6-9', in Herausgegeben von Otfried Hoffe (ed.), Politik, Akademie Verlag GmbH, Berlin, pp. 93-106.
- Mulgan, R & Uhr, J 2001, 'Accountability and governance', in Glyn Davis and Patrick Weller (ed.), Are You Being Served? State Citizens and Governance, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest , Australia, pp. 152-174.
- Mulgan, R 2001, 'Auditors-General: Cuckoos in the Managerialist Nest?', Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 24-34.
- Mulgan, R 2000, 'Accountability: An Ever-Expanding Concept?', Public Administration, vol. 78, no. 3, pp. 555-573.
- Mulgan, R 1999, 'Aristotle, political diversity and political argument', Journal of Political Philosophy, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 191-207.
- Mulgan, R 1999, Have New Zealand's political experiments increased public accountability?.
