Keith Dowding

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Dowding, Keith; Kang, Won-Taek (Autumn 1998). "Ministerial resignations 1945–97". Public Administration. 76 (3). Wiley: 411–429. doi:10.1111/1467-9299.00109.
  • Dowding, Keith; Dewan, Torun (January 2005). "The corrective effect of ministerial resignations on government popularity". American Journal of Political Science. 49 (1). Wiley: 46–56. doi:10.1111/j.0092-5853.2005.00109.x.
  • Dowding, Keith; Berlinski, Samuel; Dewan, Torun (April 2007). "The length of ministerial tenure in the United Kingdom, 1945–97". British Journal of Political Science. 37 (2). Cambridge Journals: 245–262. doi:10.1017/S0007123407000129. hdl: 1885/22498 . S2CID   153423164.
  • Dowding, Keith; Dumont, Patrick (2009). The selection of ministers in Europe: hiring and firing. London New York: Routledge. ISBN   978-0-415-43081-4.
  • Dowding, Keith; Berlinski, Samuel; Dewan, Torun (April 2010). "The impact of individual and collective performance on ministerial tenure". The Journal of Politics. 72 (2). Cambridge Journals: 559–571. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.516.9550 . doi:10.1017/S0022381609990843. S2CID   53335942.
  • Dowding, Keith; McLeay, Elizabeth (2011), "The firing line: when and why do prime ministers fire ministerial colleagues?", in 't Hart, Paul; Uhr, John (eds.), How power changes hands: transition and succession in government, Understanding Governance, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 157–173, ISBN   978-0-230-24296-8.
  • Dowding, Keith; Berlinski, Samuel; Dewan, Torun (2012). Accounting for ministers: scandal and survival in British government, 1945–2007. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-521-51972-4.
  • Dowding, Keith; Dumont, Patrick (2015). The Selection of Ministers Around the World. London: Routledge. ISBN   978-0-415-63346-8; ISBN   978-1-138-23819-0.
  • Dowding, Keith; Dumont, Patrick (2012). Ministerial Careers and Accountability in the Australian Commonwealth Government. Canberra: ANU Press. ISBN   978-1-922-14400-3.

    • Analytical Account of Freedom and Rights

    This is a joint work in collaboration with Martin van Hees.

    Reprinted in Matravers, Matt; Meyer, Lukas (2011). Democracy, equality, and justice. London: Routledge. ISBN   978-0-415-59292-5.

    Work on Amartya Sen

    Dowding has studied the measurement of freedom and rights. He has worked for the team led by Paul Anand, Open University, UK. Using survey data, they examined Amartya Sen's capability approach ('Capabilities and Well-Being: Operationalizing the Capabilities Framework'). [12] This research was supported by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Board.

    • Dowding, Keith (2009), "What is welfare and how might it be measured?", in Kincaid, Harold; Ross, Don (eds.), The Oxford handbook of philosophy of economics, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 511–539, ISBN   978-0-19-518925-4

    Policy Agendas in Australia

    With Aaron Martin of Melbourne University, Dowding worked on the Australian franchise of the Policy Agendas and Comparative Agenda Project. He has addressed methodological questions regarding what is measured in these projects, which he discussed in articles in the Journal of Public Policy and the opening chapters of the book 'Policy Agendas in Australia'.

    • Dowding, Keith; Martin, Aaron (2016). Policy Agendas in Australia. London: Palgrave. ISBN   978-3-319-40804-0
    • Dowding, Keith; Hiindmoor, Andrew; Martin, Aaron (2016). "The Comparative Policy Agendas Project: Theory, Measurement, and Findings". Journal of Public Policy. 36 (1): 3–25. doi:10.1017/S0143814X15000124. S2CID   155580092.

    Publications

    Books

    • Dowding, Keith M. (1991). Rational choice and political power. Aldershot, Hampshire, England Brookfield, Vermont, USA: Edward Elgar. ISBN   978-1-85278-335-8.
    • Dowding, Keith (1995). The civil service. London New York: Routledge. ISBN   978-0-415-07568-8.
    • Dowding, Keith; King, Desmond (1995). Preferences, institutions, and rational choice. Oxford New York: Clarendon Press Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-827895-5.
    • Dowding, Keith (1996). Power. Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press (series: Concepts in the Social Sciences). ISBN   978-0-8166-2940-4.
    • Dowding, Keith; Margetts, Helen; Hughes, James (2001). Challenges to democracy: ideas, involvement, and institutions. The Political Studies Association Yearbook 2000. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York: Palgrave. ISBN   978-0-333-78982-7.
    • Dowding, Keith; de Wispelaere, Jurgen; White, Stuart (2003). The ethics of stakeholding. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN   978-1-4039-0580-2.
    • Dowding, Keith; Pateman, Carole; Goodin, Robert E. (2004). Justice and democracy: essays for Brian Barry. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-521-83695-1.
    • Dowding, Keith; Dumont, Patrick (2009). The selection of ministers in Europe: hiring and firing. London, New York: Routledge. ISBN   978-0-415-43081-4.
    • Dowding, Keith; Dewan, Torun; Shepsle, Kenneth A. (2009). Rational choice politics (4 volume set). London: Sage Library of Political Science. ISBN   978-1-4129-4502-8.
    Volume I: Social choice, equilibrium and electoral systems
    Volume II: Voting, elections and pressure politics
    Volume III: Legislatures
    Volume IV: Bureaucracy, constitutional arrangements and the state
    • Dowding, Keith (2011). Encyclopedia of power. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publishing. ISBN   978-1-4129-2748-2.
    • Dowding, Keith; Berlinski, Samuel; Dewan, Torun (2012). Accounting for ministers: scandal and survival in British government, 1945–2007. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-521-51972-4.
    • Dowding, Keith (2016). The Philosophy and Methods of Political Science. London: Palgrave. ISBN   978-0-333-78694-9.
    • Dowding, Keith (2017). Power, Luck and Freedom: Collected Essays. Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN   978-1-526-10728-2.
    • Dowding, Keith; Martin, Aaron (2017). Policy Agendas in Australia. London: Palgrave. ISBN   978-3-319-40804-0.
    • Dowding, Keith (2020). Its the Government, Stupid: How Governments blame citizens for their own policies. Bristol: Bristol University Press. ISBN   978-1-5292-0639-5.

    References

    1. ↑ "Dowding, Keith M." Library of Congress. Retrieved 23 September 2014. data sheet (Dowding, Keith Martin; b. 05-06-1960)
    2. ↑ "Keith Dowding". The Australian National University. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
    3. ↑ "In Praise of Manipulation" (PDF). 20 September 2006.
    4. ↑ Australian National University. “Prof Keith Dowding – Biography and Qualifications.” ANU Research Portal+. Accessed 27 August 2025.
    5. ↑ "Professor Keith Dowding". Australian National University. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
    6. ↑ Dowding, Keith; Lane, Jan-Erik; Miller, Nicholas R. (January 1996). "Editorial=". Journal of Theoretical Politics. 8: 5–6. doi:10.1177/0951692896008001001.
    7. ↑ "Professor Keith Dowding". Australian National University.
    8. ↑ "Prof. Keith Dowding - Center for Advanced Studies LMU (CAS) - LMU Munich". www.en.cas.uni-muenchen.de. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
    9. ↑ Barry, Brian. 2002. "Capitalists Rule OK? Some Puzzles about Power." Politics, Philosophy and Economics 1: 155–84. Barry, Brian. 2003. "Capitalists Rule. OK? A Commentary on Keith Dowding." Politics, Philosophy and Economics 2: 323–41. Bosworth, William. 2021. "Power Obsessed." Journal of Political Power 14 (2): 288–300. Hindmoor, Andrew, and Josh McGeechan. 2013. "Luck, Systematic Luck and Business Power: Lucky All the Way Down or Trying Hard to Get What It Wants without Trying." Political Studies 61: 834–50. Lukes, Steven. 2021. "Power and Rational Choice." Journal of Political Power 14 (2): 281–87.Dowding, Keith. 2021. "Individually Lucky, Collectively Powerful: A Response to Friends." Journal of Political Power 14 (2): 340–62.
    10. ↑ Dowding, Keith; John, Peter (2012). Exits, Voices and Social Investment: Citizens' Reaction to Public Services. Theories of Institutional Design. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9781139136709. ISBN   978-1-107-02242-3.
    11. ↑ Dowding, Keith (1 July 2013). "The Prime Ministerialisation of the British Prime Minister". Parliamentary Affairs. 66 (3): 617–635. doi: 10.1093/pa/gss007 . hdl: 1885/18172 . ISSN   0031-2290.
    12. ↑ Anand, Paul, Graham Hunter, Keith Dowding, Ian Carter, Francesco Guala, and Martin van Hees. 2009. "The Development of Capability Indicators." Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 10 (1): 125–52./
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    Keith Martin Dowding

    (1960-05-06) 6 May 1960 (age 65)
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