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Keith Dowding | |
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| Keith Dowding | |
| Born | Keith Martin Dowding 6 May 1960 |
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| Alma mater | Nuffield College, Oxford University |
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| Discipline | Political science |
| Institutions | Australian National University,Canberra,Australia |
Keith Martin Dowding (born 6 May 1960) [1] is a professor of political science and political philosophy at the Australian National University (ANU). [2] In 2006,he worked in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics. [3] His research focuses on public administration,public policy,political theory,and urban political economy,particularly through the lenses of social and rational choice theories. [4] From 1996 to 2012,he served as the editor of the Journal of Theoretical Politics ,published by SAGE Publishing.
Dowding earned a BA in Philosophy and Politics from Keele University in 1982 and completed a DPhil at Nuffield College,University of Oxford,in 1987. [5]
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Dowding began his career as an editor for SAGE Publishing in 1996. [6] [ relevant? – discuss ] In 2007,he joined the Australian National University as Professor of Political Science. [7] He was promoted to Distinguished Professor in 2018. [8]
Dowding has contributed to both political philosophy and empirical research within political science. [9] He has published research on the concept of power,applying formal analysis to debates on its nature and structure in society. Expanding on Brian Barry's concept of luck,Dowding argues that some groups are "systematically lucky" because they benefit from positive societal structures,while others are "systematically unlucky." This theory has drawn criticism from scholars such as Barry,Steven Lukes,Peter Morriss,and Andrew Hindmoor. [10]
Dowding has also researched the Tiebout model,which examines how individuals relocate to access to local services. His work found limited evidence of such migration in the UK,noting that people tend to move to areas with better services but rarely leave areas solely for that reason. [11] He later extended this research to examine Albert Hirschman's Exit,Voice,and Loyalty model. [12] In 2012,he co-authored Exits,Voices and Social Investment with Peter John,applying Hirschman’s model to citizen satisfaction with government services. [13]
In his 2012 article,"The Prime Ministerialisation of the British Prime Minister," Dowding challenged Michael Foley’s theory that British politics is becoming more presidential. He argued that the British prime minister has gained influence by strengthening existing powers rather than adopting new ones,as the U.S. president does. [14]
More recently,Dowding studied ministerial resignations in the UK and Australia,developing datasets for both, [15] and is currently researching political career trajectories in Australia. [16]
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