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PROF BRIAN GALLIGAN



Contact Details

Organization: Social and Political Sciences
Position: CHAIR
Email:
Homepage: http://www.politics.unimelb.edu.au/aboutus/galligan.html
Work: +61 3 8344 3440
Fax: +61 3 8344 7906
Room: 520
Level: 05
Building: John Medley Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Australian politics and political economy; Constitutional design; Politics of the High Court. Citizenship and rights protection; Australian political history and political economy. Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Commerce The University of Queensland
Title Not Known The University of Queensland
Master of Arts University of Toronto
Doctor of Philosophy University of Toronto

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA)

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
A scholarly and comprehensive account of Australian politics: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2002
The politics of rights: Australia in comparative perspective Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2005
Resettling Visible Migrants & Refugees in Regional and Rural Victoria Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL,
VIC MULTICULTURAL COMMISSION,
MUNICIPAL ASSOC OF VIC
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2008
HUMAN RIGHTS IN ASIA CONFERENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE Chief Investigator THE IAN POTTER FOUNDATION Travel and Conference Grants

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Book Chapters

  • Multiculturalism, National Identity, and Pluralist Democracy: The Australian Variant


    Year: 2008
    Book: Political Theory and Australian Multiculturalism
    Publisher: Berghahn Books
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  • Multiculturalism, National Identity, and Pluralist Democracy: The Australian variant


    Year: 2008
    Book: Political Theory and Australian Mylticulturalism
    Publisher: Berghahn Books(New York)
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  • The Ambiguities of the Rule of Law


    Year: 2008
    Book: Islam beyond conflict: Indonesian Islam and Western Political Theory
    Publisher: Ashgate(Aldershot)
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Journal Articles

  • Processes for reforming Australian Federalism


    Year: 2008
    Journal: University of New South Wales Law Journal
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 617-642
    Author(s):
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  • Rights Protection: The Bill of Rights Debate and Protection in Australia's States and Territories


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Adelaide Law Review
    Volume: 28
    Issue: 1 & 2
    Page numbers: 177-199
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • The separation of judicial and executive powers in Australia: detention decisions and the Haneef case’


    Year: 2008
    Event name: Australasian Political Science Association 2008 Conference
    Conference Publication: Australasian Political Science Association Conference
    Page numbers: 1-24
    Publisher: University of Queensland Press(St Lucia)
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Publications in 2007

Books

  • Federalism in Asia
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing(Cheltenham)
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  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
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Book Chapters

  • Federalism and Asia
    Year: 2007
    Book: Federalism in Asia
    Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing(Cheltenham)
    Authors(s):

Major Reference Works

  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Bruce, S.M


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Capitalism


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
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  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Civil society


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
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  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Commonwealth


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
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  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Constitutional crisis 1975


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Cook, Joseph


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Evatt, H.V.


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Federalism


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Fisher, Andrew


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Forde Frank


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Fraser, Malcolm


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Gorton, John


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Hawke, Bob


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Holt, Harold


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Hughes, W.M


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Keating, Paul


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Liberal party predecessors


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Lyons, Joe


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    McEwen, John


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Nationalism


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Page, Earle


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
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  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Pluralism


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
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  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Referendums


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Reid, George


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
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  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Responsible government


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Rudd, Kevin


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Scullin, James


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
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  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Social capital


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
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  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Sovereignty


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
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  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Utilitarianism


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
    Author(s):
  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Watson, J.C


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Federalism, Subnational Government And Rights Protection


    Year: 2007
    Event name: Australasian Political Studies Association (APSA)
    Conference Publication: Australasian Political Studies Association (APSA)
    Page numbers: 1-19
    Publisher: Monash University(Melbourne)
    Author(s):

Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • Australian Exceptionalism: Rights protection without a bill of rights
    Year: 2006
    Book: Protecting Rights Without a Bill of Rights: Institutional Performance and Reform in Australia
    Publisher: Ashgate
    Authors(s):
  • Comparative Federalism
    Year: 2006
    Book: The Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
    Authors(s):
  • Institutions of Federalism and Decentralised Government
    Year: 2006
    Book: Handbook of Fiscal Federalism
    Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing(Cheltenham)
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • Citizenship, Federalism and Globalization
    Year: 2005
    Book: Insiders and Outsiders: Allan Cairns and the Reshaping of Canadian Citizenship
    Publisher: University of British Columbia Press(Vancouver)
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Major Reference Works

  • Evatt, Herbert Vere:New Dictionary of National Biography
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Evatt, Herbert Vere
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
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Publications in 2004

Books

  • Australian citizenship
    Year: 2004
    Publisher: Melbourne University Press(Carlton)
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Book Chapters

  • Political parties and constitutional change
    Year: 2004
    Book: Restructuring Australia: regionalism, republicanism and reform of the nation-state
    Publisher: Federation Press(Sydney)
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  • The High Court's role in government and nation
    Year: 2004
    Book: Centenary essays for the High Court of Australia
    Publisher: LexisNexis(Chatswood)
    Authors(s):

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Australian rights protection
    Year: 2004
    Event name: Australasian Political Studies Association Conference 2004
    Conference Publication: Australasian Political Studies Association Conference 2004
    Page numbers: 1-18
    Publisher: Australasian Political Studies Association(Adelaide)
    Author(s):

Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • A role for religion in citizenship and national life
    Year: 2003
    Book: Spirit of Australia II: religion in citizenship and national life
    Publisher: Australian Theological Forum(Hindmarsh)
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  • External relations of the Australian states
    Year: 2003
    Book: External relations of regions in Europe and the world
    Publisher: NOMOS Verlag(Baden-Baden)
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  • Federalism and the constitution
    Year: 2003
    Book: The Cambridge handbook of social sciences in Australia
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Cambridge)
    Authors(s):
  • The centralizing and decentralizing effects of globalization in Australian federalism: toward a new balance
    Year: 2003
    Book: The impact of global and regional integration on federal systems
    Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press(Montreal)
    Authors(s):

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Australian multiculturalism: its rise and demise
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Australian Political Science Association
    Conference Publication: Refereed papers from the 2003 APSA conference
    Page numbers: 1-18
    Publisher: School of Government, University of Tasmania(Hobart)
    Author(s):

Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Australian federalism: a prospective assessment
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Publius - The Journal of Federalism
    Volume: 32
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 147-167
    Publisher: Meyner Center for the Study of State and Local Government(Easton)
    Author(s):
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Closer political association: Australia and New Zealand
    Year: 2002
    Event name: States of Mind: Australia and New Zealand 1901-2001
    Conference Publication: States of Mind: Australia and New Zealand 1901-2001
    Page numbers: 295-305
    Publisher: Institute of Policy Studies(Wellington)
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Publications in 2001

Books

  • Australians and globalisation: the experience of two centuries
    Year: 2001
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Cambridge)
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Book Chapters

  • Amending constitutions through the referendum device
    Year: 2001
    Book: Referendum democracy: citizens, elites and deliberation in referendum campaigns
    Publisher: Palgrave(Basingstoke)
    Authors(s):
  • Parliament's development of federalism
    Year: 2001
    Book: Parliament: the vision in hindsight
    Publisher: Federation Press(Sydney)
    Authors(s):

Journal Articles

  • Rethinking the Australian republic: a radical alternative - an executive presidency. Can we abolish the Prime Minister?
    Year: 2001
    Journal: The University of Notre Dame Australia Law Review
    Volume: 3
    Page numbers: 45-58
    Publisher: University of Notre Dame Australia College of Law(Fremantle)
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