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After working as a sociologist in Britain, Barry Hindess joined the Australian National University in 1987, later moving to ANU’s Research School of Social Sciences, where he learned to pass as a political scientist and developed his interests in post-colonialism and the legacies of liberalism and empire. He is now an Emeritus Professor in ANU’s School of Politics and International Relations. His publications include Discourses of Power: from Hobbes to Foucault, Governing Australia (with Mitchell Dean), Corruption and Democracy in Australia, Us and them: elites and anti-elitism in Australia (with Marian Sawer) and Governments, NGOs and Anti-Corruption: the new integrity warriors (with Luis de Sousa and Peter Larmour).
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Published in: Home“You black bastard” Offensive, friendly banter, somewhere in between or both?“There is no justification for racial discrimination, in theory or in practice, anywhere” and certainly not in...
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Published in: HomeWorking class racismFollowing my initial surprise, my first reaction, as always when I encounter the rhetorically inclusive “we”, was to...
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Published in: HomeAgainst (the concept of) populismThe longstanding western fear of the people is central to representative democracy as it is understood today.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Same the whole world over?Reference to populism indicates little more than that mainstream politics is in trouble, thereby presenting...
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Published in: HomeThe Australian Senator for Beijing?“Perhaps his mistake was to say something sensible about Australia's relations with China, not something we normally...
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Published in: HomeBring them here“We are generous to refugees on the one hand and we penalise undocumented refugees on the other. The two practices...