Alan Fraser Davies
Alan Fraser "Foo" Davies (25 September 1924 – 18 August 1987) was an Australian political scientist and author, known for his quip that Australians have a "talent for bureaucracy" and for his work on the relation between bureaucracy and public service.[1] A professor at the University of Melbourne, Davies wrote a series of highly influential books on Australian politics.[2][3]
Notable works
[edit]- Australian Democracy: An Introduction to the Political System (1958)[4]
- A Sunday Kind of Love (1961), a collection of short stories[5]
- Australian Society: A Sociological Introduction (1965), edited with Sol Encel[6]
- Private Politics: A Study of Five Political Outlooks (1966)[7]
- Images of Class: An Australian Study (1967)[8]
- Essays in Political Sociology (1972).[9]
- Skills, Outlooks, and Passions: A Psychoanalytic Contribution to the Study of Politics (1980)[10]
- The Human Element: Three Essays in Political Psychology (1988)[11]
References
[edit]- ^ Colebatch, Hal (December 2005), "A 'talent for bureaucracy': A.F. Davies and the analysis of government in Australia", Australian Journal of Public Administration, 64 (4): 32–40, doi:10.1111/j.1467-8500.2005.00462a.x
- ^ Walter, James. "Davies, Alan Fraser (1924–1987)". Davies, Alan Fraser. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Walter, J. (1988). Alan Fraser Davies. PS: Political Science & Politics, 21(1), 111-112.
- ^ Reviews of Australian Democracy: Brian Fitzpatrick (1958), Meanjin 17 (2): 209–211, Australian Democracy: An Introduction to the Political System. J. D. B. Miller (1959), Political Science, 11: 79–81, doi:10.1177/003231875901100112.
- ^ Review of A Sunday Kind of Love: Quadrant (1961), A Sunday kind of love.
- ^ Reviews of Australian Society: Edmund deS. Brunner (1966), Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 366: 197, doi:10.1177/000271626636600176, JSTOR 1036233. E. Dowdy (1971), The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology, 7(1): 90-91, doi:10.1177/144078337100700115. C. Hartley Grattan (1965–1966), Pacific Affairs, 38(3–4): 440, doi:10.2307/2754113, JSTOR 2754113. J. J. Mol (1966), The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology, 2(1): 62–63, doi:10.1177/144078336600200110 D'Arcy Ryan (1966), The Australian Quarterly, 38(2): 122, 128, JSTOR 41317947.
- ^ Reviews of Private Politics: Karl Beaithwaite (1968), American Political Science Review, 62(3): 980-980, doi:10.1017/S0003055400280362. Fred I. Greenstein (1967), Politics, 2(2): 176-180. Maurice Isaacs (1967), The Australian Quarterly, 39(1): 124–127, doi:10.2307/20634120, JSTOR 20634120. F. Kräupl Taylor (1964), The British Journal of Psychiatry 110(466): 460–461, doi:10.1192/bjp.110.466.460-a.
- ^ Reviews of Images of Class: R. W. Connell (1967), "Class, school, and behavior", Politics, 2(2): 181–185, doi:10.1080/00323266708401110. P. R. Wilson (1967), The Australian Quarterly, 39(4): 123–126, doi:10.2307/20634172, JSTOR 20634172.
- ^ Reviews of Essays in Political Sociology: R. Parsler (1974), Sociology 8(3): 533–535, JSTOR 42853122. J. M. Power (1975), The American Political Science Review, 69(1): 291–293, doi:10.2307/1957958, JSTOR 1957958.
- ^ Reviews of Skills, Outlooks, and Passions: Leo Abse (1981), Psychological Medicine 11: 651–660, doi:10.1017/S0033291700052958. Isabel Menzies Lyth (1982), International Review of Psycho-Analysis, 9: 108–109, [1]. Lawrence C. Mayer (1983), The Journal of Politics 45(1): 241–243, doi:10.2307/2130342, JSTOR 2130342. Oliver H. Woshinsky (1981), The American Political Science Review 75(4): 1017–1018, doi:10.2307/1962305, JSTOR 1962305.
- ^ Reviews of The Human Element: Fred I. Greenstein (1989), The American Political Science Review, 83(2): 611–613, doi:10.2307/1962412, JSTOR 1962412. Helen Irving (1990), Thesis Eleven, 27(1): 246–250, doi:10.1177/072551369002700119.
