Alan Fraser "Foo" Davies (25 September 1924 – 18 August 1987) was an Australian

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

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. A professor at the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne (colloquially known as Melbourne University) is a public university, public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in the state ...

, Davies wrote a series of highly influential books on Australian politics.

Notable works

* ''Australian Democracy: An Introduction to the Political System'' (1958) * ''A Sunday Kind of Love'' (1961), a collection of short stories * ''Australian Society: A Sociological Introduction'' (1965), edited with Sol Encel * ''Private Politics: A Study of Five Political Outlooks'' (1966) * ''Images of Class: An Australian Study'' (1967) * ''Essays in Political Sociology'' (1972). * ''Skills, Outlooks, and Passions: A Psychoanalytic Contribution to the Study of Politics'' (1980) * ''The Human Element: Three Essays in Political Psychology'' (1988)Reviews of ''The Human Element'': Fred I. Greenstein (1989), ''The American Political Science Review'', 83(2): 611–613, , . Helen Irving (1990), ''Thesis Eleven'', 27(1): 246–250, .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, Alan Fraser 1924 births 1987 deaths Academic staff of the University of Melbourne Australian political scientists Writers from Victoria (state) 20th-century Australian writers 20th-century political scientists