Garry Rodan is an Australian academic who has been emeritus professor at

Murdoch University Murdoch University is a public university in Perth, Western Australia, with campuses also in Singapore and Dubai. It began operations as the state's second university on 25 July 1973, and accepted its first undergraduate students in 1975. Its ...

since 2019. Rodan served as the director of the Asia Research Centre at Murdoch (2002–2009, 2016–March 2019) and professor of politics and international studies (2002–March 2019). He is also an elected Fellow of the

Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) is an independent, non-governmental organisation devoted to the advancement of knowledge and research in the social sciences. It has its origins in the Social Science Research Council of Aus ...

Research

Rodan has written extensively on Singapore's political and economic development and more generally on

democratization Democratization, or democratisation, is the structural government transition from an democratic transition, authoritarian government to a more democratic political regime, including substantive political changes moving in a democratic direction ...

and its problems in Asia, the changing nature of

authoritarian Authoritarianism is a political system characterized by the rejection of political plurality, the use of strong central power to preserve the political ''status quo'', and reductions in democracy, separation of powers, civil liberties, and ...

rule, and on theoretical approaches for understanding development in the region. Rodan's research has included examination of the

political economy Political or comparative economy is a branch of political science and economics studying economic systems (e.g. Marketplace, markets and national economies) and their governance by political systems (e.g. law, institutions, and government). Wi ...

of the international media in various parts of East and

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...

, the political impact of the Internet, the implications of transparency reform in the region for politics, and the emergence of non-democratic institutions and ideologies of

accountability In ethics and governance, accountability is equated with answerability, culpability, liability, and the expectation of account-giving. As in an aspect of governance, it has been central to discussions related to problems in the public secto ...

and representation.

Books

* ''Participation without Democracy: Containing Conflict in Southeast Asia'' (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, in press, forthcoming 201

* ''The Politics of Accountability in Southeast Asia: The Dominance of Moral Ideologies'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014) o-authored with Caroline Hughe

* ''The Political Economy of South-East Asia: Markets, power and contestation'' (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2006) o-edited with K. Hewison & R Robiso

* ''Neoliberalism and Conflict in Asia after 9/11'' (London & New York: RoutledgeCurzon (2006, paperback 2009) o-editor with K. Hewiso

* ''Transparency and Authoritarian Rule in Southeast Asia'' (RoutledgeCurzon 200

* ''Political Economy of Southeast Asia: Conflict, Crises, and Change '' (Oxford University Press 1997, Revised editions 2001 and 200

* ''Singapore'', International Library of Social Change in Asia-Pacific Series (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001) dito

* ''The Political Economy of South-East Asia: An Introduction'' (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1997) oint editor with K.Hewison & R.Robiso

* ''Political Oppositions in Industrialising Asia'' (London & New York: Routledge, 1996) dito

* ''Southeast Asia in the 1990s:'' ''Authoritarianism, Democracy and Capitalism'' (Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1993) oint editor with K. Hewison & R.Robiso

* ''Singapore Changes Guard: Social, Political and Economic Directions in the 1990s'' (Melbourne: Longman Cheshire, 1993) dito

* ''The Political Economy of Singapore's Industrialization: National State and International Capital'' (London: Macmillan; New York: St Martin's Press, 198

Translated into Japanese by Keiko Tsuji Tamura for San'ichi Press, Tokyo, 1992.

References

External links

About Professor Garry Rodan

Murdoch University Profile
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