Michael Saward (political theorist)

Michael Saward (born 1 September 1960),[1] is an Australian[2] and British professor of politics and international studies at the University of Warwick,[3] He was formerly Reader in Politics at Royal Holloway, University of London, and Professor and Head of Department in politics and international studies at the Open University.[2]

Michael Saward
Born (1960-09-01) 1 September 1960 (age 63)
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of Essex
Scientific career
InstitutionsCentre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance Open University
ThesisCo-option and legitimacy: the varieties and consequences of formal incorporation (1980)

He was a Leverhulme Major Research Fellow, 2016–19, is a member of the Sydney Democracy Network[4] and was Director of the Midlands Graduate School, 2013-16.

Education edit

Michael Saward gained his doctorate from the University of Essex in 1989.[2]

Research edit

His research focuses on the way key political ideas change over time, and how they are worked out in practice. Contemporary ideas of democracy is also a subject which he has written about extensively.[2]

Career edit

Before joining as a reader in 2000 Open University, Saward worked at the Royal Holloway, University of London.[2][5]

In 2006 the Open University made him director of the Citizenship Strand in the Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG). His inaugural speech, on the theme of what it means to 'do' political representation theory, took place on 4 July 2006 at the Berrill Lecture Theatre, at the Open University.[6]

Selected works edit

  • Saward, Michael (1998). The terms of democracy. Cambridge England Malden, Mass: Polity Press Blackwell. ISBN 9780745619903.
  • Saward, Michael (2010). The representative claim. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199579389.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Saward, Michael, 1960–". Library of Congress. Retrieved 8 July 2014. Co-optive politics and state legitimacy, 1991: CIP t.p. (Michael Saward, Royal Holloway and Bedford New Col., U. of London) CIP data (b. 9/1/60)
  2. ^ a b c d e "World Who's Who:Europa biographical reference". Michael Saward. Routledge. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Michael Saward". Department of Politics and International Studies, The University of Warwick. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Michael Saward". Sydney Democracy Network. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  5. ^ Saward, Michael (1989). Co-option and legitimacy: the varieties and consequences of formal incorporation (Ph.D. thesis). University of Essex. OCLC 19288153.
  6. ^ Michael Saward (2006). 'Doing Theory, Political Representation' Professor Michael Saward Inaugural Lecture ['Doing Theory, Political Representation' Prof Michael Saward CCIG Keynote Lecture] (Video). Berrill Lecture Theatre, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK: Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG) via Vimeo. Retrieved 8 July 2006.

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