Professor John Kane

Professor John Kane

B Science, B Science (Social Science), PhD

Deputy Director, Centre for Governance and Public Policy

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Research expertise

  • Political Theory
  • Democratic Studies
  • Moral Philosophy
  • Political Leadership
  • Ideas in History
  • US Foreign Policy

Current teaching areas

  • United States Studies
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Moral and Political Leadership
  • Political and Legal Environment
  • Public Administration
  • Australian Politics
  • Public Policy Processes
  • Government-Business Relations

Publications

Refereed journal articles

  • Kane J.(2007) The Ethical Paradox of Democratic Leadership, Taiwan Journal of Democracy 3(2), (December), 33-52.
  • Kane J. (2007) Man the Maker versus Man the Taker: Locke’s Theory of Property as a Theory of Just Settlement, Eighteenth Century Thought, 3, 235-53.
  • Kane J. and H. Patapan (2006) In Search of Prudence: The Hidden Problem of Managerial Reform, Public Administration Review, 66 (5), 711-24. [Winner of the William E. Mosher Award, Best Article by an Academician, 2006].
  • Kane, J. (2003) American Values or Human Rights? U.S. Foreign Policy and the Fractured Myth of Virtuous Power, Presidential Studies Quarterly, 33 (4), December, 772-800.
  • Kane, J., Bishop, P. and Patapan, H. (2002) The Theory and Practice of E-democracy: Agency, Trusteeship and Participation on the Web, International Review of Public Administration, 7 (2), December, 21-31.
  • Kane, J., Patapan, H. and Bishop, P. (2002) E-democracy: Technological Challenges to Democratic Theory, Australian Parliamentary Review.
  • Kane, J. and Bishop, P. (2002) Consultation and Contest: the Danger of Mixing Modes, Australian Journal of Public Administration, 61 (1), 87-94.
  • Kane, J. and Patapan, H. (2001) Federalism and National Identity in Canada and Australia: A Comparative Perspective, Melbourne Journal of Politics, 27, 29-48.
  • Kane J. (1996) Justice, Impartiality and Equality: Why the Concept of Justice does not Presume Equality, Political Theory 24 (3), 375-393.
  • Kane J. (1996) Basal Inequalities: Reply to Sen, Political Theory 24 (3), 401-4

Books

  • Kane, J. (2008) Between Virtue and Power: The Persistent Moral Dilemma of U.S. Foreign Policy, Yale University Press, New Haven. [Reviews and first chapter can be found on Yale Press]
  • Kane J., H. Patapan and B. Wong (2008) Dissident Democrats: The Challenge of Democratic Leadership in Asia, Palgrave Macmillan, New York.
  • Kane, J. (2001) The Politics of Moral Capital, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  • Kane, J. and Hudson, W. (2000) Rethinking Australian Citizenship, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne.

Book chapters

  • Kane, J. and H. Patapan (2008) The Challenge of Dissident Democratic Leadership, in Kane, Patapan and Wong, Dissident Democrats, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 1-34.
  • Kane, J. (2008) Ninoy and Cory Aquino: Restoring Democracy to the Philippines, in Kane, Patapan and Wong, Dissident Democrats, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 147-164.
  • Kane, J., H. Patapan and B. Wong (2008) The Dissident Democrats: Themes and Lessons, in Kane, Patapan and Wong, Dissident Democrats, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 271-286.
  • Kane, J. (2008) Liberalism and Nationalism, in Ayzumardi Azra and Wayne Hudson (eds), Islam Beyond Conflict: Indonesian Islam and Western Political Theory, Ashgate, Aldershot, 123-138.
  • Kane, J. (2008) Liberal Nationalism and the Multicultural State, in G. Levey (ed.), Political Theory and Australian Multiculturalism, Berghan Books, New York, 63-82.
  • Kane, J. (2008) South Africa: Ending Apartheid, in Oxford Encyclopaedia of Peace Studies, Oxford University Press (forthcoming).
  • Kane, J. (2007) Political Theory, in B. Galligan and W. Roberts (eds), Oxford Companion to Australian Politics, Oxford University Press, 439-42.
  • Kane, J. (2007) Republicanism, in B. Galligan and W. Roberts (eds), Oxford Companion to Australian Politics, Oxford University Press, 516-18.
  • Kane, J. (2007) Schizophrenic Nationalism and Anti-Americanism, in B. O’Connor (ed.), Anti-Americanism, Greenwood, Oxford, 29-54.
  • Kane, J. (2007) Public Governance and Leadership: The Problem of Politics, in R. Koch and J. Dixon (eds), Public Governance and Leadership: Political and Managerial Problems in Making Public Governance Changes the Driver for Re-constituting Leadership, Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, Wiesbaden, 131-49.
  • Kane, J. (2007) Reforming Japan: The Democratic Challenge, in G. Curran and L. Van Acker (eds), Globalising Government Business Relations, Sydney, Pearson Education Australia, 145-64.
  • Kane, J. (2006) Ambivalent Anti-Americanism, in B. O’Connor and M. Griffiths (eds), The Rise of Anti-Americanism, Routledge, London, 48-67.
  • Kane, J. (2004) Government and Business in Japan: From Success to Stagnation, in Van Acker, E. and Curran, G. (Eds.), Government, Business and Globalisation, 2nd Edition, Pearson Education, Melbourne.
  • Kane, J. (2004) Comparative Government-Business Relations: Europe and America, in Van Acker, E. and Curran, G. (Eds.), Government,Business and Globalisation, 2nd Edition, Pearson Education, Melbourne.
  • Kane, J. (2003) Leaders as Peacemakers, in Adel Safty (Ed.), Value Leadership, Bahcesehir University Press, Istanbul.
  • Kane, J. (2002) Government and Business in Europe and America, in Van Acker, E. and Curran, G. (Eds.), Government, Business and Globalisation, Pearson Education, Melbourne, 13-28.
  • Kane, J. and H. Patapan (2002) The Japanese Model and the Asian Miracle, in Van Acker, E. and Curran, G. (Eds.), Government, Business and Globalisation, Pearson Education, Melbourne, 29-42.
  • Kane, J. (2001) Democracy and Group Rights, in G. Stokes and A. Carter (Eds.), Democratic Theory Today, Polity Press, London, 97-120.
  • Kane, J. and W. Hudson (2000) Rethinking Australian Citizenship, in Hudson and Kane (Eds.), Rethinking Australian Citizenship, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 1-14.
  • Kane, J. (2000) Communitarian Citizenship, in Hudson and Kane (Eds.), Rethinking Australian Citizenship, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 215-230.

Other articles

  • Kane, J. (2006) Virtue, Power: The Dilemma of US Foreign Policy, Griffith Review: The Trouble with Paradise, Summer 2006-7, 121-36.
  • Kane, J. (2006) Constitutionalising Local Government, Public Administration Today, July-September, 24-26.
  • Kane, J. (2006) How America Came to Find itself Trapped in Iraq, Australian Financial Review, Review Section, 8 December, 6-7, 10.
  • Kane, J. and Patapan, H. (2004) The Promise and Peril of E-democacy, Griffith Review, 4.
  • Kane, J. (2003) Human Rights and Foreign Policy: Lessons from the Carter Era, Yale Journal of Human Rights, 2 (2).

Conferences, seminar papers, public lectures

  • Kane J. (2008) Between Virtue and Power, Public Lecture, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney, November.
  • Kane J. and H. Patapan (2008) The Blogosphere: A New Republic of Letters? ISSEI Conference, Helsinki, July.
  • Kane J. and H. Patapan (2008) Democratic Leadership and the Problem of Legitimacy, Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, April.
  • Kane J. and H. Patapan (2008) Public Sector Leadership: The Democratic Dilemma, Dispersed Leadership Workshop, Utrecht, April.
  • Kane J. and H. Patapan (2008) The Neglected Problem of Democratic Leadership, Public Leadership in Australia in Comparative Perspective Workshop, ANU Canberra, November.
  • Kane, J. (2007) Moral Capital and the Problem of Democratic Leadership, Political Leadership in Modern Societies, November 2007, Colegio de Veracruz, Mexico.
  • Kane, J. (2007) The Ethical Paradox of Democratic Leadership, After the Third Wave Conference, August 2007, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • Kane, J. (2007) George Bush and the Iraq War, Iraq Symposium, Queensland University of Technology, 13 July.
  • Kane, J. (2007) Lessons from Dissident Democrats, Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith, 23 March.
  • Kane J. and H. Patapan (2006) Dissident Democrats and the Problem of Democratic Leadership, Dissident Democrat Workshop, Brisbane, September.
  • Kane, J. (2005) Must Democratic Leaders Necessarily be Hypocrites? Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, September 2005, University of Otago, NZ.
  • Kane, J. (2004) Virtue, Power and American Foreign Policy, School of Policy, Newcastle University, 22 October.
  • Kane, J. (2004) American Foreign Policy, Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance, Summative Symposium, QCA, 2 December.
  • Kane, J. (2004) Locke’s Theory of Property as a Theory of Just Settlement, Civility, Philosophy and Public Debate: a conference marking the 300th anniversary of the death of John Locke (1632-1704), Centre for Public Culture and Ideas, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, 12-14 July.
  • Kane, J. (2004) Liberal Nationalism and the Multicultural State, invited workshop: Australian Multiculturalism and Political Theory: Balancing Rights and Responsibilities in a Diverse Society, sponsored by Academy of Social Sciences and Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, University of NSW, Sydney, 8-9 July.
  • Kane, J. (2004) The Iraq Conflict, Centre for Governance and Public Policy Research Seminar Series, March 19, Roundtable.
  • Kane, J. (2004) Evaluating Governance, Chair and Discussant, Public Policy in Transition Conference, Queensland University of Technology, Jan 29.
  • Kane, J. (2004) Leadership and Conflict: Some Necessary Conditions for Peacemaking, Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, Oct 2004, University of Adelaide.
  • Kane, J. (2003) Prudence and the Politics of Public Management, Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA) Academic Day, November.
  • Kane, J. (2003) Leadership: The Democratic Dilemma, Australasian Political Science Association Conference, Hobart, September.
  • Kane, J. (2003) Liberalism and Nationalism, Workshop on Islamic-Western Dialogues on Governance, Bukittingi, Indonesia, July.
  • Kane, J. (2003) Ambivalent Anti-Americanism, Fulbright Symposium: Are We All Americans Now? Queensland College of Art, July.
  • Kane, J. (2003) Leaders as Peacemakers, Global Leadership Forum, University of Bahcesehir, Istanbul, Turkey, May.
  • Kane, J., Bishop, P. and Patapan, H. (2002) E-Democracy: Technological challenges to democratic theory Global e-Policy e-Government Forum, SungKyunKwan University, Seoul, South Korea 6-7 November.
  • Kane, J., Bishop, P. and Patapan, H. (2002) E-Democracy: Technological challenges to democratic theoryAustralian Study of Parliament Group National Conference, Parliament House, Canberra, 23 November.
  • Kane, J. (2002) Moral Capital and Global Leadership, Political Theory Workshop, Deakin University, Burwood.
  • Kane, J. (2002) Politics and Moral Capital, Public Lecture, Fox Leadership Program, University of Pennsylvania.
  • Kane, J. (2002) Consultation and Contest in Public Administration, Political Theory Workshop, Department of Political Science, Yale.
  • Kane, J. (2001) Moral Capital and State Leadership, APSA conference, Parliament Buildings, Brisbane, Queensland.

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