Professor John Kane

B Science, B Social Science, PhD

Professor, Griffith Business School

Contact details for Professor John Kane

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
• Introduction to Law
• 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. 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.

Books

• Kane, J. 2008, Between Virtue and Power: The Persistent Moral Dilemma of U.S. Foreign Policy, Yale University Press, New Haven.
• 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 (forthcoming), South Africa: Ending Apartheid, in Oxford Encyclopaedia of Peace Studies, Oxford University Press.
• 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 Universitats-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 Patapan, H. 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 Hudson, W. 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.

Conferences, seminar papers, public lectures

• Kane, J. 2008, Between Virtue and Power, Public Lecture, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney, November.
• Kane, J. and Patapan H. 2008, The Blogosphere: A new Republic of Letters? International Society for the Study of Europen Ideas Conference, Helsinki, July.
• Kane, J. and Patapan H. 2008, Democratic Leadership and the Problem of Legitimacy, Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, April.
• Kane, J. and Patapan H. 2008, Public Sector Leadership: The Democratic Dilemma, Dispersed Leadership Workshop, Utrecht, April.
• Kane, J. and Patapan H. 2008, The Neglected Problem of Democratic Leadership, Public Leadership in Australia in Comparative Perspective Workshop, Australian National University, November.
• Kane, J. 2007, Moral Capital and the Problem of Democratic Leadership, Political Leadership in Modern Societies, Colegio de Veracruz, Mexico, November.
• Kane, J. 2007, The Ethical Paradox of Democratic Leadership, After the Third Wave Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, August.
• Kane, J. 2007, George Bush and the Iraq War, Iraq Symposium, Queensland University of Technology, July.
• Kane, J. 2007, Lessons from Dissident Democrats, Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University, March.
• Kane, J. and Patapan H. 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, University of Otago, New Zealand, September.
• Kane, J. 2004, Virtue, Power and American Foreign Policy, School of Policy, Newcastle University, October.
• Kane, J. 2004, American Foreign Policy, Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance, Summative Symposium, Queensland College of Art, 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, 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 New South Wales, Sydney, July.
• Kane, J. 2004, The Iraq Conflict, Centre for Governance and Public Policy Research Seminar Series, Roundtable, March.
• Kane, J. 2004, Evaluating Governance, Chair and Discussant, Public Policy in Transition Conference, Queensland University of Technology, January.
• Kane, J. Leadership and Conflict: Some Necessary Conditions for Peacemaking, Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, University of Adelaide, October.
  
• Kane, J. 2003, Prudence and the Politics of Public Management, Institute of Public Administration Australia 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, Australian Political Science Association conference, Parliament Buildings, Brisbane, Queensland.

Other journal 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).