B Economics, B Laws, M Arts, PhD
Professor, Griffith Business School
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Biography
Professor Haig Patapan has research interests in democratic theory and practice, political philosophy, political leadership and comparative constitutionalism. He has published in the foremost political theory journals (History of Political Thought, Review of Politics, and Political Theory), public policy journals (co-winner of the American Society for Public Administration Mosher Award in 2007), and law journals (Melbourne University Law Review; Federal Law Review; Sydney Law Review). His books include Judging Democracy (2000), an examination of Australian judicial politics, jurisprudence and constitutionalism; Machiavelli in Love (2007), a theoretical enquiry into the origins of modern political thought; and a series of co-edited books exploring the changing nature of legitimacy, law and leadership, especially in Asia: Globalisation and Equality (2004); Westminster Legacies (2005); Dissident Democrats (2008); Dispersed Democratic Leadership (2009); Political Legitimacy in Asia (2011). His forthcoming co-authored book, The Democratic Leader (Oxford UP, 2012) investigates the unique strengths and limitations of leadership in democracies. 
