Sarah Maddison
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Sarah Maddison is an Australian author and Australian Research Council Future Fellow in the Faculty of Arts and Social Science at University of New South Wales
.
She has a PhD
in the Discipline of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney
. She was awarded the 2005 Jean Martin Award by The Australian Sociological Association for her PhD thesis, Collective identity and Australian Feminist Activism: conceptualising a third wave, which examined the role of young women in contemporary Australian women's movements. In 2009 she was joint winner of the Australian Political Science Association Henry Mayer Award for her book Black Politics: Inside the complexity of Aboriginal political culture.
Sarah’s research expertise is in two key areas. Her first area of specialization is Australian social movements, including current research on the Indigenous rights
movement and the women’s movement. Her second area of interest is Australian politics and democratic assessment, with a particular focus on the role of non-government organisations and dissent in Australian democracy. Sarah has also co-authored a new textbook for students of Australian public policy. Current ARC DP grant recipient for two projects, one considering new possibilities for Indigenous representation (DP0877157) and one considering the evolution of social movements through a study of the Australian women’s movement (DP0878688 with Professor Marian Sawer, ANU). Sarah received a 2009 Churchill Fellowship to study models of Indigenous representation in the United States and Canada in 2010.
University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
.
She has a PhD
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
in the Discipline of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
. She was awarded the 2005 Jean Martin Award by The Australian Sociological Association for her PhD thesis, Collective identity and Australian Feminist Activism: conceptualising a third wave, which examined the role of young women in contemporary Australian women's movements. In 2009 she was joint winner of the Australian Political Science Association Henry Mayer Award for her book Black Politics: Inside the complexity of Aboriginal political culture.
Sarah’s research expertise is in two key areas. Her first area of specialization is Australian social movements, including current research on the Indigenous rights
Indigenous rights
Indigenous rights are those rights that exist in recognition of the specific condition of the indigenous peoples. This includes not only the most basic human rights of physical survival and integrity, but also the preservation of their land, language, religion and other elements of cultural...
movement and the women’s movement. Her second area of interest is Australian politics and democratic assessment, with a particular focus on the role of non-government organisations and dissent in Australian democracy. Sarah has also co-authored a new textbook for students of Australian public policy. Current ARC DP grant recipient for two projects, one considering new possibilities for Indigenous representation (DP0877157) and one considering the evolution of social movements through a study of the Australian women’s movement (DP0878688 with Professor Marian Sawer, ANU). Sarah received a 2009 Churchill Fellowship to study models of Indigenous representation in the United States and Canada in 2010.
Books
- Activist WisdomActivist WisdomActivist Wisdom: Practical knowledge and Creative Tension in Social Movements is a book by Sarah Maddison and Sean Scalmer. UNSW Press, 2005. ISBN 978-0-86840-686-2...
: Practical Knowledge And Creative Tension in Social Movements, with Sean Scalmer. UNSW Press, 2005. ISBN 978-0868406862 - Silencing Dissent: How the Australian Government Is Controlling Public Opinion and Stifling Debate, edited with Clive HamiltonClive HamiltonClive Charles Hamilton AM FRSA is an Australian public intellectual and Professor of Public Ethics at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics and the Vice-Chancellor's Chair in Public Ethics at Charles Sturt University. He is the Founder and former Executive Director of the The...
. Allen & Unwin Pty LTD, 2007. ISBN 978-1741751017 - Collective Identity and Australian Feminist Activism: Conceptualising a Third Wave. VDM Verlag, 2008. ISBN 978-3639027686
- Black Politics: Inside the Complexity of Aboriginal Political Culture. Allen & Unwin Australia, 2009. ISBN 978-1741756982
- An Introduction to Australian Public Policy: Theory and Practice, with Richard DennissRichard DennissRichard Denniss is the Executive Director of The Australia Institute and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Crawford School of Economics and Government at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia...
. Cambridge University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0521705714 - Beyond White Guilt: The real challenge for Black-White relations in Australia. Allen & Unwin, 2011. ISBN-13: 9781742373287
- Unsettling the Settler State: Creativity and Resistance in Indigenous Settler-State Governance, edited with Morgan Brigg. Federation Press, 2011. ISBN 9781862878266