Graham Maddox
Biographic Data
| ID | 3628153 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Graham Maddox |
| GIVEN NAMES | Graham |
| FAMILY NAME | Maddox |
| SIGNATURE | MADDOX G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New England |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
First Know Your Enemy. Comprehending Imperial German War Aims and Deciphering the Enigma of Kultur
Karl Loewenstein, Max Lerner, and militant democracy: An Appeal to ‘Strong Democracy
In the 1930s Loewenstein responded to the ease with which the Nazi Party rose to power within parliamentary democracy. In America Lerner echoed Loewenstein's call for a 'militant democracy', but identified a different 'enemy within' – rogue capitalist interests. Loewenstein's response to populism was an 'authoritarian democracy', whereas Lerner wished to embrace the people in a public engagement. This paper seeks a middle path towards a conceptio…
The Prospects for Democratic Convergence: Islam and Christianity
The resurgence of world religions, particularly those of a common ancestry in the Book, proffers a trans-national address to modern political conflict. Since the civilizations Huntington predicted to clash are characterized by religious traditions, these very traditions may helpfully become the focus of analysis for an unstable world order. In any dialogue, the “West” is unlikely to disclaim democracy, with its indispensably secular institutions,…
Religion and the Rise of Democracy
In a major original study, Graham Maddox analyses the role of religion in the development of democracy from the tribes of ancient Israel to the present day. The book contrasts Athenian direct democracy with the Old Testament monarchy in which the concept of religious opposition - vital to modern democracy - arose. Maddox then develops his discussion of the relationship between religion and democracy through early christianity to the Reformation a…
Hebrew Prophecy and the Foundations of Political Opposition
Political opposition, as institutionally provided for in the constitutional set-up of a democratic polity, implies pluralism, toleration and the guarantee of limited and contested government. Its modern roots can be traced to the era of puritan resistance to the English Crown in the seventeenth century and its theoretical justification in the Country Ideology of the seventeenth century. In that movement theorists liberally resorted to ancient Rom…
The “Crusade” Against Evil: Bush's Fundamentalism
This paper deals with some of the religious elements in the responses to the terrorist attacks. It criticises some initial Christian responses (in America) as well as George Bush (Jnr)'s self‐asserted Christian credentials. The conjunction between business‐friendly forms of religion and the religious cloak over a right‐wing political stance is presented as an aspect of Bush's “crusade”. The paper surveys the history of the constitutional separati…
The Secular Reformation and the Influence of Machiavelli
Australian Universities in Crisis
That this book, having been recommended for publication by the editors of Melbourne University Press, was subsequently rejected through the intervention of the University authorities, is a symptom of the very malaise which the contributors address. Since the Dawkins 'reforms' to Australian higher education the university system has come under increasing surveillance by government functionaries, and university 'managements' have been subverted thr…
Deliberative Democracy in Australia; The Changing Place of Parliament
Australian Democracy and the Compound Republic
Australia and the Emergence of the Modern Two‐Party System
Although the Australian party system is accepted in some literature as a "classic" example of a two‐party system, information about how this system came about does not feature prominently in international studies on political parties. It is here argued that Australia indeed blazed the trail for the two‐party model by being the first to link parliamentary organisation directly to a mass electorate
Socialism on Contemporary Australia
Rights, jurisdiction and responsible government ‐ the spectre of capital television
Republic or democracy
While 'republic' is used to distinguish regimes without monarchs from other constitutional forms, in other respects the word is taken to be a virtual synonym for democracy. Up to the present century, however, the two words had very different histories. The republican form was almost always held to retain constitutional safeguards against the 'excesses' or 'follies' of democracy. This would be of little consequence were it not for the fact that ma…
A reply to Johnson
Australian Labor and the Socialist Tradition
Amidst the turmoil of the so‐called 'death of socialism', both in Australia and elsewhere, there has been renewed debate about what socialism should be taken to mean. This paper attempts to come to terms with the competing claims about, in particular, socialism within the Australian Labor Party and, in general, how better to understand the meaning of socialism. A comparison and contrast between the first principles of liberalism and socialism hel…
A new sophistry: The rhetoric of the new right
(1987). A new sophistry: The rhetoric of the new right. Politics: Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 29-35
Contours of a democratic polity
The Christian Democracy of A. D. Lindsay
Much of value in the conception of a democratic state, evident in the work of several English and American scholars writing around the time of the Second World War, but most forcefully presented by A. D. Lindsay, has been overlooked by contemporary scholarship. Lindsay combined a ‘realist’ acceptance of state power with a finely-tuned appreciation of the possibilities of citizenship. His distinctive contributions to democratic theory, focusing on…
The Feudal Origins of English Constitutionalism
A Note on the Meaning of ‘Constitution
Professor Sartori's 1962 article on constitutionalism in the American Political Science Review was influential in the acceptance of a narrow view of the constitution. Sartori argued that constitution meant specifically limitation on government and underplayed the role of the state in establishing a political order. This article argues that there are good historical reasons for keeping a balanced view of a constitutionalism that maintains a tensio…
Responsible and Irresponsible Opposition: The Case of the Roman Tribunes
GIVEN THE REMARKABLE CIRCUMSTANCES OF ITS SPONTANEOUS rise to prominence, and considering the sweeping range of social and political reforms achieved, it is scarcely surprising that the Roman tribunate has aroused interest among modern political theorists. According to Karl Loewenstein, this was ‘. . . an organ of officially authorized opposition . . .’. Maurice Duverger cites the tribunate as an example of the ‘separate organization’ of oppositi…
The 1975 constitutional crisis in Australia
(1976). The 1975 constitutional crisis in Australia. The Journal of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics: Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 141-157
The concept of “politics” in Australia
Democratic theory and the face to face society
(1974). Democratic theory and the face to face society. Politics: Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 56-62
A Note on the Meaning of ‘Constitution
Professor Sartori's 1962 article on constitutionalism in the American Political Science Review was influential in the acceptance of a narrow view of the constitution. Sartori argued that constitution meant specifically limitation on government and underplayed the role of the state in establishing a political order. This article argues that there are good historical reasons for keeping a balanced view of a constitutionalism that maintains a tensio…
Australian Labor and the Socialist Tradition
Amidst the turmoil of the so‐called 'death of socialism', both in Australia and elsewhere, there has been renewed debate about what socialism should be taken to mean. This paper attempts to come to terms with the competing claims about, in particular, socialism within the Australian Labor Party and, in general, how better to understand the meaning of socialism. A comparison and contrast between the first principles of liberalism and socialism hel…
Karl Loewenstein, Max Lerner, and militant democracy: An Appeal to ‘Strong Democracy
In the 1930s Loewenstein responded to the ease with which the Nazi Party rose to power within parliamentary democracy. In America Lerner echoed Loewenstein's call for a 'militant democracy', but identified a different 'enemy within' – rogue capitalist interests. Loewenstein's response to populism was an 'authoritarian democracy', whereas Lerner wished to embrace the people in a public engagement. This paper seeks a middle path towards a conceptio…
Republic or democracy
While 'republic' is used to distinguish regimes without monarchs from other constitutional forms, in other respects the word is taken to be a virtual synonym for democracy. Up to the present century, however, the two words had very different histories. The republican form was almost always held to retain constitutional safeguards against the 'excesses' or 'follies' of democracy. This would be of little consequence were it not for the fact that ma…
The Secular Reformation and the Influence of Machiavelli
A new sophistry: The rhetoric of the new right
(1987). A new sophistry: The rhetoric of the new right. Politics: Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 29-35
Australian Democracy and the Compound Republic
A reply to Johnson
The concept of “politics” in Australia
Democratic theory and the face to face society
(1974). Democratic theory and the face to face society. Politics: Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 56-62
The 1975 constitutional crisis in Australia
(1976). The 1975 constitutional crisis in Australia. The Journal of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics: Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 141-157
The concept of “politics” in Australia
A Note on the Meaning of ‘Constitution
Professor Sartori's 1962 article on constitutionalism in the American Political Science Review was influential in the acceptance of a narrow view of the constitution. Sartori argued that constitution meant specifically limitation on government and underplayed the role of the state in establishing a political order. This article argues that there are good historical reasons for keeping a balanced view of a constitutionalism that maintains a tensio…
Responsible and Irresponsible Opposition: The Case of the Roman Tribunes
GIVEN THE REMARKABLE CIRCUMSTANCES OF ITS SPONTANEOUS rise to prominence, and considering the sweeping range of social and political reforms achieved, it is scarcely surprising that the Roman tribunate has aroused interest among modern political theorists. According to Karl Loewenstein, this was ‘. . . an organ of officially authorized opposition . . .’. Maurice Duverger cites the tribunate as an example of the ‘separate organization’ of oppositi…
The Feudal Origins of English Constitutionalism
Contours of a democratic polity
The Christian Democracy of A. D. Lindsay
Much of value in the conception of a democratic state, evident in the work of several English and American scholars writing around the time of the Second World War, but most forcefully presented by A. D. Lindsay, has been overlooked by contemporary scholarship. Lindsay combined a ‘realist’ acceptance of state power with a finely-tuned appreciation of the possibilities of citizenship. His distinctive contributions to democratic theory, focusing on…
A new sophistry: The rhetoric of the new right
(1987). A new sophistry: The rhetoric of the new right. Politics: Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 29-35
A reply to Johnson
Australian Labor and the Socialist Tradition
Amidst the turmoil of the so‐called 'death of socialism', both in Australia and elsewhere, there has been renewed debate about what socialism should be taken to mean. This paper attempts to come to terms with the competing claims about, in particular, socialism within the Australian Labor Party and, in general, how better to understand the meaning of socialism. A comparison and contrast between the first principles of liberalism and socialism hel…
Republic or democracy
While 'republic' is used to distinguish regimes without monarchs from other constitutional forms, in other respects the word is taken to be a virtual synonym for democracy. Up to the present century, however, the two words had very different histories. The republican form was almost always held to retain constitutional safeguards against the 'excesses' or 'follies' of democracy. This would be of little consequence were it not for the fact that ma…
Rights, jurisdiction and responsible government ‐ the spectre of capital television
Australia and the Emergence of the Modern Two‐Party System
Although the Australian party system is accepted in some literature as a "classic" example of a two‐party system, information about how this system came about does not feature prominently in international studies on political parties. It is here argued that Australia indeed blazed the trail for the two‐party model by being the first to link parliamentary organisation directly to a mass electorate
Socialism on Contemporary Australia
Australian Universities in Crisis
That this book, having been recommended for publication by the editors of Melbourne University Press, was subsequently rejected through the intervention of the University authorities, is a symptom of the very malaise which the contributors address. Since the Dawkins 'reforms' to Australian higher education the university system has come under increasing surveillance by government functionaries, and university 'managements' have been subverted thr…
Deliberative Democracy in Australia; The Changing Place of Parliament
Australian Democracy and the Compound Republic
The Secular Reformation and the Influence of Machiavelli
The “Crusade” Against Evil: Bush's Fundamentalism
This paper deals with some of the religious elements in the responses to the terrorist attacks. It criticises some initial Christian responses (in America) as well as George Bush (Jnr)'s self‐asserted Christian credentials. The conjunction between business‐friendly forms of religion and the religious cloak over a right‐wing political stance is presented as an aspect of Bush's “crusade”. The paper surveys the history of the constitutional separati…
Hebrew Prophecy and the Foundations of Political Opposition
Political opposition, as institutionally provided for in the constitutional set-up of a democratic polity, implies pluralism, toleration and the guarantee of limited and contested government. Its modern roots can be traced to the era of puritan resistance to the English Crown in the seventeenth century and its theoretical justification in the Country Ideology of the seventeenth century. In that movement theorists liberally resorted to ancient Rom…
Religion and the Rise of Democracy
In a major original study, Graham Maddox analyses the role of religion in the development of democracy from the tribes of ancient Israel to the present day. The book contrasts Athenian direct democracy with the Old Testament monarchy in which the concept of religious opposition - vital to modern democracy - arose. Maddox then develops his discussion of the relationship between religion and democracy through early christianity to the Reformation a…
The Prospects for Democratic Convergence: Islam and Christianity
The resurgence of world religions, particularly those of a common ancestry in the Book, proffers a trans-national address to modern political conflict. Since the civilizations Huntington predicted to clash are characterized by religious traditions, these very traditions may helpfully become the focus of analysis for an unstable world order. In any dialogue, the “West” is unlikely to disclaim democracy, with its indispensably secular institutions,…
First Know Your Enemy. Comprehending Imperial German War Aims and Deciphering the Enigma of Kultur
Karl Loewenstein, Max Lerner, and militant democracy: An Appeal to ‘Strong Democracy
In the 1930s Loewenstein responded to the ease with which the Nazi Party rose to power within parliamentary democracy. In America Lerner echoed Loewenstein's call for a 'militant democracy', but identified a different 'enemy within' – rogue capitalist interests. Loewenstein's response to populism was an 'authoritarian democracy', whereas Lerner wished to embrace the people in a public engagement. This paper seeks a middle path towards a conceptio…
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