APSA 50

Website of the
Jubilee Conference of the Australasian Political Studies Association
held at the Australian National University, Canberra
2-4 October 2002

The papers from APSA50 are currently being uploaded, and available here.

The APSA 50 conference in October 2002 represented a special achievement for political scientists in Australia: fifty years of scholarly conferences and discussion of political science.

APSA conferences have always showcased the diversity of perspectives among political scientists, and the breadth of political science as a discpline, and APSA 50 was no different.

To mark its 50th year the APSA 50 conference included assessments of Australia’s particular contributions to political studies, including panels on:
l electoral methods (Joan Rydon)
l electoral reform (Elaine Thompson)
l psychological politics (James Walter)
l federalism and the High Court (Brian Galligan)
l communism and the Soviet Union (Leslie Holmes)

Keynote speakers included:
Senator John Faulkner (Labor, NSW)
Senator Andrew Bartlett (Democrats, Queensland)
David Farrell (Manchester University)
Iain McLean (Oxford University)
Richard Sakwa (University of Kent at Canterbury)

The conference was organised around eight streams of discussion
Australia's contribution to political studies (convened by Joan Rydon and Marian Simms)
The disciplinary history of political science (convened by Marian Sawer)
Australasian politics (convened by John Warhurst and Jim Chalmers)
Political sociology (convened by Alastair Greig)
The politics of resistance and class (convened by Rick Kuhn)
Health, politics and policy (convened by Kevin White)
Women and politics (convened by Mary Walsh)
International politics (convened by Katrina Lee Koo)
Political theory (convened by Jeremy Shearmur)
Environmental policy and politics (convened by Jenny Stewart)

Special panels were also organised on:
The media and politics
The 2001 federal election

APSA50 was hosted by the School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, at the Australian National University, Canberra

To view the pre-conference website of the APSA50 conference, go here.