Associate Professor Rodney Smith
BA, MA - University of Queensland
PhD - University of Sydney
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BACKGROUND
Dr Rodney Smith teaches Australian politics and political sociology. His current research interests are Australian political parties and elections, political ethics and corruption, and religion and politics in liberal democracies.
His books are Against the Machines (2006), Keywords in Australian Politics (co-authored, 2006), Australian Political Culture (2001) and Politics in Australia (edited, three editions from 1989 to 1997). He has published articles in Governance, The Australian Journal of Political Science, The Australian Journal of Politics and History, The Australian Journal of Public Administration and The Australian Religion Studies Review. He is currently part of a team completing a major ARC-funded study of public sector whistleblowers in Australia.
RESEARCH
Research Interests
- Australian political parties and elections
- Political ethics and corruption
- Religion and politics in liberal democracies
Current Research
- Australian political parties;
- Local government anti-corruption and integrity systems;
- Legislative coalition-building in Australia
Research Students
- Nicholas Bromfield - Australian Prime Ministers and ANZAC Discourse.
- Christopher Neff - Shark Bites and Public Policy in South Africa, the United States of America and Australia.
- Ben Sun - Political Participation among Chinese Communities in Australia.
TEACHING
Current Courses
Past Courses
- GOVT1101 - Australian Politics
- GOVT1104 - Power in Society
- GOVT2114 - Party System in Australia
- GOVT6313 - Leadership in Theory and Practice
PUBLICATIONS
Books Authored and Edited
Cook I, Smith, R, Vromen A (eds) 2012, Contemporary Politics in Australia: Theories, Practices and Issues, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne.
Clune, D & Smith, R (eds) 2012,From Carr to Keneally: NSW Labor in Office 1995-2011, Allen and Unwin, Sydney.
Cook I, Smith, R, Vromen A 2006, Keywords In Australian Politics, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne.
Smith, R 2006, Against the Machines: Minor Parties and Independents in New South Wales 1910-2006, The Federation Press, Sydney.
Smith, R 2001, Australian Political Culture, Longman, Sydney.
Smith, R 2000, The New South Wales State Election 1999, New South Wales Parliamentary Library and Department of Government, University of Sydney, Sydney.
Smith, R & Watson L 1989, Politics in Australia, Allen and Unwin, Sydney¹.
Refereed Journal Articles
Smith, R 2010, "The Role of Whistleblowing in Governing Well: Evidence from the Australian Public Sector", American Review of Public Administration, vol. 40, no. 6, pp. 704-721.
Gauja, A & Smith, R 2010, "Understanding Party Constitutions as Responses to Specific Challenges", Party Politics, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 755-775.
Smith, R 2009, "How Would Jesus Vote? The Churches and the Election of the Rudd Government", Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 613-638.
Smith, R 2006, "NSW Parliamentary Committees and Integrity Oversight: Comparing Public Sector Agency, News Media and NGO Perspectives", Australasian Parliamentary Review, vol. 21.
Sampford C, Smith, R & Brown A 2005, "From Greek Temple to Birds Nest: Towards A Theory of Coherence and Mutual Accountability for National Integrity Systems", Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 64, no. 2, pp. 96-108.
Smith, R 2005, "Mapping the New South Wales Public Integrity System", Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 64, no. 2, pp. 54-61.
Smith, R 2004, "Leadership Studies and the Uniting Church in Australia", Uniting Church Studies, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1-15.
Smith, R 2003, "The New South Wales Election of 22 March 2003", Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 549-56.
Smith, R 1999, "Australian Solitudes: Citizens, Parliamentary Party Politics, Corruption Agencies and Political Ethics", Legislative Studies, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 36-46.
Smith, R 1999, "Visible and Invisible Cultures of Parliamentary Ethics: The 'Sports Rorts' Affair Revisited", Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 47-62.
Smith, R 1998, "Religion and Electoral Behaviour in Australia: Searching for Meaning", Australian Religion Studies Review, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 17-37.
Jackson M, Kirby E, Smith, R & Thompson L 1994, "Sovereign Eyes: Legislators' Perceptions of Corruption", Journal of Comparative and Commonwealth Politics, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 54-67.
Jackson M & Smith, R 1995, "Everybody's Doing It! Codes of Ethics and New South Wales Parliamentarians Perceptions of Corruption", Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 483-493.
Smith, R 1993, "Political Chronicle: New South Wales", Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 231-237.
Smith, R 1992, "Political Chronicle: New South Wales", Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 222-227.
Smith, R 1989, "The Problem of Interests in Contemporary Liberal Political Theory", Politics, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 56-66.
Smith, R & Wearing M 1987, "Do Australians Want the Welfare State?", Politics, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 55-65.
Book Chapters
Smith, R 2012, "Australia: Representative Bureaucracy in a Post-Colonial, Multicultural Society", in B Guy Peters, E Schröter & P von Maravic (eds), Representative Bureaucracy in Action, Volume II: Country Profiles from the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.
Smith, R 2012, "The Liberal Party", in D Clune & R Smith (eds), From Carr to Keneally: NSW Labor in Office 1995-2011,, Allen and Unwin, Sydney.
Smith, R 2012, "Non-Rural Independents and the Minor Parties", in D Clune & R Smith (eds), From Carr to Keneally: NSW Labor in Office 1995-2011, Allen and Unwin, Sydney.
Smith, R 2012, "Parliament" in D Clune & R Smith (eds), From Carr to Keneally: NSW Labor in Office 1995-2011, Allen and Unwin, Sydney.
Smith, R 2012, "How Labor Governed", in D Clune & R Smith (eds), From Carr to Keneally: NSW Labor in Office 1995-2011, Allen and Unwin, Sydney.
Smith, R 2012, "Behaviouralism", in I Cook, R Smith & A Vromen (eds), Contemporary Australian Politics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Smith, R 2012, "Landa, David Paul", in The Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 18, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne.
Smith, R 2009, "Peter Ross Sinclair", in D Clune & K Turner (eds), The New South Wales Governors, The Federation Press, Sydney.
Smith, R 2008, "The Sydney Local Integrity System", in L Huberts, F Anechiarico & F Six (eds), Local Integrity Systems: World Cities Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity, BJu Legal Publishers, The Hague.
Smith, R 2008, "The New South Wales Integrity System", in B Head, A Brown & C Connors (eds), Promoting Integrity: Evaluating and Improving Public Integrity Institutions, Ashgate, Aldershot.
Brown, A, Donkin, M & Smith, R 2008, "How Do Officials Report? Internal and External Whistleblowing", in A Brown (ed), Whistleblowing in the Australian Public Sector: Enhancing the Theory and Practice of Internal Witness Management in Public Sector Organisations, ANU E Press, Canberra.
Brown, A & Smith, R 2008, "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly: Whistleblowing Outcomes", in A Brown (ed), Whistleblowing in the Australian Public Sector: Enhancing the Theory and Practice of Internal Witness Management in Public Sector Organisations, ANU E Press, Canberra.
Jackson M & Smith, R 2007, "Corruption" in B Galligan & W Roberts (eds), The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
Smith, R 2007, "Minor Parties and Independents in New South Wales", in D Clune & K Turner (eds), Writing Party History: Papers from a Seminar Held at Parliament House, New South Wales Parliamentary Library, Sydney.
O'Mahony J & Smith, R 2006, "The Cartel Parties Model and Electoral Barriers", in I Marsh (ed), Political Parties in Transition?, The Federation Press, Sydney.
Smith, R 2006, "Robert John Carr", in D Clune and K Turner (eds), The Premiers of New South Wales, Federation Press, Sydney.
Gauja A, Smith, R & Vromen A 2006, "Transforming parliament? Independent and Minor Party Women in NSW Politics", in D Brennan & L Chappell (eds), No Fit Place for Women’? Women and NSW Politics 1856-2006, UNSW Press, Sydney.
Smith, R 2003, "New South Wales", in C Sharman & J Moon (eds), Australian Politics and Government: The Commonwealth, The States and the Territories, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne.
Smith, R 2003, "The Assembly", in W Emilsen and S Emilsen (eds), The Uniting Church in Australia-The First 25 Years, Circa Books, Melbourne Publishing Group, Melbourne.
Smith, R 2001, "1999", in M Hogan & D Clune (eds), The People's Choice: Electoral Politics in 20th Century New South Wales, New South Wales Parliamentary Library and Department of Government, University of Sydney, Sydney.
Jackson M & Smith, R 2000, "Inside Moves and Outside Views: An Australian Case Study of Elite and Public Perceptions of Political Corruption", in R Williams (ed), The Politics of Corruption, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham.
Smith, R 1999, "The Sources of New Labour", in J Milfull (ed), Britain in Europe: Prospects for Change, Ashgate, Aldershot.
Smith, R 1998, "Australia: An Old Order Manages Change", in P Davies & J White (eds), Political Parties and the Collapse of Old Orders, Albany State University of New York Press, New York.
Smith, R 1998, "Strange Distinctions: Parliamentarians, Political Parties and Legislative Ethics Research", in N Preston, C Sampford & C Bois (eds), Ethics and Political Practice: Perspectives on Legislative Ethics, Routledge, London.
Smith, R 1997, "Power", in R Smith (ed), Politics in Australia, Allen and Unwin, Sydney.
Smith, R 1997, "The Australian Democrats in NSW Politics", in J Warhurst (ed), Keeping the Bastards Honest: The Australian Democrats' First Twenty Years, Allen and Unwin, Sydney.
Smith, R 1997, "The News Media", in R Smith (ed), Politics in Australia, Allen and Unwin, Sydney.
Smith, R 1997, "The Party System", in R Smith (ed), Politics in Australia, Allen and Unwin, Sydney.
Smith, R 1995, "Dislocating Citizens: The Young Unemployed", in M Hogan & K Dempsey (eds), Equity and Citizenship Under Keating, Public Affairs Research Centre, Department of Government and Public Administration, University of Sydney, Sydney.
Smith, R 1995, "Parliament", in M Laffin and M Painter (eds), Reform and Reversal; Lessons from the Liberal Coalition Government in New South Wales 1988-95, MacMillan, Melbourne.
Smith, R 1994, "Parliament", in J Brett, J Gillespie & M Goot (eds), New Developments in Australian Politics, MacMillan, Melbourne.
Smith, R 1994, "The Major Party Competition: Social Welfare Since 1972", in R Berreen & M Wearing (eds), Welfare and Social Policy in Australia; The Distribution of Advantage, Harcourt Brace, Sydney.
Selected Conference Papers
Smith, R 2011, "The Opposition in New South Wales" and "Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition Roundtable", paper presented at Australian Catholic University, Canberra, 21-23 February 2011.
Smith, R 2010, "The Senate and the Rudd Government: Explaining the Mixed Outcomes of 2008 to 2010", paper presented at the Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, University of Melbourne, 27-29 September 2010.
Smith, R 2005, "Reconceptualising Australian Minor Parties", paper presented at the Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand,28-30 September 2005.
Smith, R 2004, "Is There a New South Wales Public Integrity System? A Preliminary Assessment?", paper presented at the Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, University of Adelaide,29 September - 1 October 2004.
Smith, R 2003, "The Cartel Parties Thesis and Electoral Barriers to New Party Competitors in Australia", paper presented at the Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, University of Tasmania, Hobart: School of Government University of Tasmania.
Smith, R 2002, "Political Parties in Contemporary Australian Fiction: Stephen Sewell?s The Blind Giant is Dancing, George Papaellina's No and Alan Wearne's The Nightmarkets", paper presented at the 50th Annual Australian Political Studies Association Conference, Australian National University,October, 2002.
Smith, R 2001, "Imagining Australian Republics and Other Institutional Alternatives: Executives and Parliaments in Recent Australian Literary Fiction", paper presented at the 43rd Annual Conference of The Australasian Political Studies Association (APSA), Brisbane, Australia,24-26 September 2001.
Smith, R 2000, "Protest and Antipolitics in Contemporary Australian Fiction: Tim Winton, Amanda Lohrey and Victor Kelleher", paper presented at the 2000 Conference of the Australasian Political Studies Association, ANU, Canberra.
Smith, R 1999, "The Public Service in Recent Australian Fiction: West Block, The Tax Inspector and Three Dollars", paper presented at the 1999 Conference of the Australasian Political Studies Association, Sydney.
Book Reviews
Smith, R 2010, "Politics, Parties and Issues in Australia", by A Scott, "Confusion: The Making of the Australian Two-Party System" ed by N Dyrenfurth & P Strangio, and "The National Party: Prospects for the Great Survivors", ed by L Botterill & G Cockfield, "Review Essay: Australian Parties: Past, Present, Future",The Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 501-505.
Reports
Smith, R 2009, "International Experiences of Electronic Voting and Their Implications for New South Wales", report prepared for the New South Wales Electoral Commission. Sydney, NSW Electoral Commission, August 2009.
Smith, R 2005, "Chaos or Coherence: Strengths, Opportunities and Challenges for Australias National Integrity Systems", National Integrity System Australia (NISA) Final Report, Brisbane, Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance, Griffith University and Melbourne, Transparency International Australia .
Smith, R 1986, "Welfare services in New South Wales", Background paper, Library for the information of members of the New South Wales Parliament, Report Number 0730555801.
COMMENTARY
Opinion Pieces
Smith, R 2011, "Tough Road to Restoring Balance", The Australian, 27 March 2011.
Smith, R 2011, "Rural Independents to Feel the Squeeze", The Australian, 22 March 2011.
Smith, R 2011, "Hanson’s Entry Poses a Riddle for both Sides of Divide", The Australian, 16 March 2011.
Smith, R 2011, "Opposition Needs to Accentuate the Positive and Say What it Plans to do in Government", The Australian, 7 March 2011.
Invited Lectures and Seminars
Smith, R 2011, "Local Government Integrity Systems", presentation to ‘Who Knew?’ Corruption Prevention Network Annual Full Day Forum, Sydney, 8 September 2011.
Smith, R 2011, "What Forms of Parliamentary Integrity System Work? A Comparative Commonwealth Perspective", presentation to "Ethics and Integrity in Parliament: Emerging Perspectives."
Smith, R 2009, A Conference of the Parliamentary Studies Centre ANU, Parliament House, Canberra, 30 November 2009.
Smith, R 2009, "Public Sector Ethics in the UK: A View from Australia", presentation to the Business School, University of Hull, Kingston upon Hull, UK, 21 October 2009.
Smith, R 2009, "Australian Public Sector Integrity Measures in a Comparative Perspective", inaugural lecture in the Department for Public Management and Governance International Public Management Lecture Series, Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen, Germany, 22 September 2009.
¹ 2nd edition published by Allen and Unwin in 1993 and 3rd edition published by Allen and Unwin in 1997