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Professor Emeritus Graeme Gill
BA (Hons), MA, PhD, FASSA
Phone
+61 2 9351 3090
Address
G02 - Jane Foss Russell Building
The University of Sydney
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Graeme Gill joined the Department in 1981 and was appointed to the Chair in 1990. He has been a member of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia since 1994, and has held a variety of positions in the University, including Acting Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research), Deputy Chair of the Academic Board, Chair of the Academic Forum, Associate Dean in the Faculty of Economics, and Head of the School of Economics and Political Science. He has been an ARC Australian Professorial Fellow and a member of the ARC College of Experts. He is also President of the International Council for Central and East European Studies.
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- Russian politics
- Soviet politics
- Comparative authoritarian regimes
- Democratisation
- Origins and development of the state
Graeme recently received an ARC Discovery Grant to investigate elite politics in authoritarian political systems. More particularly, this will focus on the relationship between a dominant leader and other members of the ruling elite.
His most recent book is on the role of symbols in the Soviet political system, while a book in press studies symbols in post-Soviet Russia.
Member of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia since 1994.
Selected publications
Symbolism and Politics
(Routledge, 2020)
Collective Leadership in Soviet Politics
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
A Quarter Century of Post-Communism Assessed
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)
Building an Authoritarian Polity: Russia in Post-Soviet Times
(Cambridge University Press, 2015)
Symbolism and Regime Change in Russia
(Cambridge University Press, 2013)
Routledge Handbook of Russian Politics & Society
(Routledge imprint of Taylor & Francis, 2012)
Symbols and Legitimacy in Soviet Politics
(Cambridge University Press, 2011)
Bourgeoisie, State, and Democracy: Russia, France, Germany and the USA
(Oxford University Press, 2008)
The nature and Development of the Modern State
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2003)
Democracy and Post-communism - Political change in the post-communist world
(Taylor and Francis, 2002)
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Publications
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Books
- Gill, G. (2024). Revolution and Terror. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
- Gill, G. (2018). Collective Leadership in Soviet Politics. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Gill, G. (2016). The Nature and Development of the Modern State (2nd Edition). London: Palgrave. [More Information]
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Edited Books
- Gill, G., Angosto Ferrandez, L. (2020). Symbolism and Politics. Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
- Steven Fish, M., Gill, G., Petrovic, M. (2017). A Quarter Century of Post-Communism Assessed. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Gill, G., Young, J. (2012). Routledge Handbook of Russian Politics & Society. Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge imprint of Taylor & Francis. [More Information]
Book Chapters
- Gill, G., Angosto Ferrandez, L. (2020). Introduction: Symbolism and Politics. In Graeme Gill, Luis Angosto-Ferrandez (Eds.), Symbolism and Politics, (pp. 1-5). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
- Gill, G. (2020). Political Symbols and Regime Change: The Russian Experience. In Graeme Gill, Luis Angosto-Ferrandez (Eds.), Symbolism and Politics, (pp. 66-80). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
- Gill, G. (2020). The Face of the Regime. Political Portraiture in the Soviet Union and Russia. In Luciano Cheles and Alessandro Giacone (Eds.), The Political Portrait. Leadership, Image and Power, (pp. 129). New York: Routledge (Taylor and Francis). [More Information]
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Journals
- Gill, G. (2021). Images of Russia in Western scholarship. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 75(6), 637-649. [More Information]
- Gill, G. (2021). The Stalin Cult as Political Religion. Religions, 12(12), 1112. [More Information]
- Gill, G. (2019). Dictators and leadership: Lessons from Stalin and Mao. Working Paper of the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies, 2019 (431).
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Conferences
- Gill, G. (2004). Russia Stunted Civil Society And The Presidential Regime. Putin's Democracy:Transitional, Managed, or Illiberal?, Oslo, Norway: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs.
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2024
- Gill, G. (2024). Revolution and Terror. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
2021
- Gill, G. (2021). Images of Russia in Western scholarship. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 75(6), 637-649. [More Information]
- Gill, G. (2021). The Stalin Cult as Political Religion. Religions, 12(12), 1112. [More Information]
2020
- Gill, G., Angosto Ferrandez, L. (2020). Introduction: Symbolism and Politics. In Graeme Gill, Luis Angosto-Ferrandez (Eds.), Symbolism and Politics, (pp. 1-5). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
- Gill, G. (2020). Political Symbols and Regime Change: The Russian Experience. In Graeme Gill, Luis Angosto-Ferrandez (Eds.), Symbolism and Politics, (pp. 66-80). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
- Gill, G., Angosto Ferrandez, L. (2020). Symbolism and Politics. Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
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2019
- Gill, G. (2019). Dictators and leadership: Lessons from Stalin and Mao. Working Paper of the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies, 2019 (431).
- Gill, G., Markwick, R. (2019). Introduction: Stalinism as State-Building. Europe-Asia Studies, 71(6), 883-891. [More Information]
- Gill, G. (2019). Stalinism and Executive Power: Formal and Informal Contours of Stalinism. Europe-Asia Studies, 71(6), 994-1012. [More Information]
2018
- Gill, G. (2018). Collective Leadership in Soviet Politics. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Gill, G., Angosto Ferrandez, L. (2018). Introduction: Symbolism and Politics. Politics, Religion and Ideology, 19(4), 429-433. [More Information]
- Gill, G. (2018). Political Stability and Putin's Russia. Russian Politics, 3(1), 1-24. [More Information]
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2017
- Steven Fish, M., Gill, G., Petrovic, M. (2017). A Quarter Century of Post-Communism Assessed. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
- Fish, M., Gill, G., Petrovic, M. (2017). Introduction. A Quarter Century of Post-Communism Assessed, , 1-7. [More Information]
- Gill, G. (2017). Trajectories of Political Development in the Post-Soviet States. In M. Steven Fish, Graeme Gill, Milenko Petrovic (Eds.), A Quarter Century of Post-Communism Assessed, (pp. 75-98). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
2016
- Steven Fish, M., Gill, G., Petrovic, M. (2016). Introduction. In M. Steven Fish, Graeme Gill, Milenko Petrovic (Eds.), A Quarter Century of Post-Communism Assessed, (pp. 1-11). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Gill, G. (2016). Russia and the Vulnerability of Electoral Authoritarianism. Slavic Review, 75(2), 354-373. [More Information]
- Gill, G. (2016). The Basis of Putin's Power. Russian Politics, 1, 46-69. [More Information]
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2015
- Gill, G. (2015). Building an Authoritarian Polity: Russia in Post-Soviet Times. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
- Lee, L., Gill, G. (2015). India, Central Asia and the Eurasian Union: A New Ballgame? India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, 71(2), 110-125. [More Information]
- Gill, G. (2015). Putin, Nationalism and Foreign Policy. In Roger E Kanet and Matthew Sussex (Eds.), Power, Politics and Confrontation in Eurasia: Foreign Policy in a Contested Region, (pp. 42-62). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
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2013
- Gill, G. (2013). Political Symbolism and the Fall of the USSR. Europe-Asia Studies, 65(2), 244-263. [More Information]
- Gill, G. (2013). Symbolism and Regime Change in Russia. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
2012
- Gill, G., Young, J. (2012). Routledge Handbook of Russian Politics & Society. Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge imprint of Taylor & Francis. [More Information]
- Gill, G. (2012). The Decline of a Dominant Party and the Destabilization of Electoral Authoritarianism. Post-Soviet Affairs, 28(4), 449-471. [More Information]
- Gill, G. (2012). The Medvedev presidency. In Graeme Gill, James Young (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Russian Politics & Society, (pp. 27-32). Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge imprint of Taylor & Francis. [More Information]
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2011
- Gill, G., Maguire, D. (2011). Movements and Institutions: Analysing the Collapse of the Soviet Union. Slovansky Prehled, 97(1-2), 75-96.
- Gill, G. (2011). Symbols and Legitimacy in Soviet Politics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
2010
- Gill, G. (2010). Building the Communist Future: Legitimation and the Soviet City. In Stephen Fortescue (Eds.), Russian Politics from Lenin to Putin, (pp. 76-100). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Gill, G. (2010). Destalinisation and the Question of the Reformability of the Soviet Union. Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, 18(2), 127-143. [More Information]
2009
- Gill, G. (2009). The Communist Party and the Weakness of Bureaucratic Norms. In Rowney, Don K; Huskey, Eugene (Eds.), Russian Bureaucracy and the State: Officialdom From Alexander III to Vladimir Putin, (pp. 118-134). UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
2008
- Gill, G. (2008). 'Lenin Lives': Or Does He? Symbols and the Transition from Socialism. Europe-Asia Studies, 60(2), 173-196. [More Information]
- Gill, G. (2008). Bourgeoisie, State, and Democracy: Russia, France, Germany and the USA. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2007
- Gill, G. (2007). Australia and the USSR: From Cold War to Perestroika. In Alexander Massov, John Mc Nair, Thomas Poole (Eds.), Encounters under the Southern Cross- Two Centuries of Russian- Australian Relations 1807-2007, (pp. 232-252). Adelaide SA: Crawford House Publishing.
- Gill, G. (2007). Conclusion: Democratization and Regional Politics. In Graeme Gill (Eds.), Politics in the Russian Regions, (pp. 204-213). United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Gill, G. (2007). Introduction: Power and the Russian Regions. In Graeme Gill (Eds.), Politics in the Russian Regions, (pp. 1-15). United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.
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2006
- Gill, G. (2006). A New Turn to Authoritarian Rule In Russia? Democratization, 13(1), 58-77. [More Information]
- Gill, G. (2006). Nationalism and the Transition to Democracy: The Post-Soviet Experience. Demokratizatsiya, 14(4), 613-626. [More Information]
2005
- Gill, G. (2005). Changing Symbols: The Renovation of Moscow Place-Names. Russian Review, 64(3), 480-503. [More Information]
2004
- Gill, G. (2004). Russia Stunted Civil Society And The Presidential Regime. Putin's Democracy:Transitional, Managed, or Illiberal?, Oslo, Norway: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs.
2003
- Gill, G. (2003). The nature and Development of the Modern State. UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
2002
- Gill, G. (2002). Democracy and Post-communism - Political change in the post-communist world. United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis.
- Gill, G. (2002). Stalinism and the Fall of the Soviet Union. In Stephen G. Wheatcroft (Eds.), Challenging Traditional Views of Russian History, (pp. 217-234). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Gill, G. (2002). The Failure of Democracy in Russia. Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 3(2), 169-197.
2001
- Gill, G. (2001). Culture, Democracy and Post-Communism: The Course of Regime Change in Eastern Europe. Acta Politica, 36, 47-70.
- Gill, G. (2001). Vladimir Putin and the Future of the Russian Presidency. In Not known (Eds.), Russia After Yeltsin, (pp. 16-33). TBC.
2000
- Gill, G. (2000). The Soviet Mechanism of Power and the Fall of the Soviet Union. In Niels E.Rosenfeldt, Bent Jensen, Erik Kulavig (Eds.), Mechanisms of power in the Soviet Union, (pp. 3-22). New York: Macmillan Press.
Selected Grants
2015
- Bridling Autocrats: Limiting Executive Power in Authoritarian Polities, Gill G, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)
2011
- Strategies for the Stabilisation of Authoritarian Rule: Russia in Comparative Perspective, Gill G, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)
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