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Crozier, Michael Paul

Summary

In 2009, Michael Crozier became a Chief Investigator on LE0989083 - Australian Social Science Data Archive: Provision of Advanced Infrastructure and Collaborative Environment (2009 - ). As part of this LIEF Grant, the ASSDA Melbourne node (ESRC) is researching Michael Crozier's research records from two ARC projects - Communicating Power: Political consultants, symbolic production and media democracy (1998-2000); and Political Science and the Nation-Building State (2004-2006).

During his work as the single chief investigator on these projects, Michael Crozier was Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of Melbourne.

Details

Michael was educated at Monash University and La Trobe University, and taught political science at Monash University and sociology at Deakin University. He was a visiting research fellow at the Australian National University, McMaster University (Canada), University of Padua (Italy), and Queens University (Canada).

After becoming Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of Melbourne he worked on areas of research including political communication, network society, and the history and theory of the social sciences. He has published on political and social theory, Australian political culture, the development of the social sciences in Australia, and on garden theory.

From 1998 to 2000, Michael Crozier was the single chief investigator on the project "Political Science and the Nation-Building State" (ARC Large Research Grants Program: A79803328). Subsequently, from 2004 to 2006, he was the single chief investigator on the ARC Discovery project "Communicating power: Political consultants, symbolic production and media democracy" (Project ID: DP0450924). His findings on the latter project included the recognition of a significant shift in the nature and purpose of communication in political parties and related organisations, and his work in this area continued beyond the formal closing date of the ARC project.

As of 2009, Michael Crozier was Chair of Postgraduate Coursework/Honours, Honours/Postgraduate Diploma Coordinator and Student Advisor (Political Science, Criminology and Sociology). and a representative on the Graduate Studies Committee.

Sources used to compile this entry: Dr. Michael Crozier, The University of Melbourne, June 2008, http://www.ssps.unimelb.edu.au/about/staff/profiles/crozier.

Prepared by: Michael Jones

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Archival/Heritage Resources

Room 437, Level 4, East Tower, John Medley Building, The University of Melbourne

  • Research Record Collection: Michael Crozier, Communicating power: Political consultants, symbolic production and media democracy; Private Hands [ Details... ].
  • Research Record Collection: Michael Crozier, Political Science and the Nation-Building State, 1998 - 2000; Private Hands [ Details... ].

Resources

Conference Papers

  • Michael Crozier, 'Information flows: From models of politics-policy to modes of policy-politics', in Mid West Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, Mid West Political Science Association, USA, April 2008. [ Details... ]
  • Michael Crozier, 'Contemporary political communication and public policy', in APSA Annual Conference, University of Adelaide, Australian Political Studies Association, Australia, October 2004. [ Details... ]
  • Michael Crozier, 'Making Connections: Political communication and governance', in Governments and Communities in Partnership: From Theory to Practice, OECD/Centre for Public Policy Conference, University of Melbourne/Melbourne Park, Victoria, Australia, September 2006. [ Details... ]
  • Michael Crozier, 'The Place of T.R. Ashworth in the History of Australian Sociology', in 14th World Congress of Sociology, Montreal, Canada, International Sociological Association, August 1998. [ Details... ]
  • Michael Crozier, 'Exploring Social Sciences in Australia', in Sociology in Australia - Past and Present, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, April 1999. [ Details... ]
  • Michael Crozier, 'The History of a Problematic Discipline: Political Science in Australia', in XVIIIth World Congress of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, International Political Science Association, August 2000. [ Details... ]
  • Michael Crozier and Adrian Little, 'Disagreeable democracy: Deliberation, conflict and communication in contemporary democratic practice', in APSA Annual Conference, Monash University, Australian Political Studies Association, Australia, September 2007. [ Details... ]

Journal Articles

  • Michael Crozier, 'Antipodean Sensibilities', South Atlantic Quarterly, vol. 98, no. 4, 1999, pp. 839-859. [ Details... ]
  • Michael Crozier, 'Obituary - Graham Little', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 35, no. 2, 2000, pp. 313-316. [ Details... ]
  • Michael Crozier, 'A Problematic Discipline: The Identity of Australian Political Studies', Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 36, no. 1, 2001, pp. 7-26. [ Details... ]
  • Michael Crozier, 'Society Economized: T.R. Ashworth and the History of Social Science in Australia', Australian Historical Studies, vol. 33, no. 119, 2002, pp. 125-142. [ Details... ]
  • Michael Crozier, 'Recursive Governance: Contemporary political communication and public policy', Political Communication, vol. 24, no. 1, 2007, pp. 1-18. [ Details... ]
  • Michael Crozier, 'Listening, Learning, Steering: New governance, communication and interactive policy formation', Policy and Politics, vol. 36, no. 1, 2008, pp. 3-19. [ Details... ]

Online Resources

Created: 31 August 2009, Last modified: 3 September 2009