Dr Gary Wickham

Email: 	G.Wickham@murdoch.edu.au
Phone: 	+61 08 9360 2546

QUALIFICATIONS

PhD:
University of Melbourne (Sociology Research Group), awarded 1986

MA: (by research only)
University of Melbourne (Department of Political Science), awarded 1982

BA: (Honours)
Macquarie University (Department of Politics), awarded 1980

DIP IN TEACHING (PRIMARY):
Newcastle College of Advanced Education, awarded 1975

CURRENT TEACHING

Undergraduate

• S134 Introduction to Sociology (Murdoch Campus)
• S262 Sociology of Law
• Honours and Independent Study Contract supervision

Postgraduate

• Currently supervising three PhD students

• Sociological Theory
• Sociology of Law
• History of Sociology

• The Australian Sociological Association
• International Sociological Association
• International Institute for the Sociology of Law

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

(Please Note: In all my jointly authored publications my share is 50%.)

Books

• 2001 (co-authored with Gavin Kendall) Understanding Culture: Cultural Studies, Order and Ordering London:Sage

• 2001 (co-edited with George Pavlich) Rethinking Law, Society and Governance: Foucault's Bequest Oxford: Hart

• 1999 (co-authored with Gavin Kendall) Using Foucault's Methods London: Sage

• 1994 (co-authored with Alan Hunt) Foucault and Law: Towards a Sociology of Law as Governance London: Pluto Press

• 1987 (ed.) Social Theory and Legal Politics Sydney: Local Consumption Publications

• 2000 "Forget globalization and its siblings: study everyday culture as ordering!", in Kennedy, P (ed.) Globalization, Culture and Everyday Life, Volume 2 Manchester: Manchester Metropolitan University (Conference Proceedings), pp 235-276

• 1999 (with Gavin Kendall) 'Lessons from an Old Millennium: Law and Regulation in the Ancient City', in Collis, M, Munro , L, and Russell S (eds) Sociology for a New Millennium: Challenges and Prospects Melbourne: Monash University Press (Conference Proceedings), pp 399-406

• 1998 (with Gavin Kendall) "Forget postmodernism: towards a nonmodern sociology", in Alexander, M, Harding, S, Harrison, P, Kendall, G, Skrbis, Z, and Western, J (eds) Refashioning Sociology: Responses to a New World Order Brisbane: QUT Press (Conference Proceedings), pp 178-184

• 1997 "Governance and Consumption", in Sulkunen, P, Holmwood, J, Radner, H and Schulze, G (eds), Constructing The New Consumer Society London: Macmillan and New York: St Martin's Press, pp 277-291

• 1992 (with Gavin Kendall) "Health and the Social Body", in Scott, S; Williams, G; Platt, S and Thomas, H (eds), Private Risk and Public Danger Aldershot: Avebury Press pp 8-18

• 1990 "The Currency of History for Sociology", in Kendrick S, Straw P and McCrone D (eds), Interpreting the Past, Understanding the Present London: Macmillan, pp 38-58

• 1987 "Turning the Law into Laws for Political Analysis", in Wickham G (ed.), Social Theory and Legal Politics Sydney: Local Consumption Publications, pp 40-55

• 1987 "Introduction", in Wickham, G (ed.), Social Theory and Legal Politics Sydney: Local Consumption Publications, pp 1-4

• 1986 "Power and Power Analysis: Beyond Foucault?", in Gane, M (ed.), Towards a Critique of Foucault London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, pp 149-179 (reprinted from Economy and Society)

• 2000 "Foucault and Gadamer: Like Apples and Oranges Passing in the Night", Chicago-Kent Law Review, 1-XXX, pp 101-138

• 1998 (with Jeff Malpas) "Democracy and Instrumentalism", Australian Journal of Political Science, Vol 33, No 3, pp 345-362 (joint winner of the Mayer Prize for best article in the journal, 1998-99)

• 1997 (with Jeff Malpas) "Governance and the World: From Joe DiMaggio to Michel Foucault", The UTS Review, Vol 3, No 2, pp 91-108

• 1996 (with Gavin Kendall) "Governing the Culture of Cities: A Foucaultian Perspective", Southern Review, Vol 29, No 2, pp 202-219

• 1996 (with Hannah Lewi) "Modern Urban Government: A Foucaultian Perspective", Urban Policy and Research, Vol 14, No 1, pp 51-64

• 1995 (with Jeff Malpas) "Governance and Failure: On the Limits of Sociology", Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology, Vol 31, No 3, pp 37-50

• 1993 (with Nikolas Rose) "Just Say Neo", Australian Left Review, No 147, pp 32-36

• 1992 "Sport, Manners, Persons, Government: Elias, Mauss, Foucault", Cultural Studies, Vol 6, No 2, pp 219-231

• 1992 "Interdisciplinarity and Australian Legal Education: A commentary on the Pearce Report five years on", Socio-Legal Bulletin, No 7, pp 11-15

• 1992 (with Gavin Kendall) "Civic Centre", Australian Left Review, No 143, pp 20-23

• 1992 (with Gavin Kendall) "Governing Passions" II, Australian Left Review, No 141, pp 20-23

• 1991 "Theorising Sociology in the Face of Postmodernism", Australia and New Zealand Journal of Sociology, Vol 27, No 3, pp 351-368

• 1991 (with Gavin Kendall) "Governing Corruption", Australian Left Review, No 134, pp 20-22

• 1991 "Governing Passions" I, Australian Left Review, No 129, pp 15-19

• 1990 "The Political Possibilities of Postmodernism", Economy and Society, Vol 19, No 1, pp 121-149

• 1990 "Knowing Law, Knowing Politics", International Journal of the Sociology of Law, Vol 18, No 1, pp 31-44

• 1990 "Revolutions in Sport", Australian Left Review, No 123, pp 34-35

• 1990 "Damn the Owner", Australian Left Review, No 122, p 9

• 1989 "Cautious Postmodern and Legal Truths", Law in Context, Vol 7, No 2 pp 39-53

• 1987 "Foucault, Power, Left Politics", Arena, No. 78, pp 146-59

• 1984 "The Politics of VFL Football" Local Consumption Occasional Paper, No 3, pp 1-22

• 1984 "The Politics of History and the New South Wales Builders' Labourers' Federation", Local Consumption Occasional Paper, No 2, pp 1-21

• 1983 "Power and Power Analysis: Beyond Foucault?", Economy and Society, Vol 12, No 4, 1983, pp 468-498

• 1983 "Power and Free Enterprise Education", Melbourne Working Papers 4: Papers in Contemporary Education, Culture and Politics, pp 76-101

Forthcoming Publications:

• 2002 (with Rob Lynch) "Repackaging the Knowledge Endeavour of Leisure Studies/Sciences" Leisure Sciences (this piece is to be published as a feature or 'target' piece, alongside reactions to it by major scholars in the field and our response to their reactions)

• 2002 (with Jo Goodie) "Calculating Public Interest" Social and Legal Studies: An International Journal

• The Fragility of Socio-Legal Studies"

• (with Jeff Malpas) "The Necessity of Limits" (a book drawing together and extending our shorter published pieces on this theme)

• "Crushing Creativity? Strangling Sociology? Some Little Explored Possibilities in the History of the Discipline"