Professor Carole Pateman elected President of the American Political Science Association

27/04/2011

Carole Pateman is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at UCLA and Honorary Professor in the School. During 2006-2008 she was also a Research Professor in the School (EUROS).

Carole Pateman is currently the President of the American Political Science Association, and gave the keynote address in that capacity to the 2011 Political Studies Association Conference. Professor Pateman made a point of emphasising her affiliation with Cardiff and retains an apartment in Cardiff Bay for her visits to EUROS.

Her research interests are broad ranging but lie particularly in democratic theory and early modern and modern political theory, especially theories of original contracts and contemporary contract theory, all of which she has for many years approached with a feminist eye. She has also written about political obligation and is interested in some policy questions about the welfare state, including the right to a decent standard of living. At present, she is continuing her research on the idea of a basic income for all citizens. A book about her work, Illusion of Consent (edited by Daniel O'Neill, Mary Shanley and Iris Young) was published in 2008.

Her recent publications include Justice and Democracy (edited with Keith Dowding and Robert Goodin), 2004. Her latest book, Contract and Domination (2007; co-authored with Charles Mills) takes her research in a new direction analyzing the doctrine of terra nullius and its role in the colonization of the southern and northern New Worlds, and the intersection of racial and sexual power structures. Her earlier publications include Participation and Democratic Theory, 1970; The Problem of Political Obligation, 1979, 2nd ed. 1985; The Sexual Contract, 1998, which received the Victoria Schuck Award in 1989 and the Benjamin Lippincott Award in 2005; and The Disorder of Women, 1989. She has also published numerous book chapters and articles in journals.

Carole Pateman was born and educated in England and, although she left school at 16, later received her D.Phil from Oxford University. Her career has been international; she has lived in four continents and taught in three. From 1991-1994 she served as (the first woman) President of the International Political Science Association. During 1980-81 she was president of the Australasian Political Studies Association. She was a member of the Council of the APSA, 1985-87. She currently serves as a member of the International Advisory Board for the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences.

She continues to be a member of the editorial boards of a number of journals, including the British Journal of Political Science and the APSR, and is an associate editor of the Journal of Political Philosophy. She is also the series editor of the Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics.|