Dr David Wells
Senior Lecturer, School of Social Science
Contact
| Email: | dwells@une.edu.au |
| Room: | E11 159 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2497 (or +61 2 6773 2497 overseas) |
Areas of Teaching
Introduction to Political Ideology; Political Thought; Contemporary Issues in Australian Politics; Theories of Democracy
Research interests
Environmentalism, political theory, the history of ideas, and Australian politics
Publications
Books:The Political Ecologist, Ashgate, Aldershot, 2000 (with Tony Lynch)
In Defence of the Common Wealth: Reflections on Australian Politics, Longman Cheshire, Melbourne, 1990.
Book Chapters:
"The Universal Value of Democracy" in T. Battin (ed.), Essays for Graham Maddox, Forthcoming (Sydney: Pearson, 2004).
"One Nation and the Politics of Populism", in Grant, B., ed. Pauline Hanson, One Nation and Australian Politics, UNE Press, 1997
"The Environmental Foundations of Genuine Socialism", in Battin, T. & Maddox, G. eds., Socialism in Contemporary Australia, Longman, 1996, pp.68-90. (with Tony Lynch)
Journal Articles:
"Insuring the Future", Environmental Values, 10 (2001), pp.507-21 (with Tony Lynch)
"Non-Anthropocentrism: A Killing Objection", Environmental Values, 7 (1998), pp.151-163. (with Tony Lynch)
"Back From Beyond: A Reply to Eckersley", Environmental Values, 7 (1998), pp.194-197. (with Tony Lynch)
"Environmentalism and the Social Contract", Political Theory Newsletter, 8 (2), March 1997, pp.1-10. (With Tony Lynch)
"Green Politics and Environmental Ethics: A Defence of Human Welfare Ecology", Australian Journal of Political Science, 28 (3), November 1993, pp.515-527.
"Evolution and a Free Society: Spencer, Kropotkin and Popper", Politics, 23 (1), May 1988, pp.48-55.
"Technology and the A.L.P.: Theory and Practice", The Australian Quarterly, 56:4, 1984, pp.408-416.
"Resurrecting the Dismal Parson: Malthus, Ecology and Political Thought", Political Studies, XXX:1, 1982, pp.1-15.
"Environmentalism? A Reply to Kellow", Politics, XV:1, 1980, pp.103-104.
"Radicalism, Conservatism and Environmentalism", Politics, XIII:2, 1978, pp.299-306.
"Political Information of University Students: Rural and Urban", Politics, XIII:2, 1978, pp.324-325. (with Keith Richmond)
Other Articles:
"Why I am a Republican", New England Review, No.7, Summer 1997-98, pp. 10&12.
"Decline and Fall", New England Review, No.5, Summer 1996-97, pp. 10-11. (with Tony Lynch).
Journal Reviews:
P. Hay, "Main Currents in Western Environmental Thought", Australian Journal of Political Science, (Forthcoming)
B. Frankel, "The Post-Industrial Utopians", Politics, 24 (1), May 1989,
p.139.
H. Stretton, "Capitalism, Socialism and the Environment", Australian Journal of Politics and History, XXXIII:3, 1977.
J.M. Powell, "Environmental Management in Australia 1788-1914", Australian Journal of Politics and History, XXXIII:3, 1977.
Conference Papers:
"From Moral Humanism to Distributing Humanity", New Zealand Political Studies Association Annual Conference, Hamilton, 1997. (with Tony Lynch).
"On the Novelty of Environmental Politics", Environment and the Social Sciences Conference, University of New England, September 1996.
"The New Dark Ages", New Zealand Political Studies Association Annual Conference, Auckland, 1996. (With Tony Lynch)
"Nature and the State of Nature", New Zealand Political Studies Association Annual Conference, Wellington, 1995. (With Tony Lynch)
(Invited) "Environmental Citizenship", Ideas for Australia Program, University of NSW, Sydney, August 1993.
"The Strange Case of Political Ecology", Australasian Political Studies Association Annual Conference, University of NSW, Sydney, 1989.
"Technology and Politics: The Tradesman or his Tools?", Australasian Political Studies Association, Annual Conference, Adelaide, August 1978.