Richard Mulgan
Richard Mulgan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 March 1940 |
| Alma mater | Oxford University |
| Known for | his work on New Zealand's electoral system, and research into accountability |
| Spouse | |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Political science |
| Website | staff page at ANU |
Richard Grant Mulgan (born 5 March 1940) is a political scientist. He was on the 1985–86 New Zealand Royal Commission that recommended MMP (Mixed Member Proportional) representation for elections to the New Zealand Parliament.
Mulgan was educated at the University of Auckland, and in 1960 matriculated at Merton College, Oxford.[1]
Mulgan is Professor Emeritus at the Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australian National University, Canberra. Prior to his retirement in 2008 he was a professor of Public Policy there.[2] He was also formerly Professor of Political Studies at Otago and Auckland Universities.
He is the son of John Mulgan, the grandson of Alan Mulgan, and the great-grandson of Edward Ker Mulgan.
Publications
[edit]- Democracy and Power in New Zealand (1984)
- Maori, Pakeha and Democracy (1989)
- Politics in New Zealand (1994, 1997; Auckland University Press) ISBN 1-86940-171-9
- Holding Power to Account: Accountability in Modern Democracies (2003) Palgrave MacMillan ISBN 978-0-333-98768-1
References
[edit]- ^ Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900-1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 525.
- ^ "Richard Mulgan". Crawford School of Public Policy. Australian National University. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
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Categories:
- 1940 births
- Academic staff of the Australian National University
- Living people
- New Zealand emigrants to Australia
- New Zealand scientists
- Academic staff of the University of Auckland
- Academic staff of the University of Otago
- Alumni of Merton College, Oxford
- 20th-century New Zealand educators
- 21st-century New Zealand educators