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CAPSTRANS Research Associate
Dr Richard Howson
Head, School of Social Sciences, Media & Communication
Faculty of Arts, University of Wollongong
Qualifications
PhD (University of Wollongong)
B.Soc.Sc (Hons) (University of New England)
Research Programs
Mobility and Exclusion
Citizens, States and Power
Research Specialisation
Contemporary social and political theory, masculinities and feminist theory, theory of hegemony, social policy and social capital.
Open Position Fellow. Centre of Gender Excellence (GEXcel), Linkoping University, Sweden.
Languages
English
Current Research Projects
- Open Position Research Fellow GEXcel in theme 2 Deconstructing the Hegemony of Men and Masculinities.
- Political Sociology focusing on Postmarxist and Social Capital Theory (Central aspect of the forthcoming monograph Sociology of PostMarxism)
- Hegemony and Sovereignty: Indigenous claims on State Power in Australia and New Zealand. This is a URC and CSP funded project.
Recent Publications
Click here for searchable RIS publications from 2000 to date.
Monographs
- Howson, R. (2009 forthcoming). Sociology of Postmarxism. New York: Routledge, forthcoming.
- Howson, R. (2006). Challenging Hegemonic Masculinity. London: Routledge.
Volumes
- Donaldson M., Hibbins R., Howson R. and Pease, B. (eds.) (2009 forthcoming). Migrant Man : Critical Studies of Masculinities and the Migration Experience. New York: Routledge.
- Howson, R. & Smith, K. (eds) (2008). Hegemony: Studies in Consensus and Coercion. New York: Routledge.
Book Chapters
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Howson, R., (2009 in press). Theorising Hegemonic Masculinity: Contradiction, Hegemony and Dislocation in Howson, R., Donaldson, M. Hibbins, R and Pease, B. (eds.). Migrant Man : Critical Studies of Masculinities and the Migration Experience. New York: Routledge
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Hearn, J., and Howson, R., (2009 in press). Policy, Men and Transnationalism in Donaldson M., Hibbins R., Howson R. and Pease, B. (eds.). Migrant Man: Critical Studies of Masculinities and the Migration Experience. New York: Routledge.
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Nilan, P., Donaldson, M., and Howson, R., (2009 in press).Indonesian Islamic Masulinities in Australia in Donaldson M., Hibbins R., Howson R. and Pease, B. (eds.). Migrant Man: Critical Studies of Masculinities and the Migration Experience New York: Routledge.
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Howson, R. (2008). Hegemony in Pre-Prison Context. In Howson, R. & Smith, K. (eds) Hegemony: Studies in Consensus and Coercion, New York: Routledge.
- Howson, R. & Smith, K. (2008). Hegemony in the Asia-Pacific. In Howson, R. & Smith, K. (eds) Hegemony: Studies in Consensus and Coercion, New York: Routledge.
Refereed Journal Articles
- Deconstructing Hegemonic Masculinity, (2009 under review), Nordic Journal of Masculinity Studies.
- Howson, R. (2008). ‘Hegemonic Masculinity in the Theory of Hegemony’. Men and Masculinities.
- Nilan, P., Donaldson, M., and Howson, R.,(2007). ‘Indonesian Muslim Masculinities in Australia’. Asian Social Science. Vol. 3, No. 9.
- Howson, R. (2007). ‘From Ethico-Political to Postmarxism’. Re-Thinking Marxism. Vol. 19, No. 2.
Refereed Conference Papers
- Donaldson, M., Howson, R., and Nilan, P. (2006). ‘Comparative Masculinities: Why Islamic Indonesian Men are Great Mates and Australian Men are Girls’ in Refereed Proceedings for ASAA Conference, University of Wollongong.
- Howson, R. (2003). ‘Antagonism and Equivalence in a Radical Plural Democracy’ in New Times, New Worlds, New Ideas: Sociology Today and Tomorrow, Refereed Proceedings for TASA Conference, University of New England, 4–6 December.
Current Research Students
Melissa Wooderson
Truda Grey
Doug Meredith
Trent Brown
Scott Burrows
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