Academic writing
Articles, essays and papers by Peter Saunders, in date order
1975: 'They make the rules: political routines and the generation of political bias' Policy & Politics vol.4
1976: 'Ideologies of property: a case study' Sociological Review vol.24 (co-author)
1977: 'Worlds apart: notes on the social reality of corruption' British Journal of sociology vol.28 (co-author)
1977: 'Rural community and rural community power' in H.Newby (ed) International perspectives in rural sociology Wiley (co-author)
1978: 'Domestic property and social class' International journal of urban and regional research vol.2
1980: 'Local government and the state' New Society vol.51
1982: 'Why study central-local relations?' Local government studies vol.8
1982: 'Community power, urban managerialism and the local state' in M.Harloe (ed) New perspectives in urban change and conflict Heinemann
1982: 'The state as investor' in Open University D202 course book, State intervention Open University Press
1982: 'Urban politics: a rejoinder to Hooper and Duncan & Goodwin' Political geography quarterly vol.1
1982: 'Landed property: challenge and response' in P.Hollowell (ed) Property and social relations Heinemann (co-author)
1983: 'Corporatism, competitive politics and class struggle' in R.King (ed) Capital and politics Routledge (co-author)
1983: 'On the shoulders of which giant? The case for a Weberian urban sociology' in P.Williams (ed) Social process and the city Allen & Unwin
1983: 'Social theory and the urban question: a response to Paris and Kirby' Society and space vol.1
1984: 'The day they sacked the city council' in C.Paris and J.Halligan (eds) Australian urban politics Longman
1984: 'Rethinking local politics' in M.Boddy and C.Fudge (eds) Local socialism Macmillan
1984: 'The Canberra tea party: bureaucracy, corporatism and pluralism in the administration of the A.C.T.' in P.Williams (ed) Conflict and development Allen and Unwin
1984: 'Literature, politics and society' in A.Sinfield (ed) Society and literature 1945-1970 Methuen (co-author)
1984: 'Beyong housing classes: the sociological significance of private property rights in means of consumption' International journal of urban and regional research vol.9
1985: 'The forgotten dimension of central-local relations: theorising the regional state' Government and policy vol.3
1985: 'The new right is half right' in A.Seldon (ed) The new right enlightenment Economic and Literary Books
1985: 'The sociology of the state' Social studies review preview edition
1985: 'Space, the city and urban sociology' in D.Gregory and J.Urry (eds) Social relations and spatial structures Macmillan
1985: 'Corporatism and urban service provision' in M.Grant (ed) The political economy of corporatism Macmillan
1985: 'What is happening to local government?' Local government studies vol.11
1986: 'The dual politics thesis: The argument, its origins and its critics' in M.Goldsmith and S.Villadsen (ed) Urban political theory and the management of fiscal stress Methuen
1986: 'Consumption sector cleavages: comment on Preteceille and Dunleavy' Society and space vol.4
1986: 'Tax subsidies to home buyers' in C.Bazlington (ed) Inquiry into British housing: Supplement National Federation of Housing Associations
1986: 'The new conservatism: Some thoughts on recent and future developments in urban studies' Society and space vol.4 (co-author)
1987: 'Urban service provision and the regional state in England' City and Region vol.13
1987: 'Locality research: The Sussex programme on economic restructuring, social change and the locality' Quarterly journal of social affairs vol.3 (co-author)
1987: 'Urban sociology' in M.Haralambos (ed) Developments in sociology volume 3 Causeway Press
1987: 'For an emancipated social science' Society and space vol.5 (co-author)
1988: 'The sociology of consumption: A new research agenda' in P.Otnes (ed) The sociology of consumption Humanities Press
1988: 'The constitution of the home' Housing Studies vol.3 (co-author)
1988: 'La nouvelle droit: Une perspective incomplete' Les cahiers de la recherche sur le travail social, vol.14
1989: 'The significance of the home in contemporary English social life' Housing Studies vol.4
1989: 'Popular attitudes to state welfare services' Social Affairs Unit Research Report no.11 (co-author)
1989: 'Space, urbanism and the created environment in the social theory of Anthony Giddens' in D.Held and J.Thompson (eds) Social theory of modern societies: Anthony Giddens and his critics Cambridge University Press
1989: 'The limits to liberation: Hugh Stretton on housing' in L.Orchard and R.Dare (eds) Markets, morals and public policy Federation Press
1989: 'Left-write in sociology' Network no.44
1989: 'The question of equality' Social Studies review vol.5
1990: 'The end of the home owner revolution? Chartered Institute of Building Societies Journal vol.44
1990: 'Housing: From the right to buy to the right to choose' in Social Affairs Unit, Social policy in the last and next decade SAU
1990: 'Privatisation and the consumer' Sociology vol.24 (co-author)
1992: 'The paradox of prosperity' in A.Tomlinson and S.Parker (eds) Life in the south Chelsea School Research Centre Report
1993: 'When prophecy fails: A critique of Luke Martell's "New ideas of socialism"' Economy and Society vol.22
1993: 'Citizenship in a liberal society' in B.Turner (ed) Citizenship and social theory Sage
1994: 'Social mobility and meritocracy' in D.Marsland (ed) Work and employment in liberal democratic societies Paragon House
1995: 'Privatisation, share ownership and voting' British Journal of Political Science, vol.25
1995: 'Could Britain be a meritocracy?' Sociology, vol. 29
1996: 'A British Bell Curve?' Sociology Review, vol. 6
1997: 'Social mobility in Britain: An empirical evaluation of two competing explanations' Sociology, vol. 31
1999: 'Routes of success: Influences on the occupational attainment of young British males' British Journal of Sociology, vol.50 (co-author)
1999: 'Explaining gender differences in achievement in higher education' in P.Fogelberg, J.Hearn, L.Husu and T.Mankkinen (eds), Hardwork in the Academy, Helsinki University Press (co-author)
1999: 'In defence of progress' Family Matters, no. 52
1999: 'What is a fair divorce settlement?' Family Matters, no. 53
1999: 'Families, welfare and social policy' Family Matters no.54
1999: 'The New Right, New Labour and the problem of social cohesion' In G. Andrews, R. Cockett, A. Hooper and M. Williams (eds) New Left, New Right and Beyond Macmillan
2000: 'Australian youth and the dependency culture' In P. Saunders (ed) Reforming the Australian welfare state Australian Institute of Family Studies (co-author)
2000: 'Issues in the reform of the Australian welfare state' In P. Saunders (ed) Reforming the Australian welfare state Australian Institute of Family Studies
2000: 'Family research and family policy since 1992' - afterword to N.Dennis, Families without Fatherhood 3rd edn, Institute for the Study of Civil Society (Civitas)
2001: 'Explaining the social structure of the city' in R.Paddison (ed), Handbook of Urban Studies, Sage
2001: 'Loosening the nuclear ties' in J.Healey (ed), Family Values (Issues in Society, vol.150), The Spinney Press
2001: 'Australia is not Sweden: The welfare state and national cultures' Policy vol.17 (Spring)
2001: 'Comments on Peter King: Was Conservative housing policy really conservative?' Housing, Theory and Society vol.18
2001: 'Social class' in N. Smelser and P. Baltes (eds) International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Pergamon
2002: 'Poor arguments: A response to the Smith Family report on poverty in Australia' (co-author) Issue Analysis no.21, Centre for Independent Studies
2002: 'Poor statistics: Getting the facts right about poverty in Australia' Issue Analysis no.23, Centre for Independent Studies
2002: 'The cuckoo in the nest' In I. Salusinszky and G. Melleuish, eds., Blaming Ourselves: September 11th and the Agony of the Left Duffy and Snellgrove
2002: 'The social foundations of a free society' Occasional Paper No.79, Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney
2002: 'What future for welfare?' Occasional Paper No 11, Free Market Foundation, Johannesburg
2002: 'For richer or poorer' in J.Healey (ed), Poverty (Issues in Society, vol.170), The Spinney Press
2002: 'Reflections on the meritocracy debate in Britain' British Journal of Sociology vol.53 (4), 559-74
2002: 'Six questions about civility' CIS Occasional Paper No.82 (co-author)
2002: 'What future for welfare?' Australian Social Policy Journal, 2001-02, 21-42
2002: 'Poor concepts: Social exclusion, poverty and the politics of guilt' Policy vol 18, no 2, Winter (co-author)
2003: 'Does prison work?' Policy vol. 18 no. 4, Summer 2002/3 (co-author)
2003: 'Turning Back the Tide. Welfare Lessons from America' Policy vol. 18, no.3 Autumn
2003: 'Help and hassle: Do people on welfare really want to work? Policy vol. 19, no.2 Winter
2003: 'What role for government?' Policy vol. 19, no.3 Spring
2003: 'The Tender Trap. Reducing Long-Term Welfare Dependency by Reforming the Parenting Payment System' Issue Analysis No. 36, June (co-author)
2003: 'How to reduce long-term unemployment' Issue Analysis No. 40, September (co-author), Centre for Independent Studies
2003: 'A Self-Reliant Australia: Welfare policy for the 21st century' CIS Occasional Paper No.86 (December 2003)
2004: 'What is fair about a fair go?' Policy vol.20,no.1 Autumn
2004: 'Lies, damned lies and the Senate poverty inquiry report' Issue Analysis No. 46, April, Centre for Independent Studies
2004: 'Why we must reform the Disability Support Pension' Issue Analysis No. 47, April, Centre for Independent Studies
2004: 'Only 18%? Why ACOSS is wrong to be complacent about welfare dependency' Issue Analysis No.51, September, Centre for Independent Studies
2004: Tax reform to make work pay CIS Policy Monograph No.62 (co-author)
2004: 'Be inventive with incentives' and 'The problem of long-term unemployment' both in J.Healey, Unemployment (Issues in Society, vol.210), Spinney Press
2004: 'Principle and pragmatism' in P.Dawkins and M.Steketee, Reforming Australia Melbourne University Press
2005: 'Reform of the social security system' Tax Policy Journal vol.1
2005: ''After the house price boom' Policy vol.21, no.1, Autumn
2005: "War of the words" (review article) Policy vol.21, no.4, Summer
2005: 'Restoring self-reliance through tax, welfare and labour market reform' Brisbane Line (on-line journal: http://www.brisinst.org.au/resources/saunders_peter_welfare.html)
2005: 'The $85 billion tax-welfare churn' Issue Analysis No. 57, April, Centre for Independent Studies
2005: 'A headlong dash into the chasm of hyperbole' Issue Analysis No. 59, June, Centre for Independent Studies
2005: 'Clearing muddy waters: Why Vinnies are wrong on inequality'' Issue Analysis No. 60, June, Centre for Independent Studies
2005: 'Six arguments in favour of self-funding' Issue Analysis No. 61, July, Centre for Independent Studies
2005: 'Twenty million future funds' Issue Analysis No. 66, December, Centre for Independent Studies
2006: 'Citizenship in a liberal society' In Hans-Peter Mueller and Juergen Mackert (eds) Citizenship. Institutionen und Dynamiken moderner Staatsbürgerschaft.
2006: 'The rise of the Opinionators' Policy vol.22 no.2 Winter
2006: 'Surf for the rest of your lives…' (review essay) Policy vol.22 no.4 Summer
2006: 'The politics of Frank Furedi' Policy vol.22 no.3 Spring
2007: 'A welfare state for those who want one, opt outs for those who don't' Issue Analysis No.79, January, Centre for Independent Studies
2007: 'Reinventing New Zealand's welfare state' Issue Analysis No.85, March, Centre for Independent Studies
2007: 'What are low ability workers to do when unskilled jobs disappear? Part I: Why more education and training isn't the answer' Issue Analysis No.91, December, Centre for Independent Studies
2007: 'Does capitalism threaten the family? Policy vol.23 no.1, Autumn
2007: 'The limits to meritocracy' In G. Dench (ed), The Rise and Rise of Meritocracy (London, Young Foundation)
2007: 'Why capitalism is good for the soul' Policy vol.23, no 4, Summer (reprinted in The Insider Heritage Foundation, Washington DC, April 2008; translated and reprinted as 'Kapitalismus essen Seele auf', Merkur: Deutsche Zeitschrift fur europaisches Denken, No.708, May 2008, 389-98)
2008: 'What are low ability workers to do when unskilled jobs disappear? Part II: Expanding low skilled employment' Issue Analysis No.93, January, Centre for Independent Studies
2008: 'A whiff of compassion? The attack on mutual obligation' Issue Analysis No.96, June, Centre for Independent Studies
2008: 'Six social policy myths' (joint author) Policy vol.24, no.1, Autumn
2008: 'Declaring dependence, declaring independence' CIS Occasional Paper No.111
2008: 'The experience of contracting out employment services in Australia' In Peter Lilley and Oliver Hartwich (eds), Paying for Success (London, Policy Exchange)
2008: 'The growth of conditional welfare in Australia' In Frank Field and Oliver Hartwich (ed), Conditional Welfare (London, Policy Exchange)
2009: 'Supping with the devil: government contracts and the non-profit sector' (with M. Stewart-Weeks), Centre for Independent Studies report, April
2009: 'Reforming the UK family tax and benefits system' Policy Exchange report, London, June
2009: 'Poverty of ambition: why we need a new approach to tackling child poverty' Policy Exchange Research Note, October
2009: Essays on Kolakowski's 'Main Currents in Marxism' and Murray's 'In Pursuit of Happiness and Good Government', In Chris Berg and Andrew Kemp (eds), One hundred great books of freedom (Connor Court Publishing)