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Anna Yeatman (born December 26, 1948) is an Australian political scientist and social theorist whose work focuses on political theory, public administration, citizenship, human rights, and democratic institutional design.[1][2]
She is an emeritus professor at Western Sydney University and has been affiliated with the Whitlam Institute as a research fellow.[3]
Education and career
[edit]She completed a BA Hons first Class in Politics at the University of Adelaide in 1969[4], and pursued graduate study in the United States: a Master of Arts in sociology at the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, New School for Social Research in New York in 1973. She earned a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Sociology from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1980.[5]
From 2008 to 2012, she served as Director of the Centre for Citizenship and Public Policy at Western Sydney University, focusing on issues of democratic governance and citizenship.[6] Earlier, she was appointed Canada Research Chair in Political Science at the University of Alberta, a position she held from 2003 to 2008.[5]
Research and scholarship
[edit]Yeatman's work often combines political theory with public policy analysis, examining how democratic institutions and administrative systems shape citizenship, rights, and social welfare.[7]
A central concern in Yeatman's scholarship is how political institutions should be designed to sustain democratic freedom and public life.[8]
Another focus of her work is the transformation of the modern welfare state.[9] Yeatman has analyzed how the neo-liberal transformation of government has radically undermined both the state and citizenship as public phenomena.[10]
Her book Individualization and the Delivery of Welfare Services explores how modern welfare systems increasingly treat citizens as individualised service recipients rather than members of collective social programs.[11]
Yeatman is also known for her contributions to feminist political theory, particularly regarding women's roles within government and public administration.[12] Her book Bureaucrats, Technocrats, Femocrats examined feminist engagement with state institutions and policy processes in Australia.[13]
Yeatman's work explores citizenship and human rights in contemporary democratic societies.[14] Her research examines how concepts of rights, identity, and personhood intersect with political institutions and public policy.[15]
References
[edit]- ↑ Considine, Mark (1991). "Reviews : Anna Yeatman, Bureaucrats, Technocrats and Femocrats: Essays on the Contemporary Australian State (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1990) Reviewed by Mark Considine". Thesis Eleven. 30 (1): 175–177. doi:10.1177/072551369103000111. ISSN 0725-5136.
- ↑ "The Question for Our Times: Institutional Design for a Free Society". Whitlam Institute. 2017-03-02. Retrieved 2026-05-08.
- ↑ Hunn, Liza (2021-07-18). "Handball: Anna Yeatman". ABC. Retrieved 2026-05-08.
- ↑ "Australia's first Women's Liberation protest at Adelaide University in 1970 against Miss Fresher". Adelaide AZ. Retrieved 2026-05-08.
- 1 2 "Anna Yeatman - BWB Bridget Williams Books". www.bwb.co.nz. Retrieved 2026-05-08.
- ↑ Bloomberg Kroll, Helena. "Individualization and the Delivery of Welfare Services Professor Anna Yeatman is the Foundation Director of the Centre for Citizenship and Public Policy at the University of Western Sydney" (PDF). University of Helsinki.
- ↑ Yeatman, Anna (2001), "Who is the Subject of Human Rights?", Citizenship and Cultural Policy, 1 Oliver's Yard, 55 City Road, London EC1Y 1SP United Kingdom: SAGE Publications Ltd, pp. 104–119, doi:10.4135/9781446218990.n7, ISBN 978-0-7619-6293-9, retrieved 2026-05-08
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link) - ↑ "Submission to the Legislative Council Select Committee—Inquiry into the Provisions of the University of Tasmania Act 1992 Emeritus Professor Anna Yeatman FASSA—August 2022" (PDF). Tasmanian Parliament.
- ↑ "Neoliberal Government and its Implications for Public Office and the Welfare State". Whitlam Institute. 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2026-05-08.
- ↑ Menadue, John (2020-05-07). "ANNA YEATMAN. Our politicians, we realise, can actually govern". Pearls and Irritations. Retrieved 2026-05-08.
- ↑ Fenger, Menno (2010). "Individualisation and the Delivery of Welfare Services: Contestation and Complexity: Book reviews". Health & Social Care in the Community. 18 (3): 333–334. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2524.2010.00915_9.x.
- ↑ Kong, Foong Ling (1994-05-12). "Women Who Ask Questions". Meanjin. Retrieved 2026-05-08.
- ↑ Yeatman, Anna (2020-07-31). Bureaucrats, Technocrats, Femocrats: Essays on the Contemporary Australian State (1 ed.). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003115106. ISBN 978-1-003-11510-6.
- ↑ Beilharz, Peter (1991). "Welfare and Citizenship in Australia after World War Two: A Parting of Ways". The Australian Quarterly. 63 (3): 287–293. doi:10.2307/20635637. ISSN 0005-0091. JSTOR 20635637.
- ↑ Yeatman, Anna (2000). "Who is the Subject of Human Rights?". American Behavioral Scientist. 43 (9): 1498–1513. doi:10.1177/00027640021956017. ISSN 0002-7642.