Christopher Hobson

Post-Doctoral Fellow (ERC)

Tel: +44 (0) 1970 628600
Fax: +44 (0) 1970 622709
Email: cth@aber.ac.uk

Room: 3.18

Profile

Christopher Hobson joined the department in 2008 as a post-doctoral fellow on the ‘Political Economies of Democratisation' project, funded by the ERC. He holds a BA (Political Science/History) and a Master of International Politics from the University of Melbourne , and a PhD from the Australian National University . His doctoral thesis examined the historically shifting relationship between conceptions of democracy and international legitimacy within modern international society. Dr Hobson's research interests centre primarily on the various ways in which democracy intersects with international politics: democracy promotion as a foreign policy tool, democratic peace theory, democratisation, and democracy as a standard of legitimate statehood.

Research Interests
Democracy
History of International Society
International Political Theory
Conceptual History

Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals

‘Beyond the End of History: The Need for a “Radical Historicisation” of Democracy in International Relations', Millennium , 37:3 (2009), pp. 627–653.

‘Revolution, Representation and the Foundations of Modern Democracy', European Journal of Political Theory , 7:4 (2008), pp. 465–87.

‘Democracy as Civilisation', Global Society , 22:1 (2008), pp. 75–95.

‘A Forward Strategy of Freedom in the Middle East : US Democracy Promotion and the “War on Terror”', Australian Journal of International Affairs , 59:1 (2005), pp. 39–53.

‘Rethinking Democracy: The End of Democratic Transitions?', Melbourne Journal of Politics , 29 (2003/04), pp. 56–67.