Dr Jonathon Louth

Research Interests

• International Relations Theory
• Globalisation and Neoliberalism
• Complexity Theory and Nonlinear Approaches 
• Contested Concepts of Security
• Southeast Asian Politics
• Compulsory Voting and Electoral Politics (Comparative Politics)

Publications

Journal Articles

Louth J. (2011)' From Newton to Newtonianism: Reductionism and the Development of the Social Sciences', Emergence: Complexity and Organization, vol. 13, no. 4 (forthcoming).

Louth J. and Hill L. (2005) ‘Compulsory Voting in Australia: Turnout With and Without it', Australian Review of Public Affairs, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 25-37.

 

Book Chapters 

Louth J. (2012) ‘Uncertain Certainties: Resilience and Change in Global Affairs’ in E. Kavalski, ed., World Politics at the Edge of Chaos: Reflections on Complexity and Global Life, SUNY Press, Albany (forthcoming)

Hill L. and Louth J. (2009) ‘Compulsory Voting and Turnout: The Australian Case’ in A. Begum, ed., Democracy and Elections: Cross Country Dimensions, Amicus Books, Hyderabad.

 

Select Conference Papers

2011: ‘The Resilience of Neoliberalism: Order and Self-Organisation in a Complex World’, invited presentation to ‘The Global Political Economy in Uncertain Times: Change and Continuity in Neoliberalism’ workshop, University of Manchester, United Kingdom June 9^-10^.

2011: ‘Security and Reproductive Health in Cambodia: A Pronatalist Agenda?,  paper presented to the British International Studies Association, Manchester, United Kingdom, April 26-28.

2011: ‘Global Governance: A Self-Organising International System?’, paper presented to the International Studies Association Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, March 16-18 .

2011: ‘Global Order: Resilience, Ramifications and Unintended Consequences’, invited presentation to the ‘Is Complexity the New Framework for the Study of Global Life’ workshop at the Rachel Carson Center, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany, February 11-12.

2010: ‘Redux: The State as a Non-Linear Conceptual Variable’, paper presented the Global Studies Association conference, Merton College, Oxford University, United Kingdom, September 2-4

2010: ‘Nested Worlds and International Emergence’, paper presented to the International Studies Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, USA, February 17-19.

2006: ‘Conceptual Prisons: Scientific Reductionism and International Relations Theory’, paper presented to the Oceanic Conference on International Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia, July 5-7.

2006: ‘Challenging Reductionism: Science and International Relations Theory’, paper presented to the Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, University of Newcastle, Australia, September 25-27.

2006: [with Lisa Hill] ‘Non-Voting and Social Exclusion in Britain: Could Compulsory Voting Be the Solution?’ refereed paper presented to the Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, University of Newcastle, Australia, September 25-27. 

2006: ‘Complexity: A discussion on Complexity and Theory’, Roundtable Discussion, Threat Perception in a Complex Environment: Intelligence-gathering in the Asia-Pacific, Conference, University of Adelaide, Australia, September 18-19.

2005: ‘The Complexity of Globalisation: Moving Beyond Theoretical Certainty’ refereed paper presented to the Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, University of Otago, New Zealand, September 28-30.

2004: [with Lisa Hill], ‘Non-Compliance, Institutional Support and Compulsory Voting: A Comparative Approach’, refereed paper presented to the Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, University of Adelaide, Australia, September 29 to October 1.

2002: ‘The Complexity of Asymmetric Terror’, paper presented to the September 11^th – the United States and Global Politics One Year on Symposium, organised by the Australian Institute of International Affairs, University of Adelaide, Australia, September 13.    

2001: ‘Complexity and Globalisation: Presenting Global Dynamics as a Complex Adaptive System’ paper presented at the ARCHSS Globalisation Conference,University of Adelaide, Australia,  July 13 to August 10.     

  

Forthcoming Conference Papers 

2011: ‘Securitising Sexual Health in Southeast Asia’ paper presented to the Inaugural Symposium of the Chester Gender Research Network, University of Chester, United Kingdom, November 5.

2012: ‘Political and Economic Space: the International System and the Boundaries of Imagination’,  paper to be presented to the XXII^nd World Congress of Political Science, International Political Science Association, Madrid, Spain, July 8-12.

 

Parliamentary Submissions

[with Lisa Hill] ‘Compulsory Voting and Turnout', invited submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Election Matters Inquiry into the Conduct of the 2004 Federal Election and Matters Related Thereto. Available at:
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/em/elect04/subs/sub058.pdf

 

Work in Progress

In addition to a number of journal articles, I am currently working on a chapter for an edited volume. The chapter – looking at the resilience of neoliberalism – is entitled: ‘Newtonians in a Non-Linear World’. I am also preparing a monograph on the meta-theoretical impact of complexity theory on international relations theory.

 

Entry last updated: Friday, 28 Oct 2011