Holmes, Leslie (Templeman)

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HOLMES, Leslie (Templeman)

HOLMES, Leslie (Templeman). Australian (born England), b. 1948. Genres: Politics/Government. Career: University of Wales, Aberystwyth, lecturer in political science, 1976-78; University of Kent at Canterbury, England, lecturer to senior lecturer in political science, 1978-83; University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, lecturer to senior lecturer, 1983-88, professor of political science, 1988-, department head, 1988-93, director, Contemporary Europe Research Centre, 1997-2000. Oxford University, senior associate member of St. Antony's College, 1987, 1993, 1996; Harvard University, visiting fellow at Russian Research Center, 1993. International Council for Central and East European Studies, president, 2000-05; consultant to Australian radio and television networks and the World Bank. Publications: The Policy Process in Communist States: Industrial Administration and Politics, 1981; (ed.) The Withering Away of the State? 1981; Politics in the Communist World, 1986; The End of Communist Power: Anti-Corruption Campaigns and Legitimation Crisis, 1993; Post-Communism, 1997; (ed. with P. Murray) Europe: Rethinking the Boundaries, 1998; (ed. with P. Murray) Citizenship and Identity in Europe, 1999; (with J. Dryzek) Post-Communist Democratization, 2002. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor to political studies journals. Address: Department of Political Science, University of Melbourne, Melbourn, VIC 3010, Australia. Online address: [email protected]

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