Duration: 20 min 04 sec
Format: MP3

Our guest for this episode is Prof Leslie Holmes, Deputy Director of the Contemporary Europe Research Centre at the University of Melbourne. He was President of the Australian Political Studies Association (APSA) 1991-2, President of the International Council for Central and East European Studies (ICCEES) 2000-2005, and President of the Australasian Association for Communist and Post-Communist Studies (AACPCS) 2005-7. He has been a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA) since 1995.

"They knew how criminals worked before, and if they're really desperate, then they use the experience and the knowledge they have." - Prof Leslie Holmes

Useful Information

Books

• Holmes, L. Rotten States: Corruption, Post-Communism and Neoliberalism, Duke University Press, 2006.
  ISBN: 0822337924
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• Dryzek, J.S., Holmes, L.T. Post-Communist Democratization: Political Discourses across Thirteen Countries, Cambridge University Press, 2002.
  ISBN: 052180664X
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Journal Articles

• Holmes, L.T., 'Lithuanias prospects after joining NATO and the EU', Annual Journal of the Lithuanian Studies Society, 18 (2004), pp. 5-9.
• Holmes. L.T., 'Corruption in the Baltic Countries, with Particular Reference to Lithuania', Lithuanian Papers, Vol.14, 2000, pp.30-5.
• Dryzek, J..S, Holmes, L.T., 'The Real World of Civic Republicanism: Making Democracy Work in Poland and the Czech Republic', Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 52, No.6 (2000), pp.1043-68.
  

 

Department of Political Science

School of Political Science, Criminology and Sociology

 

Credits

Host: Sian Prior
Producers: Kelvin Param, Eric van Bemmel and Sian Prior
Audio Engineer: Craig McArthur
Theme Music performed by Sergio Ercole. Mr Ercole is represented by the Musicians' Agency, Faculty of Music
Voiceover: Paul Richiardi

Series Creators: Eric van Bemmel and Kelvin Param

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