Alan Fraser Davies Explained

Alan Fraser "Foo" Davies (25 September 1924 – 18 August 1987) was an Australian political scientist and author, known for his quip that Australians have a "talent for bureaucracy" and for his work on the relation between bureaucracy and public service. A professor at the University of Melbourne, Davies wrote a series of highly influential books on Australian politics.^{[1] [2]}

Notable works

• Australian Democracy: An Introduction to the Political System (1958)^[3]
• A Sunday Kind of Love (1961), a collection of short stories^[4]
• Australian Society: A Sociological Introduction (1965), edited with Sol Encel^[5]
• Private Politics: A Study of Five Political Outlooks (1966)^[6]
• Images of Class: An Australian Study (1967)^[7]
• Essays in Political Sociology (1972).^[8]
• Skills, Outlooks, and Passions: A Psychoanalytic Contribution to the Study of Politics (1980)^[9]
• The Human Element: Three Essays in Political Psychology (1988)^[10]

References

1. Book: Walter, James. Davies, Alan Fraser. Davies, Alan Fraser (1924–1987) . https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/davies-alan-fraser-12406. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. 2021-05-23.
2. Walter, J. (1988). Alan Fraser Davies. PS: Political Science & Politics, 21(1), 111-112.
3. Reviews of Australian Democracy:Brian Fitzpatrick (1958), Meanjin 17 (2): 209–211, Australian Democracy: An Introduction to the Political System.J. D. B. Miller (1959), Political Science, 11: 79–81, .
4. Review of A Sunday Kind of Love:Quadrant (1961), A Sunday kind of love.
5. Reviews of Australian Society:Edmund deS. Brunner (1966), Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 366: 197,, .E. Dowdy (1971), The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology, 7(1): 90-91, .C. Hartley Grattan (1965–1966), Pacific Affairs, 38(3–4): 440,, .J. J. Mol (1966), The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology, 2(1): 62–63, D'Arcy Ryan (1966), The Australian Quarterly, 38(2): 122, 128, .
6. Reviews of Private Politics:Karl Beaithwaite (1968), American Political Science Review, 62(3): 980-980, .Fred I. Greenstein (1967), Politics, 2(2): 176-180.Maurice Isaacs (1967), The Australian Quarterly, 39(1): 124–127,, .F. Kräupl Taylor (1964), The British Journal of Psychiatry 110(466): 460–461, .
7. Reviews of Images of Class:R. W. Connell (1967), "Class, school, and behavior", Politics, 2(2): 181–185, .P. R. Wilson (1967), The Australian Quarterly, 39(4): 123–126,, .
8. Reviews of Essays in Political Sociology:R. Parsler (1974), Sociology 8(3): 533–535, .J. M. Power (1975), The American Political Science Review, 69(1): 291–293,, .
9. Reviews of Skills, Outlooks, and Passions:Leo Abse (1981), Psychological Medicine 11: 651–660, .Isabel Menzies Lyth (1982), International Review of Psycho-Analysis, 9: 108–109, https://www.pep-web.org/document.php?id=IRP.009.0108A.Lawrence C. Mayer (1983), The Journal of Politics 45(1): 241–243,, .Oliver H. Woshinsky (1981), The American Political Science Review 75(4): 1017–1018,, .
10. Reviews of The Human Element:Fred I. Greenstein (1989), The American Political Science Review, 83(2): 611–613,, .Helen Irving (1990), Thesis Eleven, 27(1): 246–250, .