Academy of Social Sciences in Australia

Academy Fellows

Year elected: 2000
Panel: C
Discipline: Political Science

Dr Carol Bacchi

Associate Professor of Politics
Department of Politics
University of Adelaide

Bacchi, Carol. BA Hons, MA, PhD (Montreal)

Dr Carol Bacchi is Associate Professor of Politics, University of Adelaide. Trained as a historian, she currently researches and writes in the fields of political theory and policy studies. Her primary focus is the position of women in society, indicated in her work on sexual difference, affirmative action, sexual harassment and child care. She is currently working on bringing together citizenship and body theory.

Key publications

  • Bacchi, Carol (1999) Women, Policy and Politics: the construction of policy problems. London: Sage.
  • Bacchi, Carol (1996) The Politics of Affirmative Action: 'Women', Equality and Category Politics. London: Sage.
  • Bacchi, Carol (1990) Same Difference: Feminism and sexual difference. Sydney: Allen and Unwin.


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