Professor Andrew Mason
B.A. M.A. D.Phil
School of Social Sciences
University of Southampton
Southampton
SO17 1BJ
Position: Professor of Political Theory
Telephone: (023) 8059 3991
Email: A.D.Mason@soton.ac.uk
Biography
Academic Qualifications
1988 D.Phil Oxford University
1984 M.A. Minnesota University
1981 B.A. Bristol University
Research interests
Contemporary Anglo-American political philosophy; contemporary theories of justice; normative theories of citizenship; international ethics.
Teaching activities
I am happy to supervise research students in most areas of contemporary political philosophy, especially topics within the theory of justice, the normative theory of citizenship, and international ethics
Work in progress
I am currently working on a book entitled 'Living Together as Equals: The Demands of Citizenship', supported by a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship (2009-2011).
Selected publications
| Books | |
|---|---|
| Gerry Stoker, Chris Armstrong, Andrew Mason et al. 2010 Prospects for Citizenship. Bloomsbury Academic., (ISBN: 978-18496-60051) | |
| Andrew Mason 2006 Levelling the Playing Field: the Idea of Equal Opportunity and its Place in Egalitarian Thought. Oxford University Press., (ISBN: 0-19-926441-4) | |
| Andrew Mason 2000 Community, Solidarity and Belonging. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | |
| Andrew Mason 1993 Explaining Political Disagreement. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | |
| Edited books and volumes | |
|---|---|
| Andrew Mason and Richard Bellamy (eds) 2003 Political Concepts. Manchester: University of Manchester Press. | |
| Andrew Mason (ed.) 1998 Ideals of Equality. Blackwell. | |
| Chapters in books | |
|---|---|
| Mason A 2010 Assimilation International Encyclopedia of Political Science . Sage. | |
| Mason A 2010 Equality of Opportunity. In Bevir M (ed.), Encyclopedia of Political Theory | |
| Andrew Mason 2007 Multiculturalism and the Critique of Essentialism. In A. Laden and D. Owen (eds), Multiculturalism and Political Theory (pp. 221-243). Cambridge University Press., (ISBN: 13:9780521670906) | |
| Andrew Mason 2006 5 Questions. In Morten Ebbe Nielsen (ed.), Political Questions: 5 Questions on Political Philosophy. (pp. 41-48). Automatic Press/VIP., (ISSN: 87-991013-2-7) | |
| Andrew Mason 2003 City Life and Community: Complementary or Incompatible Ideals? In D. Castiglione and C. Mackinnon (eds), The Culture of Toleration in Diverse Societies: Reasonable Tolerance (pp. 132-146). Manchester: Manchester University Press. | |
| Andrew Mason 2003 Meritocracy, Desert and the Moral Force of Intuitions. In D. Bell and A. de- Shalit (eds), Forms of Justice (pp. 51-68). Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield. | |
| Andrew Mason 2003 Social Justice: The Place of Equal Opportunity. In R. Bellamy and A. Mason (eds), Political Concepts (pp. 28-40). Manchester: Manchester University Press. | |
| Andrew Mason 2000 Communitarianism and its Legacy. In N. O'Sullivan (ed.), Political Theory in Transition. Routledge. | |
| A. Mason and N.J. Wheeler 1996 Realist Objections to Humanitarian Intervention. In B. Holden (ed.), The Ethical Dimensions of Global Change (The Ethical Dimensions of Global Change (pp. 94-110). Basingstoke: Macmillan. | |
| Andrew Mason 1996 MacIntyre on Modernity and How it has Marginalized the Virtues. In R. Crisp (ed.), How Should one Live? (pp. 191-209). Oxford: Oxford University Press., (Reprinted as MacIntyre e la Modernita: ovvero, come essa marginali le virtu, Studi Perugini, vol 3 1997, 115-134) | |
| Andrew Mason 1996 Two Concepts of Community. In Nancy Snow (ed.), In the Company of Others: Perspectives on Community, Family and Culture (pp. 3-16). Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield. | |
| Andrew Mason 1994 MacIntyre on Liberalism and its Critics: Tradition, Incommensurability and Disagreement. In S Mendus and J Horton (eds), After MacIntyre (pp. 245-254). Cambridge: Polity. | |
| Andrew Mason 1992 Personal Autonomy and Identification With a Community. In D E Milligan and W W Miller (eds), Liberalism: Citizenship and Automony (pp. 171-186). Aldershot: Avebury. | |
| Articles in journals | |
|---|---|
| Andrew Mason to be published Integration, Cohesion and National Identity. British Journal of Political Science | |
| Andrew Mason 2009 Justice, Holism and Principles. Res Publica, 15, 179-194. | |
| Andrew Mason to be published Putting Story-Reading to Bed: A Response to Segall. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy | |
| Andrew Mason to be published Rawlsian Theory and the Circumstances of Politics. Political Theory | |
| Andrew Mason 2009 Environmental Obligations and the Limits of Transnational Citizenship. Political Studies, 57, 280-297. | |
| Andrew Mason 2007 Public Justifiability, Deliberation, and Civic Virtue. Social Theory and Practice, 33 (4), 679-700. | |
| Andrew Mason October 2004 Just Constraints. British Journal of Political Science, 34, 251-268., (ISSN: 0007-1234) | |
| Andrew Mason July 2004 Equality of Opportunity and Differences in Social Circumstances. The Philosophical Quarterly, 54, 368-388., (ISSN: 0031-8094) | |
| Andrew Mason July 2001 Equality of Opportunity, Old and New. Ethics, Vol. III, 760-781., (ISSN: 0014-1704) | |
| Andrew Mason July 2001 Egalitarianism and the Levelling Down Objection. Analysis, Vol. 61, 246-254., (ISSN: 0003-2638) | |
| Andrew Mason 2000 Equality, Personal Resposibility and Gender, Socialisation. Proceedings of the Aristotelean Society, Vol. 100 | |
| Andrew Mason 1999 Political Community, Liberal-Nationalism and the Ethics of Assimilation. Ethics, Vol. 109, 261-281. | |
| Andrew Mason 1998 Imposing Liberal Principles. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, Vol. 1, 98-116., (also in Richard Bellamy and Martin Hollis (eds) Pluralism and Liberal Neutrality (Ilford, Essex: Frank Cass 1999)) | |
| Andrew Mason 1997 Special Obligations to Compatriots. Ethics, Vol 107, 427-447. | |
| Andrew Mason 1997 The Public Funding of Separate Religious Schools. Franco-British Studies, No 23 Spring (Special issue containing the proceedings of a conference on 'Citizenship/Laicite: Franco-British Perspectives on Toleration and Rights'), 69-78. | |
| Andrew Mason 1996 Workers' Unfreedom and Womens' Unfreedom: Are They Analogous? Political Studies, Vol. 44, 75-87. | |
| Andrew Mason 1996 Justice, Contestability and Conceptions of the Good. Utiltas (Special Issue on B. Barry's Justice as Impartiality), Vol 8, 295-305. | |
| Andrew Mason 1995 The State, National Identity and Distributive Justice. New Community, Vol 21 (Special Issue on National Identity), 241-254. | |
| Andrew Mason 1993 Liberalism and the Value of Community. Canadian Journal of Philosophy, vol 23, 215-240. | |
| Andrew Mason 1991 Community and Autonomy: Logically Incompatible Values? Analysis, Vol 51, 160-166. | |
| Andrew Mason July 1990 Autonomy, Liberalism and State Neutrality. The Philosophical Quarterly, Vol 40, 433-452. | |
| Andrew Mason April 1990 Politics and the State. Political Studies, Vol 38, 575-578. | |
| Andrew Mason 1990 On Explaining Political Disagreement: The Notion of an Essentially Contested Concept. Inquiry, Vol 33, 81-98. | |
| Andrew Mason 1990 Gilligan's Conception of Moral Maturity. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, Vol 20, 167-179. | |
| Andrew Mason 1990 Nozick on Self-Esteem. Journal of Applied Philosophy, Vol 7, 91-98. | |
| Andrew Mason 1989 The Reconstruction of Political Concepts. International Journal of Moral and Social Studies, Vol 4, 245-258. | |
| Andrew Mason 1989 Locke on Disagreement Over the Use of Moral and Political Terms. The Locke Newsletter, No 20, 63-75. | |
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