In this interview, Robert Goodin discusses some of the main issues he has tackled in his work, with a particular focus on the relation between political theory and political science, and the challenges and benefits of an interdisciplinary approach for political philosophers

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60 notizie di Politeia, XXXII, 121, 2016. ISSN 1128-2401 pp. 60-67Interviste / InterviewsPolitical Theory, Political Science  and Public Policy: an Interdisciplinary Approach. A Conversation with Robert GoodinGiuliA BistAGnino*abstract: In this interview, Robert Goodin discusses some of the main issues he has tackled in his work, with a particular focus on the relation between political theory and political science, and the challenges and benefits of an interdisciplinary approach for political philosophers.Keywords: Robert Goodin, Political philosophy, Political science, Interdisciplinary approach.Robert Goodin is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and of Social and Political Theory in the Research School of Social Sciences of the Australian National University in Canberra. he obtained a D.Phil in Politics at Oxford in 1975, and taught Government at the University of Essex. he is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. his co-authored book Discretionary time won the 2009 Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research, awarded by the International Social Science Council.Goodin is founding Editor of the Journal of Political Philosophy, having previously served as Co-editor of the British Journal of Political Science, and as an Associate Editor of ethics. he was General Editor of the eleven-volume series of oxford Handbooks of Political Science for Oxford University Press.Goodin’s work focuses on political theory and political science. his books in print include: Political theory & Public Policy (University of Chicago Press, 1982); Protecting the Vulnerable (University of Chicago Press, 1985); Reasons for Welfare (Princeton University Press, 1988); No Smoking: ethical issues (University of Chicago Press, 1989); Motivating Political Morality (Blackwell, 1992); Green Political theory * Post doc, Università degli Studi di Milano e Centro di Ricerca e Documentazione Luigi Einaudi.

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