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Reith Lectures 2011: Reith Responses - Dissent As Vocation Featuring: audio, Creative Commons Image lewishamdreamer under CC-BY-NC licence

By Dr Geoff Andrews (The Open University), Professor Michael Saward (The Open University), Rosemary Bechler (Guest)

06 July 2011

In response to the 2011 Reith Lectures, our experts explore the idea of dissent as a calling - and how far new technology has inspired...  Read more : Reith Lectures 2011: Reith Responses - Dissent As Vocation

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Human trafficking: Perspectives Featuring: audio, Ellegant | Dreamstime.com

By Professor Michael Saward (The Open University), Dr Claudia Aradau (The Open University), Bridget Anderson (Guest), Dr Rutvica Andrijasevic (The Open University)

04 November 2010

The words slavery, abuse, victims and protection come hand in hand when discussing human trafficking - but some researchers are arguing that the terminology itself is part...  Read more : Human trafficking: Perspectives

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Performing politics: Perspectives Featuring: audio, By Herve Boinay via Flickr under Creative Commons licence

By Professor Michael Saward (The Open University)

30 April 2010

In a democracy, has the public created a demand for politicians to perform - and does that mean we can't trust them? Mike Saward and...  Read more : Performing politics: Perspectives

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Reith Lectures 2009: Citizenship today Featuring: audio, The Open University

By Dr Derek Matravers (The Open University), Matt Matravers (Guest), Professor Michael Saward (The Open University)

08 June 2009

Picking up the themes of 2009's Reith Lectures, our panelists discuss exactly what a new citizenship might look like.  Read more : Reith Lectures 2009: Citizenship today

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Schaap, Andrew; Thompson, Simon; Disch, Lisa; Castiglione, Dario and Saward, Michael (2012). Critical exchange on Michael Saward's The Representative Claim. Contemporary Political Theory, 11(1), pp. 109–127.

Saward, Michael (2012). The dynamics of European citizenship: enactment, extension and assertion. Comparative European Politics (In press).

Saward, Michael (2011). Slow theory: taking time over transnational democratic representation. Ethics & Global Politics, 4(1), pp. 1–18.

Saward, Michael (2011). The wider canvas: representation and democracy in state and society. In: Alonso, Sonia; Keane, John and Merkel, Wolfgang eds. The Future of Representative Democracy. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, pp. 74–95.

Pykett, Jessica; Saward, Michael and Schaefer, Anja (2010). Framing the Good Citizen. British Journal of Politics & International Relations, 12(4), pp. 523–538.

Saward, Michael (2010). The Representative Claim. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Saward, Michael (2009). Authorisation and Authenticity: Representation and the Unelected. Journal of Political Philosophy, 17(1), pp. 1–22.

Saward, Michael; Dobson, Andrew; MacGregor, Sherilyn and Torgerson, Douglas (2009). Trajectories of green political theory. Contemporary Political Theory, 8(3), pp. 317–350.

Saward, Michael (2009). Dialogues with political theorists: a conversation with Benjamin Barber. Contemporary Political Theory, 8(2), pp. 224–236.

Saward, Michael (2008). The subject of representation. Representation, 44(2), pp. 93–97.

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By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

05 October 2010

Explore politics in the modern world - and find out how it touches all our lives - with our series of audio and video podcasts. The videos...  Read more : Open Politics

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Michael Saward is a professor of politics with The Open University. He was the head of politics and international studies between 2004 and 2008. He has published widely on democracy, representation and citizenship, focussing on the links between theory and practice.

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