Kelly, Paul


Professor Paul Kelly  

Department

Position held

Department of Government

Professor of Political Theory

Experience keywords:

social justice; British politics; egalitarian political systems; multiculturalism; British policy making

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Political Ideas in British Politics and Policy-Making including Multiculturalism, group rights and national identity, equality of outcomes and equality of opportunity and theories of social justice. Theories and concepts in Modern Political theory including especially the development and distinctiveness of British Political Ideas from the seventeenth-century. Political Ideologies and Political ideas from the Ancient Greeks to the present.

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 7190

Publications

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2013

Kelly, Paul (2013) Introduction. In: Kelly, Paul, (ed.) The politics book. Dorling Kindersley, pp. 10-15. ISBN 9781409364450

Kelly, Paul, (ed.) (2013) The politics book. Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 9781409364450

2012

Kelly, Paul (2012) Foreword: law, legislation and liberty: a new statement of the liberal principles of justice and political economy. In: Hayek, F. A., (ed.) Law, legislation and liberty: a new statement of the liberal principles of justice and political economy. Routledge, Abingdon, UK. ISBN 9780415522298

Kelly, Paul (2012) Red or orange: The Big Society in the new Conservatism. In: Edwards, Jason, (ed.) Retrieving The Big Society. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK, pp. 22-34. ISBN 9781118368787

2011

Kelly, Paul (2011) Contractarian ethics. In: Chadwick, Ruth, (ed.) Encyclopedia of applied ethics. Academic Press, pp. 622-628. ISBN 9780123736321

Kelly, Paul (2011) Book review: the development of a discipline: the history of the political studies association. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Kelly, Paul (2011) Rescuing political theory from the tyranny of history. In: Floyd, Jonathan and Stears, Marc, (eds.) Political philosophy versus history?: contextualism and real politics in contemporary political thought. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 13-37. ISBN 9780521146883

Kelly, Paul (2011) Book review: the merits of ‘Big Society’ and where it will take us. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

2010

Kelly, Paul (2010) Jeremy Bentham. In: Bevir, Mark, (ed.) Encyclopedia of political theory. Sage, London, pp. 114-121. ISBN 9781412958653

Kelly, Paul (2010) Philosophic radicalism. In: Bevir, Mark, (ed.) Encyclopedia of political theory. Sage, London, pp. 1041-1045. ISBN 9781412958653

Kelly, Paul, (ed.) (2010) British political theory. Wiley-Blackwell / Political Studies Association, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9781405199995

Kelly, Paul (2010) Why equality?: on justifying liberal egalitarianism. Critical review of international social and political philosophy, 13 (1). pp. 55-70. ISSN 1369-8230

Kelly, Paul (2010) British political theory in the twentieth century. In: Kelly, Paul, (ed.) British political theory in the twentieth century. Wiley-Blackwell / Political Studies Association, Oxford, UK, pp. 1-36. ISBN 9781405199995

Kelly, Paul and Varouxakis, Georgios, (eds.) (2010) John Stuart Mill - thought and influence - the saint of rationalism. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415555180

Kelly, Paul and Varoudakis, Georgios (2010) John Stuart Mill's thought and legacy: A timely reappraisal. In: Kelly, Paul and Varouxakis, Georgios, (eds.) John Stuart Mill - thought and influence. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 1-18. ISBN 9780415555180

2009

Boucher, David and Kelly, Paul, (eds.) (2009) Political thinkers: from Socrates to the present (2nd edition). Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199215522

Kelly, Paul (2009) The Oakeshottians. In: Flinder, Matthew and Gamble, Andrew and Hay, Colin and Kenny, Michael, (eds.) The Oxford handbook of British politics. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 154-171. ISBN 9780199230952

2008

Kelly, Paul (2008) Liberalism, secularism and the challenge of religion - is there a crisis? In: Moore, Henrietta and Held, David, (eds.) Cultural politics in a global age: uncertainty, solidarity and innovation. Oneworld, London, UK, pp. 124-131. ISBN 9781851685509

2007

Kelly, Paul (2007) Locke’s second treatise of government: a reader’s guide. Continuum, London, UK. ISBN 9780826492654

Kelly, Paul (2007) Equality, marginalisation and freedom of expression. In: Newey, Glen, (ed.) Freedom of speech. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle, UK, pp. 74-96. ISBN 9781847183606

2006

Kelly, Paul (2006) Liberalism and epistemic diversity: Mill's sceptical legacy. Episteme, 3 (3). pp. 248-265. ISSN 1742-3600

Kelly, Paul (2006) Political theory: the state of the art. Politics, 26 (1). pp. 47-53. ISSN 0263-3957

Kelly, Paul (2006) The social theory of anti-liberalism. Critical review of international social and political philosophy, 9 (2). pp. 137-154. ISSN 1369-8230

2005

Kelly, Paul (2005) State and nation versus liberal egalitarianism. In: Nimni, Ephraim, (ed.) National cultural autonomy and its contemporary critics. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 166-178. ISBN 9780415249645

Kelly, Paul (2005) Liberalism. Polity Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780745632919

2004

Kelly, Paul (2004) Impartiality: a philosophical perspective. In: Sajo, Andras and Rutt Bentch, Lorri, (eds.) Judicial integrity. Brill, Leiden, Germany, pp. 17-42. ISBN 9789004140059

2003

Kelly, Paul (2003) Bentham. In: Boucher, David and Kelly, Paul, (eds.) Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 307-323. ISBN 9780198781943

Kelly, Paul (2003) J. S. Mill on Liberty. In: Boucher, David and Kelly, Paul, (eds.) Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 324-342.

Kelly, Paul (2003) Introduction: Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present. In: Boucher, David and Kelly, Paul, (eds.) Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 1-20. ISBN 9780198781943

Kelly, Paul (2003) Hume. In: Boucher, David and Kelly, Paul, (eds.) Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present. Oxford University Press, New York, US, pp. 198-216. ISBN 9780198781943

Kelly, Paul (2003) Identity, equality and power: tensions in Parekh's theory of multiculturalism. In: Haddock, Bruce and Sutch, Peter, (eds.) Multiculturalism, identity and rights. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 94-110. ISBN 041531514x

Kelly, Paul (2003) Ideas and policy frameworks in British politics. In: Dunleavy, Patrick and Gamble, Andrew and Heffernan, Richard and Peele, Gillian, (eds.) Developments in British politics 7. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 242-260. ISBN 0333987055

2002

Kelly, Paul and Boucher, D, (eds.) (2002) Political thinkers : from socrates to the present. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 0198781946

Kelly, Paul, (ed.) (2002) Multiculturalism reconsidered. Polity Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 0745627935 0745627943

Kelly, Paul (2002) The long shadow of John Stuart Mill: Brian Barry on culture and freedom. Contemporary politics, 8 (2). pp. 117-128. ISSN 1356-9775

Kelly, Paul (2002) Defending some dodos: liberty and/or equality. In: Kelly, Paul, (ed.) Multiculturalism Reconsidered. Polity Press, Cambridge, pp. 62-80. ISBN 9780745627946

Kelly, Paul (2002) Introduction: between culture and equality. In: Kelly, Paul, (ed.) Multiculturalism reconsidered. Polity Press, Cambridge, pp. 1-17. ISBN 9780745627946

2001

Kelly, Paul (2001) 'Dangerous liaisons': Parekh's 'Oakeshottian' multiculturalism. The political quarterly, 72 (4). pp. 428-436. ISSN 0032-3179

Kelly, Paul (2001) Classical utilitarianism and the concept of freedom: a response to the republican critique. Journal of political ideologies, 6 (1). pp. 13-31. ISSN 1356-9317

2000

Kelly, Paul (2000) Political theory in retreat? contemporary political theory and the historical order. In: O'Sullivan, Noël, (ed.) Political theory in transition. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 225-241. ISBN 9781857288544

Dunleavy, Patrick and Kelly, Paul J and Moran, Mary, (eds.) (2000) British political science: fifty years of political studies. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780631224129

1999

Kelly, Paul (1999) Contextual and non-contextual histories of political thought. In: Hayward, Jack and Barry, Brian and Brown, Archie, (eds.) The British study of politics in the twentieth century. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 37-62. ISBN 9780197262061

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