Dr Laura Montanaro
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 873980
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Location
5.010, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
Academic Support Hours: On research leave academic year 2022-23
Profile
Biography
Laura Montanaro is Senior Lecturer in Political Theory in the Department of Government at the University of Essex. She works on normative democratic theory. Prior to joining the department, she was a Harper Schmidt Fellow in the Society of Fellows at the University of Chicago. Her first book, Who Elected Oxfam? was published with Cambridge University Press. She has published in The American Journal of Political Science and the Journal of Politics.
Qualifications
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Ph.D. in Political Science, The University of British Columbia
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M.A. and B.A. in Political Science, York University
Appointments
University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer, Government, University of Essex (1/10/2020 - present)
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Lecturer, Government, University of Essex (1/9/2014 - 30/9/2020)
Other academic
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Harper-Schmidt Fellow, Society of Fellows, University of Chicago (1/9/2010 - 31/8/2014)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
political representation
social theory
contemporary political thought
critics of liberalism
democratic theory
Publications
Journal articles (2)
Montanaro, L., (2019). Discursive Exit. American Journal of Political Science. 63 (4), 875-887
Montanaro, L., (2012). The Democratic Legitimacy of Self-Appointed Representatives. The Journal of Politics. 74 (4), 1094-1107
Books (1)
Montanaro, L., (2017). Who Elected Oxfam?: A Democratic Defense of Self-Appointed Representatives. Cambridge University Press. 1108419364. 9781108410557
Book chapters (3)
Montanaro, L., (2019). Who Counts as a Democratic Representative?. In: Making Present: Theorizing the New Politics of Representation. Editors: Pollak, J. and Castiglione, D., . Chicago University Press. 186- 203
Montanaro, L., (2017). Representing affected interests. In: Reclaiming Representation: Contemporary Advances in the Theory of Political Representation. 210- 226. 9781138928510
Montanaro, L., (2014). Representation. In: The Encyclopaedia of Political Thought. Editors: Gibbons, M., Coole, D., Ellis, E. and Ferguson, K., . John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 3209- 3222. 9781118474396
Contact
Academic support hours:
Academic Support Hours: On research leave academic year 2022-23