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Associate Professor Stephen Fortescue

Associate Professor Stephen Fortescue

Honorary Associate Professor
Arts,Design & Architecture
School of Social Sciences

Stephen Fortescue is the Deputy President of the University’s Academic Board and Director of Postgraduate Research for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. He is a political scientist in the School of Social Sciences and International Studies, whose research is focused on the contemporary Russian policy-making process and the Russian mining and metals industry.

Stephen’s most recent monograph is Russia’s Oil Barons and Metal Magnates (2006, Palgrave) which offers an analysis of the role of the so-called oligarchs in the post-Soviet Russian political economy. His next book is to be on the relationship between personalist and institutionalized politics in Russian policy-making, with taxation as the main case study. He publishes regularly on a wide range of issues related to Russian mining and metals. He currently supervises research students working on the Russian gas industry, environmental policy in Russia, and on various business and politics topics not related to Russia.


Research Areas

Russian politics, business and politics, resource politics

Current Research Projects

Personalist vs institutionalized politics in contemporary Russian policy making
Two views of Russia exist: a patrimonial state dominated by personal relationships and characterised by highly informal behaviour, and a highly bureaucratised state swamped by rigid rules and procedures. The project seeks to determine in what circumstances one view dominates over the other, through a study of the processes, procedures and personnel of contemporary policy making.

Federal Russian politics: modernizing northern economies
With Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway; funded by Norwegian Research Council, 2011-2013. My contribution is on the contribution of the mining and metals industry to the modernisation of northern Russia.

Postgraduate Research Supervision

Areas of Supervision
Soviet and Russian topics, particularly related to the domestic political process, on business-government relations, and resource politics

Recent Postgraduate Research Completions

  • Nan Li, PhD Politics & International Relations, 2007, Media politics: How is the media agenda of Chinese television set by the state, market, and civil society?
  • Ion Urs, PhD Politics & International Relations, 2007, The empowerment of aggressive state ideology in two periods of Russian history

Current Postgraduate Research Supervision

  • Ludmilla Khodai, PhD Politics & International Relations, Pipeline policies of Russia's Gazprom
  • Sharon Springell, PhD Politics & International Relations, In search of the national interest: FDI policy under the Howard Government
  • Yolande Naomi Kyngdon, PhD International Studies & Global Transformation, The ethical trade of diamonds

Teaching

Teaching areas
Soviet and Russian topics, Business and politics, Resource politics

 
Phone
+61 2 9385 2385
E-mail
s.fortescue@unsw.edu.au
  • Books | 2010
    2010, Russian politics from Lenin to Putin, Fortescue SC, (ed.), Palgrave, Basingstoke
    Books | 2006
    Fortescue SC, 2006, Russia`s Oil Barons and Metal Magnates, Oligarchs and the state in transition, 1st, Palgrave, Basingstoke and NY
    Books | 1997
    Fortescue SC, 1997, Policy-Making for Russian Industry, Original, Macmillan Press Ltd, UK, Macmillan Press Ltd, UK
  • Book Chapters | 2022
    Fortescue S, 2022, 'Decision-making', in Gill G (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Russian Politics and Society, Routledge, pp. 182 - 192
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Fortescue S, 2021, 'Future of Russian coal exports in the Asia-Pacific', in Buchanan E (ed.), Russian Energy Strategy in the Asia-Pacific Implications for Australia, Australian National University Press, Canberra, pp. 155 - 180, http://dx.doi.org/10.22459/RESAP.2021
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Fortescue S, 2019, 'Managing Russia's resource wealth: coalitions and capacity', in Sanders ARD; Sandvik PT; Storli E (ed.), The Political Economy of Resource Regulation. An international and comparative history, 1850-2015, University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, pp. 118 - 138, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/unsw/detail.action?docID=5723282#
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Fortescue S, 2019, 'The political economy of Russia: is it changing?', in Becker T; Oxenstierna S (ed.), The Russian Economy Under Putin, Routledge, London & New York, pp. 202 - 218, http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/ebookviewer/ebook/bmxlYmtfXzE4NzU1ODdfX0FO0?sid=ed5008ee-4d17-465f-8ae0-d83ea3181925@sdc-v-sessmgr01&vid=0&format=EB&lpid=lp_xi&rid=0
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Fortescue SC, 2016, 'Russia's security-related decision-making: the case of Crimea', in Fish MS; Gill G; Petrovic M (ed.), A Quarter Century of Postcommunism Assessed, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 295 - 318
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Fortescue SC, 2014, 'The BRICS and Russia', in Lo VI; Hiscock M (ed.), The Rise of the BRICS in the Global Political Economy: changing paradigms, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham,, pp. 228 - 240, http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/bookentry_main.lasso?id=15347&breadcrumlink=&breadcrum=&sub_values=
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Fortescue SC, 2013, 'Private Enterprise in the Russian Oil Sector', in Oxenstierna S; Tynkkynen V-P (ed.), Russian Energy and Security Up To 2030, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, pp. 169 - 191, http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415639644/
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Fortescue SC, 2013, 'The Soviet Union's 'Bauxite problem'', in Gendron R; Ingulstad M; Storli E; Gendron RS; Ingulstad M; Storli E (ed.), Aluminum Ore. The political economy of the global bauxite industry, UBC Press, Vancouver, pp. 138 - 157, http://www.ubcpress.ca/
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Fortescue SC, 2013, 'The economics of mineral resources', in Alexeev M; Weber S (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Russian Economy, edn. Original, Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 404 - 425
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Fortescue SC, 2012, 'The Russian economy and business-government relations', in Gill G; Young J (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Russian Politics and Society, edn. Original, Routledge, 2012, pp. 274 - 287
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Fortescue SC, 2012, 'The policymaking process in Putin's prime ministership', in Jonson L; White S (ed.), Waiting for Reform under Putin and Medvedev, edn. Original, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke UK, pp. 119 - 139, http://www.amazon.com/Waiting-Reform-Under-Putin-Medvedev/dp/113701119X
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Fortescue SC, 2010, 'Conclusion', in Fortescue S (ed.), Russian politics from Lenin to Putin, Palgrave, Basingstoke, pp. 205 - 214, http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=334564
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Fortescue SC, 2010, 'Institutionalization and personalism in the policy-making process of the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia', in Fortescue S (ed.), Russian politics from Lenin to Putin, edn. Original, Palgrave, Basingstoke, pp. 21 - 50, http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=334564
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Fortescue SC, 2010, 'Russia's SWFs: controlled by a domestic agenda', in Yi-Chong X; Bahgat G (ed.), The Political Economy of Sovereign Wealth Funds, edn. Original, Palgrave, Basingstoke, pp. 113 - 131
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Fortescue SC, 2010, 'T.H. Rigby on Soviet and post-Soviet Russian politics', in Fortescue S (ed.), Russian politics from Lenin to Putin, edn. Original, Palgrave, Basingstoke, pp. 1 - 20, http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=334564
    Book Chapters | 2008
    Fortescue SC, 2008, 'Reflections', in Rautio V; Tykkylainen M (ed.), Russia`s Northern Regions on the Edge, edn. Original, Kikimora, Helsinki, pp. 224 - 230
    Book Chapters | 2001
    Fortescue SC, 2001, 'Russian Industrial Privatisation: Strategy and Outcome', in Vladimir Tikhomirov (ed.), Russia After Yeltsin, edn. 1st, Ashgate, Aldershot, UK, pp. 103 - 119
    Book Chapters | 2000
    Fortescue SC, 2000, 'The Academy versus the rest', in Academia in upheaval, edn. Original, Bergin and Garvey, United States of America, pp. 225 - 254
    Book Chapters | 1999
    Fortescue SC, 1999, 'The Russian mining and metals industry: integration or disintegration', in Anatomy of the 1998 Russian crisis, edn. Original, Contemporary European Research Centre, Melbourne, pp. 204 - 237
  • Journal articles | 2022
    Fortescue S, 2022, 'Territories of accelerated development: another case of policy failure in Russia?', Post-Communist Economies, 34, pp. 246 - 266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14631377.2022.2029254
    Journal articles | 2022
    Martus E; Fortescue S, 2022, 'Russian coal in a changing climate: risks and opportunities for industry and government', Climatic Change, 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-022-03420-0
    Journal articles | 2020
    Fortescue S; Martus E, 2020, 'Black Jack. Russlands Kohleindustrie und der Kilmawandel', Osteuropa, 70, pp. 103 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.35998/oe-2020-0050
    Journal articles | 2020
    Fortescue S, 2020, 'Russia’s civil service: professional or patrimonial? Executive-level officials in five federal ministries', Post-Soviet Affairs, 36, pp. 365 - 388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1060586X.2020.1757314
    Journal articles | 2020
    Fortescue S, 2020, 'Russlands Schmuzhutten. Die Umweltbilanz des Metallurgiesektors', Osteuropa, 70, pp. 149 - 175, http://dx.doi.org/10.35998/oe-2020-0052
    Journal articles | 2017
    Fortescue S, 2017, 'Russian federal budget formation: introduction', Post-Communist Economies, 29, pp. 449 - 456, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14631377.2017.1333795
    Journal articles | 2017
    Fortescue SC, 2017, 'The role of the executive in Russian budget formation', Post-Communist Economies, 29, pp. 523 - 537, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14631377.2017.1333790
    Journal articles | 2016
    Fortescue S, 2016, 'Russia's “turn to the east”: a study in policy making', Post-Soviet Affairs, 32, pp. 423 - 454, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1060586x.2015.1051750
    Journal articles | 2015
    Fortescue S; Hanson P, 2015, 'What drives Russian outward foreign direct investment? Some observations on the steel industry', Post-Communist Economies, 27, pp. 283 - 305, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14631377.2015.1055962
    Journal articles | 2015
    Fortescue SC, 2015, 'russia's economic prospects in the asia pacific region', The Journal of Eurasian Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euras.2015.10.005
    Journal articles | 2012
    Fortescue SC, 2012, '(Ohn-)Macht? Russlands Rohstoffmagnaten', Osteuropa, 62, pp. 145 - 162
    Journal articles | 2011
    Fortescue SC; Rautio V, 2011, 'Noril'sk Nickel: A Global Company?', Eurasian Geography and Economics, 52, pp. 835 - 856
    Journal articles | 2011
    Fortescue SC, 2011, 'Die russische Stahlindustrie und die Ukraine', Ukraine-Analysen, 86, pp. 2 - 5
    Journal articles | 2011
    Fortescue SC, 2011, 'Erze und Oligarchen. Die Bergbauindustrie in Russlands Nordwesten', Osteuropa, 61, pp. 142-162
    Journal articles | 2009
    Fortescue SC, 2009, 'Die russischen Oligarchen in der Wirtschaftskrise', Russland-analysen, 182, pp. 15 - 18
    Journal articles | 2009
    Fortescue SC, 2009, 'Putin in Pikalevo: PR or watershed?', Australian Slavonic and East European Studies, 23, pp. 19 - 38
    Journal articles | 2009
    Fortescue SC, 2009, 'The Russian law on subsurface resources: A policy marathon', Post - Soviet Affairs, 25, pp. 160 - 184
    Journal articles | 2009
    Fortescue SC, 2009, 'The Russian oligarchs and the economic crisis', Russian Analytical Digest, pp. 2 - 5
    Journal articles | 2009
    Fortescue SC, 2009, 'The Russian steel industry, 1990-2009', Eurasian Geography and Economics, 50, pp. 252 - 274
    Journal articles | 2008
    Fortescue SC, 2008, 'Location decisions in the Russian Aluminium Industry', Australian Slavonic and East European Studies, 22, pp. 23 - 44
    Journal articles | 2008
    Fortescue SC, 2008, 'Politics in the Russian regions', Australian Journal of Political Science, 43, pp. 159 - 159
    Journal articles | 2007
    Fortescue SC; Rautio V, 2007, 'From labour camp to global market leader - A company portrait of non-ferrous metal works Norilsk Nickel', Osteuropa, 57, pp. 395 - 409
    Journal articles | 2007
    Fortescue SC, 2007, 'Russia's oil barons and metal magnates', Vakblad Aluminium, pp. 28 - 30
    Journal articles | 2006
    Fortescue SC, 2006, 'Business-state negotiations and the reform of tax procedures in post-Yukos Russia', Explorations on Law and Disability in Australia, 24, pp. 36 - 59
    Journal articles | 2006
    Fortescue SC, 2006, 'The Lysenko effect: The politics of science', Slavic Review, 65, pp. 191 - 193
    Journal articles | 2006
    Fortescue SC, 2006, 'The Russian aluminum industry in transition', Eurasian Geography and Economics, 47, pp. 76 - 94
    Journal articles | 2005
    Fortescue SC; Rautio V, 2005, 'Oligarkki - karkki vai kepponen? (Oligarchs - trick or treat?)', Idantutkimus, pp. 51 - 60
    Journal articles | 2004
    Fortescue SC, 2004, 'The economics of Russian transition', Europe - Asia Studies, 56, pp. 470 - 471
    Journal articles | 2002
    Fortescue SC, 2002, 'Does an oligarchy rule Russia?', Polis, 5(70), pp. 64 - 73
    Journal articles | 2001
    Fortescue SC, 2001, 'Tax Burden and tax behavior of branches of the Russian economy - Part 1', Forschungsstelle Osteuropa, pp. 4 - 19
    Journal articles | 2000
    Fortescue SC, 2000, 'Ownership and corporate strategy in the Russian mining and metals sector', The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review, pp. 163 - 180
    Journal articles | 1998
    Fortescue SC, 1998, 'Privatisation, corporate governance and enterprise performance in Russia`', Russian and Euro-Asian bulletin, pp. 1 - 10
    Journal articles | 1995
    Fortescue SC, 1995, 'Civil service in the new Russia', Australian Journal of Politics and History, pp. 103 - 117
  • Conference Papers | 2011
    Fortescue SC, 2011, 'RUSSIA’S POLICY PROCESS AND THE PROSPECTS OF TANDEMOCRACY', in Two Decades without the Soviet Union. Transformations in Eurasian space, Australian National University, Canberra, presented at Two Decades without the Soviet Union: Transformations in Eurasian Space. Proceedings of the 10th Biennial Conference of AACaPS., ANU Canberra, 03 February 2011 - 04 February 2011, http://cais.anu.edu.au/AACaPS_Conference_2011/Proceedings