Pateman was born in
Maresfield,
Sussex, England. Educated at
Lewes County
Grammar School for Girls, she left at age 16. She entered
Ruskin College, Oxford in 1963 studying economics, politics, history and sociology, achieving a distinction. She won a place at
Lady Margaret Hall to read PPE, staying on to earn a DPhil.
In 1972, she became lecturer in political theory at the
University of Sydney.[1] Since 1990, Professor Pateman has taught in the Department of Political Science at the
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), where she is now Distinguished Professor Emeritus.[2] Professor Pateman served as (the first woman) President of the International Political Science Association (1991–1994). In 2007, she was named a Fellow of the
British Academy.[2] She served as president of the
American Political Science Association in 2010–2011. She is also an Honorary Professor for the Cardiff University School of European Studies.
She gave the Faculty Research Lecture at UCLA in 2001, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the British Academy and the UK Academy of Social Sciences. She holds honorary degrees from the Australian National University, the National University of Ireland, and Helsinki University.
In 2013, she earned the Special Recognition Award by the UK Political Studies Association.
In April 2015, she was elected as a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.[4][5]
The Australian Political Science Association (APSA) awards the Carole Pateman prize biennially for the best book published on the topic of gender and politics.[6]
Pateman, Carole;
Dowding, Keith; Goodin, Robert E. (2004). Justice and democracy: essays for Brian Barry. Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press.
ISBN978-0-521-83695-1.
Pateman, Carole; Sawer, Marian (1980). Australasian Political Studies Association directory of women political scientists 1980. Canberra: Australasian Political Studies Association.
OCLC220934996.
Pateman, Carole;
Shanley, Mary Lyndon (1991). Feminist interpretations and political theory. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press.
ISBN978-0-271-00742-7.
Pateman, Carole; Murray, Matthew C. (2012). Basic income worldwide horizons of reform. Houndmills, Basingstoke New York, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
ISBN978-0-230-28542-2.
Pateman, Carole (2014). Feminist challenges: social and political theory (2nd ed.). London: Routledge.
ISBN978-1-138-00068-1. Original printed in 1986.
Chapters in books
Pateman, Carole (2003), "Freedom and democratization: why basic income is preferred to basic capital", in
Dowding, Keith; de Wispelaere, Jurgen; White, Stuart (eds.), The ethics of stakeholding, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 130–148,
ISBN978-1-4039-0580-2.
Journal articles
Pateman, Carole, ed. (1983). "Introduction". Australian Journal of Political Science. 18 (2): 1–2.
doi:
10.1080/00323268308401882.
On, Steve (2012), "A conversation with Carole Pateman: reflections on democratic participation, The Sexual Contract, and power structures.", in Browning, Gary; Dimova-Cookson, Maria;
Prokhovnik, Raia (eds.), Dialogues with contemporary political theorists, Houndsmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 139–154,
ISBN978-0-230-30305-8