His book The Death Of Class[5] (co-written with professor Malcolm Waters) has been used as an undergraduate text book.
His most recent publication, a chapter titled The Development Of Elite Theory[6] in the Palgrave Handbook Of Elites[7] is targeted at policy-makers and members of parliament.
He was awarded the Golden of Cross of Merit from the Polish Republic (1991)[8] for his activism for Polish-Australian relations, especially with respect to his work for the POLCUL Foundation[9] for which he has served as director since 1980. He was President of the Australian Institute of Polish Affairs (AIPA) 2001–05, and 2009–13, and currently holds a position of Vice-President.[10]
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^"Academy Fellow". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
^Higley, John; Pakulski, Jan; Wesołowski, Włodzimierz (1998). Postcommunist elites and democracy in Eastern Europe. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN0-312-21179-1. OCLC37588570.
^Pakulski, Jan (2005). Globalising Inequalities : New Patterns of Social Privilege and Disadvantage. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. ISBN978-1-74115-838-0. OCLC1127169668.
^Pakulski, Jan; Tranter, Bruce (11 December 2015). The decline of political leadership in Australia? : changing recruitment and careers of federal politicians (First ed.). New York. ISBN978-1-137-51806-4. OCLC945754351.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Conti, Nicolò; Göncz, Borbála; Real-Dato, José (18 June 2018). National political elites, European integration and the Eurozone crisis. Abingdon, Oxon. ISBN978-1-351-06480-4. OCLC1041707204.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)