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Dr Phil Griffiths

Name :	Dr Phil Griffiths
Position :	Lecturer (Political Economy)
Section :	Faculty of Business School of Accounting, Economics and Finance
Office :	T318
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	61 7 4631 1528
Extension :	1528
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BA Qld BA(Hons) Macquarie PhD ANU

Professional Memberships

Australasian Political Studies Association
Australian Society for the Study of Labour History
Australian Historical Association

Research Interests

Australian political history
The development and restructuring of capitalism in Australia
Crisis in Australian history
Class analysis
The nature and uses of racism
The politics and history of the labour movement

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :
"Containing discontent: Anti-Chinese racism in the reinvention of Angus Cameron", Labour History (Australia), No 94, May 2008, pp. 69-88 "The making of White Australia", seminar paper, Institute of Historical Research, University College, London, January 2007 "The making of White Australia: Ruling class agendas, 1876-1888", PhD thesis, Australian National University, 2007

Most notable :

"John Stuart Mill: Theorist of White Australia?", paper presented to the Australasian Political Studies Association conference, Newcastle, 25-27 September 2006
"Racism: whitewashing the class divide", in Rick Kuhn (ed), Class and struggle in Australia, Pearson Education Australia, Frenchs Forest (NSW), 2005, pp 159-75
Hal Alexander and Phil Griffiths (eds), A few rough reds: Stories of rank and file organising, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Canberra Region Branch, Canberra, 2003

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

POL1000: Government, business and society
POL2000: Political and economic ideas
POL2001: Politics and international business

Phil is available to supervise honours or postgraduate theses on any topic related to his research interests. Contact him to discuss your ideas.

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 9 years