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Dr Phil Griffiths

Name :	Dr Phil Griffiths
Position :	Lecturer (Political Economy)
Section :	Faculty of Business and Law 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
Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand
Australian Society for the Study of Labour History
Brisbane Labour History Association
Australian Historical Association

Research Interests

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

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

‘The strategic fears of the ruling class: the construction of Queensland's Chinese Immigrants Regulation Act of 1877’, in the Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 58, no. 1, 2012, pp. 1–19
‘Notes on early trade unionism in Townsville’, in the Queensland Journal of Labour History, no. 13, September, 2011, pp. 17–23
"The political economy of race and racism" in George Argyrous and Frank Stilwell (eds), Readings in political economy: economics as a social science, 3rd edn, Tilde University Press, Prahran (Vic), 2011

Most notable :

‘The strategic fears of the ruling class: the construction of Queensland's Chinese Immigrants Regulation Act of 1877’, in the Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol. 58, no. 1, 2012, pp. 1–19
"From humiliation to triumph: Sir Henry Parkes, the squatters and the anti-Chinese movement, 1877-1878", Journal of Australian Colonial History, vol. 12, 2010, pp. 143-70
"Containing discontent: Anti-Chinese racism in the reinvention of Angus Cameron", Labour History (Australia), no. 94, May 2008, pp. 69-88

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 : 8 years