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PROF PAUL SMYTH



Contact Details

Organization: Social and Political Sciences
Position: PROFESSORIAL FELLOW
Email:
Homepage: http://www.politics.unimelb.edu.au/aboutus/smyth.html
Work: +61 3 8344 9721
Fax: +61 3 8344 7906
Room: 505
Level: 05
Building: John Medley Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Contemporary Australian social policy; local governance and social inclusion; international perspectives on social inclusion. Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts (honours) Murdoch University 31-Dec-1986
Doctor of Philosophy University of New South Wales 31-Dec-1992

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
THE IMPLICATIONS OF WELFARE REFORM FOR SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES IN THEIR TRANSITION TO PAID WORK Chief Investigator DEAKIN UNIVERSITY Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL)

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Book Chapters

  • Collaborative governance: the community sector and collaborative network governance


    Year: 2008
    Book: Collaborative Governance: A new era of public policy in Australia?
    Publisher: ANU E Press(Acton)
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  • The role of the community sector in Australian welfare: A Brotherhood of St Laurence perspective


    Year: 2008
    Book: Strategic Issues for the not-for profit Sector
    Publisher: University of New South Wales Press(Sydney)
    Authors(s):

Journal Articles

  • Closing the Gap?  The Role of Wage, Welfare and Industry Policy in Promoting Social Inclusion


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Industrial Relations
    Volume: 50
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 647-663
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Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • Transport: A New Fontier for Social Policy
    Year: 2007
    Book: No Way to Go: Transport and Social Disadvantage in Australian Communities
    Publisher: Monash University ePress(Monash)
    Authors(s):

Major Reference Works

  • The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics:

    Keynesiansim


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
    Author(s):

Reports

  • Social Investment in Human Capital: revisioning Australian social policy


    Year: 2007
    Customer: Brotherhood of St Laurence
    Report No:: 1
    Publisher: Brotherhood of St Laurence(Fitzroy)
    Authors:

Publications in 2006

Books

  • Social Policy in Australia - Understanding for Action
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
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Book Chapters

  • Austrlain Social Policy in an International Context
    Year: 2006
    Book: Social Policy in Australia. Understanding for Action
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
    Authors(s):
  • Changes and Challenges
    Year: 2006
    Book: Social Policy in Australia. Understanding for Action
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
    Authors(s):
  • The Historical Context of Action
    Year: 2006
    Book: Social Policy in Australia. Understanding for Action
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
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Publications in 2005

Books

  • Community and Local Governance in Australia
    Year: 2005
    Publisher: University of New South Wales Press(Sydney)
    Authors(s):
  • Talking Policy: How Social Policy is Made
    Year: 2005
    Publisher: Allen & Unwin(Crows Nest)
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Book Chapters

  • 'Australian Way', Australian Settlements and the Australian Legend
    Year: 2005
    Book: A Passion for Politics
    Publisher: Pearson Education(Sydney)
    Authors(s):

Journal Articles

  • Beyond Neo-Liberalism: the Social Investment State?
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Just Policy
    Volume: 38
    Issue: 38
    Page numbers: 1323-2266
    Publisher: Victorian Council of Social Service
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Publications in 2004

Books

  • Social policy and the Commonwealth: prospects for social inclusion
    Year: 2004
    Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan(Basingstoke)
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Book Chapters

  • Introduction
    Year: 2004
    Book: Social policy and the commonwealth: prospects for social inclusion
    Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan(Basingstoke)
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  • The British social policy legacy and the "Australian way"
    Year: 2004
    Book: Social policy and the commonwealth: prospects for social inclusion
    Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan(Basingstoke)
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Journal Articles

  • Comment: Australian settlement or Australian way?
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Journal of Political Science
    Volume: 39
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 39-41
    Publisher: Carfax Publishing(Basingstoke)
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  • Social inclusion, new regionalism and associational government in Queensland
    Year: 2004
    Journal: International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
    Volume: 28
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 601-616
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Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • After the Welfare State?: state and civil society in the governance of welfare
    Year: 2002
    Book: Economic Governance and Institutional Dynamics
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
    Authors(s):
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