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 Biography

Reader in Political Economy & Political Science

Background:
Visiting fellow - Leicester University
Visiting researcher - Swedish Institute for Social Research, University of Stockholm
Visiting researcher - Arbetslivscentrum, Stockholm
Visiting researcher - National Institute for Worklife Research, Stockholm
Visiting fellow - Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney
Visiting fellow - School of Sociology, Politics & Anthrop, La Trobe University
Visiting researcher - Arbetslivsinstitutet, Stockholm
Lecturer, School of Humanities, Griffith University

Research Interests:

  • History and theory of political economy

  • Political economy of Australia

  • Comparative political economy

  • Comparative analysis of unemployment in OECD countries

  • Theory and practice of social democracy

  • Macro-policy involvements of trade unions

  • New political institutions in the rich democracies

  • Debates over state capacity in the rich countries (including debates over theories of the state)

  • Economic policy debates in Australia

  • Post-keynesian political economy and its policy implications

  • Institutional (and other heterodox) approaches to the relations between (a) the economy and politics and (b) the economy and society

  • Problems with contemporary politics

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