Bligh James Grant
Junior Research Fellow - Centre for Local Government, Faculty of The Professions, School of Business Economics and Public Policy
Qualifications
1995: Bachelor of Arts with Honours 1 (Politics) University of New England.
1994: Bachelor of Arts, University of New England.
Contact
| Email: | bgrant5@une.edu.au |
| Room: | W040 805 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 3945 (or +61 2 6773 3945 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3596 |
Bligh ‘Research’ Grant is a part-time Junior Research Fellow attached to Australian Research Council Discovery Grant Alternative Models of Australian Local Government: Classification and Policy, held by Professor Brian Dollery.
Areas of Teaching
Mr Grant has taught and assisted teaching and marking the areas of Asian Studies, Sociology, International Relations and Politics, as well as International Business and Australian Political Economy, all at UNE.
Research interests
Current research interests are largely directed by the grant holder, Professor Brian Dollery. Mr Grant brings a background of political and social theory and moral and ethical theory to broad range of questions in social science, and enjoys collaborative research efforts.
Publications
Books
Pauline Hanson, One Nation & Australian Politics (Ed.), UNE Press, 1997.
Book Chapters
‘Marginality, Regionalism and the One Nation Vote: Exploring Socio-Economic Correlations’, in Howard’s Agenda: The 1998 Federal Election Simms, M. & Warhurst, J., Eds.), UQP, 2000 (with Tony Sorensen).
Refereed Journal Articles (International)
‘Rural Australia: Neo-Liberalism or a “New Feudalism”’ in Journal of Contemporary Asia, 3 (13); 2001 (with Andrew P. Davidson).
Published Conference Papers
‘Governing and Regulating the Social: A Positive Reconstruction of the Social in the Context of Community Development’, in, Greenhill, A., Fletcher, G. & de la Feunte, (Eds.) Rethinking the Social, Griffith University Press, 1998.
Recent Working Papers and Conference Papers
‘Civic Virtue and Place-shaping in the Lyons Report on Local Government in England’; (with Brian Dollery). Centre for Local Government Working Paper Series No.16, 2007.
‘The Lyons Report and its Ramification for Australian Local Government’ (with Brian Dollery & Sue O’Keeffe). Centre for Local Government Working Paper Series No.12, 2007.
‘Social Class & Modes of Production as Borders: A Comparative Analysis of Contemporary Labour Migration Regimes’, at RUSSIC ‘Crossing Borders’ Conference, Curtin University of Technology, Sarawak, Malaysia, February 2007 (as Research Assistant to Professor Amarjit Kaur);
‘Malaysia, Singapore & Australia: Contemporary Immigration Regimes Compared’; at Malaysia-Singapore Society 14th Colloquium ‘Boundaries and Shifting Sovereignties: Migration, Security Issues and Regional Cooperation’, UNE, December 2006 (as Research Assistant to Professor Amarjit Kaur).