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Prof

John Murphy

Professor
Social and Political Sciences
Civil society; religion and welfare
Aged pensions
Gender
Politics
social history
culture
health insurance
poverty reduction
history
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John Murphy

 
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Primary Interest
Social policy development in South East Asia
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Projects

Displaying the 8 most recent projects by John Murphy.

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FATHERHOOD: AN AUSTRALIAN HISTORY, 1919-2019

This project aims to transform understandings of Australian families across the past century through a comprehensive history of Australian f..

2019 - 2022
Active
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Australian welfare policy, 1950 to 2007: continuity and disruption

This project aims to analyse Australian welfare policy from the end of the Chifley government in 1949 to the end of the Howard government in..

2019 - 2022
Active
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Evatt: A Biography

This project will produce a comprehensive new biography of H.V. Evatt, High Court judge, minister in the 1940s, President of the United Nati..

2012 - 2016
Completed
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THE FACE OF THE POOR: A HISTORY OF POVERTY THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY (LINKAGE PARTNER)

This project will develop a detailed understanding of the changing role of the church sector in the provision of 'front-line' social welfare..

2007 - 2011
Completed
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The face of the poor: a history of poverty through the eyes of the St Vincent de Paul Society

This project will develop a detailed understanding of the changing role of the church sector in the provision of 'front-line' social welfare..

2007 - 2012
Completed
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150 low income Australians: a group biography over time

This project has significant potential to contribute social and economic benefits. In 2004-5, the Commonwealth is to spend some $20 bill..

2007 - 2011
Completed
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150 low income Australians: a group biography over time

This project has significant potential to contribute social and economic benefits. In 2004-5, the Commonwealth is to spend some $20 bill..

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LIFE AFTER CARE: THE LIFE HISTORIES OF THOSE WHO LEFT INSTITUTIONAL AND OTHER FORMS OF OUT-OF-HOME CARE, 1945-1989

This project, developed in close collaboration with the Industry Partner, MacKillop Family Services, will examine the impact of having been ..

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Projects

Project Types

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Research Grant

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Research Contracts

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Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by John Murphy.

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The Historical Development of Indonesian Social Security

John Murphy

Journal article  |  2019  |  Asian Journal of Social Science

Indonesia’s National Social Security System (SJSN) aspires to universal coverage of insurance for health, retirement, and occupati..

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Evatt: A Life

J Murphy

Book  |  2016

John Murphy’s Evatt: A life is a biography of Australian parliamentarian and jurist HV Evatt. Remembered as the first foreign mini..

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Conditional Inclusion: Aborigines and Welfare Rights in Australia, 1900-47

John Murphy

Journal article  |  2013  |  Australian Historical Studies

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A decent provision: Australian welfare policy, 1870 to 1949

J Murphy

Book  |  2011  |  Enterprise and Society: the international journal of business and history

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Church and state in the history of Australian welfare

J Murphy

Book Chapter  |  2011  |  Brill's Series in Church History

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Half a Citizen: Life on welfare in Australia

JFM Murphy, S Murray, J Chalmers, S Martin, G Marston

Book  |  2011

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Path Dependence and the Stagnation of Australian Social Policy Between the Wars

John Murphy

Journal article  |  2010  |  JOURNAL OF POLICY HISTORY

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MEMORY, IDENTITY AND PUBLIC NARRATIVE COMPOSING A LIFE-STORY AFTER LEAVING INSTITUTIONAL CARE, VICTORIA, 1945-83

John Murphy

Journal article  |  2010  |  CULTURAL & SOCIAL HISTORY

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Welfare Regimes and Risky Speculations

J MURPHY

Book Chapter  |  2010

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After the Orphanage: Life beyond the children's home

S Murray, J MURPHY, E Branigan, J Malone

Book  |  2009

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Historical Studies
Understanding Past Societies
Policy and Administration
Other Social Development and Community Services
Community Service (excl. Work)
Sociology
Other Studies in Human Society
Expanding Knowledge
Government and Politics
Political Science

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2011

Awarded for Half a Citizen: Life on Welfare in Australia (Allen and Unwin, 2011); joint author

Australian Human Rights Commission Literature / non-fiction Award
2003

The Centre for Applied Social Research, of which I was Director, won the RMIT Research Team Award in 2003

RMIT University

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Professor

Social and Political Sciences

Education

PhD

University of Melbourne

MA

Monash University

BA (Hons)

University of Melbourne

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