Assoc Prof Philip Mendes - Researcher Profile

Biography

Philip works in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences at Monash University as an Associate Professor.

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY - SOCIAL WORK

Institution: La Trobe University

Year awarded: 1997

BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 1987

BACHELOR OF ARTS

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 1985

Publications

Books

Mendes, P., Johnson, G., Moslehuddin, B.M., 2012, Young People Leaving State Out-of-Home Care, Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne.

Mendes, P., johnson, G., Moslehuddin, B., 2011, Young People Leaving State Out-of-Home Care: Australian Policy and Practice, Australian Scholarly Publishing, North Melbourne Vic Australia.

johnson, G., Natalier, K., Mendes, P., Liddiard, M., Thoresen, S., Hollows, A., Bailey, N., 2010, Pathways from out-of-home care, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Australia.

Mendes, P., 2008, Australia's Welfare Wars Revisited, UNSW Press, Australia.

Mendes, P., 2006, Inside the Welfare Lobby: A History of the Australian Council of Social Service: the role of interest groups in Australian social policy, Sussex Academic Press, Eastbourne UK.

Mendes, P., 2003, Australia's Welfare Wars: The Players, the Politics and the Ideologies, University of New South Wales Press Ltd, Sydney NSW Australia.

Book Chapters

Mendes, P., 2013, Social Workers Affecting Social Policy in Australia, in Social Workers Affecting Social Policy: An international perspective on policy practice, eds John Gal and Idit Weiss-Gal, Policy Press, UK, pp. 17-38.

Mendes, P., 2012, Income quarantine without support just punishes the poor, in Welfare Reform Debate, eds Justin Healey, Spinifex Press, Australia, pp. 40-41.

Mendes, P., 2012, Towards a community development support model for young people transitioning from state out of home care: A case study of the experiences of care leavers in rural Victoria., in Yound People Leaving State out-of-home Care, eds Philip Mendes, Guy Johnson, Badal Moselehuddin, Australian Scholarly Publishing, Australia, pp. 116-139.

Mendes, P., 2011, Denying the Jewish experience of oppression: Australian Jews against Zionism and Anti-Semitism (JAZA) and the 3CR Controversy, in Rebels Against Zion: Studies on the Jewish left Anti-Zionism, eds August Grabski, Zydowski Institute of History, Warsaw, pp. 171-187.

Mendes, P., Moslehuddin, B., 2010, Abuse and neglect in care then and now: the implications of the forgotten australians report for contemporary leaving care policy and practice, in Surviving Care: Achieving justice and healing for the Forgotten Australians, eds Richard Hil and Elizabeth Branigan, Bond University Press, Australia, pp. 217-230.

Mendes, P., 2010, Improving outcomes for teenage pregnancy and early parenthood for young people in out-of-home care: A review of the literature, in Youth Work and Social Diversity, eds Rob White, ACYS Publishing, Australia, pp. 115-128.

Mendes, P., 2009, Tracing the origins of critical social work practice, in Critical Social Work: Theories and practices for a socially just world, eds June Allan, Linda Briskman and Bob Pease, Allen & Unwin, Australia, pp. 17-29.

Cashmore, J.A., Mendes, P., 2008, Australia, in Young People's Transitions from Care to Adulthood: International Research and Practice, eds Emily R Munro & Mike Stein, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, UK, pp. 23-35.

Mendes, P., 2007, The Jewish Left, Jewish identity, Zionism and Israel: attitudes to the Palestinian intifada, 2000-2005, in Israel, the Diaspora and Jewish Identity, eds Danny Ben-Moshe and Zohar Segev, Sussex Academic Press, UK, pp. 105-118.

Mendes, P., 2006, Lifting the lid on poverty in the Jewish community, in New Under the Sun: Jewish Australians on religion, politics and culture, eds Michael Fagenblat, Melanie Landau and Nathan Wolski, Black Inc, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 357-365.

Mendes, P., 2005, Welfare reform and mutual obligation, in Howard's Second and Third Governments, eds Chris Aulich and Roger Wettenhall, UNSW Press, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 135-151.

Levey, G.B., Mendes, P., 2004, Introduction: Jews and Australian politics, in Jews and Australian Politics, eds Geoffrey Brahm Levey and Philip Mendes, Sussex Academic Press, Brighton UK, pp. 1-8.

Mendes, P., 2004, Jews and the left, in Jews and Australian Politics, eds Geoffrey Brahm Levey and Philip Mendes, Sussex Academic Press, Brighton UK, pp. 66-85.

Mendes, P., Levey, G.B., 2004, The Hanan Ashrawi affair: Australian Jewish politics on display, in Jews and Australian Politics, eds Geoffrey Brahm Levey and Philip Mendes, Sussex Academic Press, Brighton UK, pp. 215-230.

Mendes, P., Rowe, J., 2004, The Politics of Illicit Drugs by James Rowe and Phillip Mendes, in Harm Minimisation, Zero Tolerance and Beyond: The Politics of Illicit Drugs in Australia, eds Phillip Mendes and James Rowe, Pearson Education (Sprint Print), Frenchs Forest NSW Australia, pp. 3-9.

Mendes, P., 2004, The Victorian supervised injecting facilities debate, in Harm minimisation, zero tolerance and beyond, eds Philip Mendes and James Rowe, Pearson Education Australia, Frenchs Forest NSW Australia, pp. 21-29.

Mendes, P., 2003, De-funded: public choice theory versus government support of community welfare advocacy groups, in Moving Beyond Managerialism in Human Services, eds Linda Briskman and Michael Muetzelfeldt, RMIT Publishing, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1-13.

Journal Articles

Mendes, P., 2013, When does criticism of Zionism and Israel become anti-Jewish racial hatred, Centre for Independent Studies Policy Forum [P], vol 24, The Centre for Independent Studies, Australia, pp. 15-28.

Mendes, P., 2012, Australia's income security system and the abdndonment of equity, New Community Quarterly [P], vol 37, New Community Quarterly Assoc., Melbourne, Australia, pp. 20-23.

Mendes, P., 2012, Compulsory income management: A critical examination of the emergence of conditional welfare in Australia, Australian Social Work [P], vol Online, Routledge, UK, pp. 1-16.

Mendes, P., 2012, Examining the experiences of young people transitioning from out-of-home care in rural Victoria, Rural Society [P], vol 21, issue 3, eContent Management Pty. Ltd., Australia, pp. 198-209.

Mendes, P., 2012, Key critics of the welfare state in Australia, Dissent [P], vol 40, Dissent Publications Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia, pp. 58-62.

Mendes, P., Binns, F., 2012, The integration of community development values, skills and strategies within rural social work practice in Victoria, Australia, Community Development Journal [E], vol December, Oxford University Press, UK, pp. 1-18.

Mendes, P., 2012, The re-structuring of the Australian Welfare State, Informations Sociales [E], vol 17, issue 1, Caisse Nationale des Allocatgions Familiales, Paris, pp. 16-26.

Mendes, P., Johnson, G., Moslehuddin, B.M., 2012, Young people transitioning from out-of-home care and relationships with family of origin: An examination of three recent Australian studies, Child Care in Practice [P], vol 18, issue 4, Routledge, UK, pp. 357-370.

Mendes, P., 2011, American, Australian, and other western jewish communists and Soviet anti-Semitism: Responses to the Slansky trial and the doctors plot 1952-1953, American Communist History [P], vol 10, issue 2, Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 151-168.

Mendes, P., johnson, G., Moslehuddin, B., 2011, Effectively preparing young people to transition from out-of-home care: An examination of three recent Australian studies, Family Matters [P], vol 89, Australian Institute of Family Studies, Australia, pp. 61-70.

Mendes, P., 2011, Examining the health and mental health care needs aqnd experiences of a group of young people transitioning from out of home care in rural Victoria, Communities, Children and Families Australia [P], vol 6, issue 1, Institute for Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University, Australia, pp. 30-42.

Mendes, P., 2011, The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) and Indigenous Australians: An historical overview 1956–2011, Journal of Australian Studies [P], vol 35, issue 3, Routledge, Australia, pp. 335-353.

Mendes, P., 2011, The Australian Jewish left and Indigenous rights, Australian Jewish Historical Society. Journal [P], vol 20, issue 3, Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal, Australia, pp. 430-443.

Munro, E., Pinkerton, J., Mendes, P., Hyde-Dryden, G., Herczog, M., Benbenishty, R., 2011, The contribution of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to understanding and promoting the interests of young people making the transition from care to adulthood, Children and Youth Services Review [P], vol 33, Pergamon, UK, pp. 2417-2423.

Barrie, L., Mendes, P., 2011, The experiences of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in and leaving the out-of-home care system in the UK and Australia: A critical review of the literature, International Social Work [P], vol 54, issue 4, Sage Publications Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 485-503.

Mendes, P., 2011, Towards a community development support model for young people transitioning from state out-of-home care: A case study of St Luke's Anglicare in Victoria, Australia, Practice: Social Work in Action [P], vol 23, issue 2, Routledge, UK, pp. 69-81.

Mendes, P., 2011, Young people transitioning from out-of-home care, Alternative Law Journal [P], vol 36, issue 3, Monash University Faculty of Law, Australia, pp. 195-196.

Mendes, P., 2011, Young people transitioning from out-of-home care, Alternative Law Journal [P], vol 36, issue 3, Legal Service Bulletin Co-Operative Ltd, Australia, pp. 195-196.

Mendes, P., 2010, Moving from dependence to independence. A study of the experiences of 18 care leavers in a leaving care and after care support service in Victoria, Children Australia [P], vol 35, issue 1, La Trobe University, Australia, pp. 14-21.

Mendes, P., 2010, The Jewish community and the 2010 federal election: Melbourne ports and beyond, People and Place [P], vol 18, issue 4, Centre for Population and Urban Research, Australia, pp. 6-12.

Baidawi, S., Mendes, P., 2010, Young people transitioning from out-of-home care and problematic substance use: the views of young people and workers in Victoria, Children Australia [P], vol 35, issue 4, La Trobe University, Australia, pp. 23-30.

Mendes, P., 2009, A convergence of political interests: Isi leibler, the communist party of australia and soviet anti-semitism, 1964-66, Australian Journal Of Politics And History [P], vol 55, issue 2, Blackwell Publishing, Australia, pp. 157-169.

Mendes, P., 2009, Globalization, the welfare state and young people leaving state out-of-home care, Asian Social Work and Policy Review [P], vol 3, issue 2, Blackwell Publishing, Seoul, pp. 85-94.

Mendes, P., 2009, Improving outcomes for teenage pregnancy and early parenthood for young people in out-of-home care: A review of the literature, Youth Studies Australia [P], vol 28, issue 3, Australian Clearing House for Youth Studies, Australia, pp. 11-18.

Mendes, P., 2009, Invited Commentary, Children Australia [P], vol 34, issue 1, LaTrobe University, Melbourne, pp. 20-21.

Mendes, P., 2009, Is social inclusion just a new buzzword? A half time report card on the social welfare policies of the Rudd Government, Practice Reflexions [P], vol 4, issue 1, Australian Insititute of Welfare and Community Workers, Gippsland, pp. 27-39.

Mendes, P., 2009, Mentoring for care leavers: A critical review of the literature, Developing Practice [P], vol 23, Association of Childrens Welfare Agencies, Australia, pp. 37-44.

Mendes, P., 2009, Retrenching or renovating the Australian welfare state: the paradox of the Howard government's neo-liberalism, International Journal Of Social Welfare [P], vol 18, issue 1, Blackwell Publishing, UK and USA, pp. 102-110.

Humphreys, C., Healy, K., Harries, M., Bob, L., Mendes, P., McHugh, M., Sheehan, R., 2009, Shifting the child protection juggernaut top earlier intervention, Children Australia [P], vol 34, issue 3, La Trobe University, Australia, pp. 5-8.

Mendes, P., 2009, Teaching community development to social work students: A critical reflection, Community Development Journal [P], vol 44, issue 2, Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, pp. 248-262.

Mendes, P., 2009, The Australian left's support for the creation of the state of Israel, 1947-48, Labour History (Australia) [P], vol 97, AASLH, Australia, pp. 137-148.

Mendes, P., 2009, The strange phenomenon of Jewish anti-Zionism: Self-hating Jews or protectors of universalistic principles?, Australian Journal of Jewish Studies [P], vol 23, Australian Association of Jewish Studies, Melbourne, pp. 96-132.

Mendes, P., Moslehuddin, B.M., 2009, Transitioning from state care to state prison: A critical analysis of the relationship between leaving out of home care and involvement in the criminal justice system, Social Alternatives [P], vol 28, issue 3, University of Queensland, Australia, pp. 51-56.

Mendes, P., 2009, We are all German Jews: Exploring the prominence of Jews in the New Left, Melilah: Manchester Journal of Jewish Studies [P], vol 3, Manchester University, UK, pp. 1-17.

Mendes, P., 2009, Young People Transitioning from Out-of-Home Care: A Critical Analysis of Australian and International Policy and Practice, Australian Social Work [P], vol 62, issue 3, Taylor and Francis, New York, pp. 388-402.

Mendes, P., 2009, Young people transitioning from state out-of-home care: Jumping hoops to access employment, Family Matters [P], vol 83, Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne, pp. 32-38.

Mendes, P., Moslehuddin, B.M., Goddard, C.R., 2008, Improving the physical and emotional health of young people transitioning from state out-of-home care, Developing Practice, vol 2008, issue 20, Association of Childrens Welfare Agencies, Inc., Australia, pp. 33-40.

Mendes, P., 2008, Integrating social work and community-development practice in Victoria, Australia, Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, vol 18, issue 1, Marshall Cavendish International (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, pp. 14-25.

Bruce, R., Mendes, P., 2008, Young people, prostitution and state out-of-home care: The views of a group of child welfare professionals in Victoria, Children Australia, vol 33, issue 4, Children Australia, Melbourne Victoria, pp. 31-37.

Mendes, P., 2008, Zero tolerance or international conspiracy: A critical analysis of the House of Representatives inquiry into illicit drugs, Social Alternatives, vol 27, issue 2, Social Alternatives, Australia, pp. 51-55.

Mendes, P., 2007, A structural analysis of young people leaving state care, Communities, Children and Families Australia, vol 3, issue 1, Australian College for Child & Family Protection, Australia, pp. 69-79.

Mendes, P., 2007, An Australian Perspective on Singaporean Welfare Policy, Social Work and Society, vol 5, issue 1, Di PPO - NRW, Germany, pp. 1-14.

Mendes, P., 2007, Danby versus Held: The story of the two Jewish candidates in Melbourne Ports - Take Two, People and Place, vol 15, issue 4, Monash University Arts Faculty, Melbourne, pp. 31-37.

Mendes, P., 2007, Fighting the drugs war: The role of prohibitionist groups in Australian illicit drugs policy, Practice Reflexions, vol 2, issue 1, Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers, Australia, pp. 3-15.

Mendes, P., 2007, Social workers and social activism in Victoria, Australia, Journal of Progressive Human Services, vol 18, issue 1, Haworth Press Inc, USA, pp. 25-44.

Mendes, P., 2006, A case study of ethnic stereotyping: the campaign for an academic boycott of Israel, The Australian Journal of Jewish Studies, vol 20, Australian Association of Jewish Studies, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 141-168.

Mendes, P., 2006, Classic Texts, Community Development Journal, vol 41, issue 2, Oxford University Press, UK, pp. 246-248.

Mendes, P., Moslehuddin, B.M., 2006, From dependence to interdependence: towards better outcomes for young people leaving state care, Child Abuse Review, vol 15, issue 2, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, UK, pp. 110-126.

Mendes, P., 2006, My Israel question, Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal, vol 28, issue 2, Australian Jewish Historical Society Inc., Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 253-257.

Mendes, P., 2006, Not an oxymoron: Jews and poverty today, Social Alternatives, vol 25, issue 3, University of Queensland, Brisbane Qld Australia, pp. 50-54.

Mendes, P., 2006, Reframing poverty, AASW National Bulletin, vol 16, issue 1, AASW, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 19-21.

Mendes, P., 2006, Response to Overland 184, Overland, vol 185, O L SOCIETY LIMITED, Melbourne Vic Australia, p. 94.

Mendes, P., 2006, Welfare lobby groups responding to globalization: A case study of the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), International Social Work, vol 49, issue 6, Sage Publications Ltd, UK, pp. 693-704.

Moslehuddin, B.M., Mendes, P., 2006, Young people's journey to independence: towards a better future for young people leaving state care in Victoria, Children Australia, vol 31, issue 3, La Trobe University, Bendigo Vic Australia, pp. 47-54.

Mendes, P., 2005, From state care to independence: a comparison of the Australian and American leaving care debates, Social Policy Journal, vol 4, issue 1, Haworth Press, Inc., USA, pp. 51-63.

Mendes, P., 2005, Graduating from the child welfare system: a case study of the leaving care debate in Victoria, Australia, Journal of Social Work, vol 5, issue 2, Sage Publications Ltd., UK, pp. 155-171.

Mendes, P., 2005, Remembering the 'forgotten' Australians: the care leavers of Australia network and the Senate inquiry into institutional and out-of-home care, Children Australia, vol 30, issue 1, OzChild - Children Australia, Australia, pp. 4-10.

Mendes, P., 2005, The NGO wars: why neo-liberals are trashing non-government advocacy groups, Social Alternatives, vol 24, issue 3, Social Alternatives, Australia, pp. 40-45.

Mendes, P., 2005, The history of social work in Australia: a critical literature review, Australian Social Work, vol 58, issue 2, Routledge, UK, pp. 121-131.

Mendes, P., 2005, Voluntary departure or expulsion: The Jewish Exodus from modern Egypt, 1948-1967, Australian Journal of Jewish Studies, vol 19, Australian Association of Jewish Studies, Australia, pp. 134-146.

Mendes, P., 2004, Empowering the aspirational poor: Mark Latham on the welfare state, Social Alternatives, vol 23, issue 3, Social Alternatives, Australia, pp. 38-41.

Mendes, P., Moslehuddin, B.M., 2004, Graduating from the child welfare system: a comparison of the UK and Australian leaving care debates, International Journal of Social Welfare, vol 13, issue 4, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford UK, pp. 332-339.

Mendes, P., 2004, Harm minimisation vs zero tolerance: a comparative study of press reporting of the Victorian street prostitution debate, Social Work Review, vol 16, issue 3, Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers Inc, Auckland New Zealand, pp. 15-21.

Mendes, P., 2004, Jews, antisemitism and communism: a self-fulfilling prophecy, Australian Journal of Jewish Studies, vol 18, Australian Association of Jewish Studies, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 79-96.

Mendes, P., 2004, Labourists and the Welfare Lobby: The Relationship between the Federal Labor Party and the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), Australian Journal of Political Science, vol 39, issue 1, Routledge, UK, pp. 145-160.

Mendes, P., Moslehuddin, B.M., 2004, Moving out from the state parental home: a comparision of leaving care policies in Victoria and New South Wales, Children Australia, vol 29, issue 2, Oz Child - Children Australia, Australia, pp. 20-29.

Mendes, P., 2004, Protecting the safety net: a case study of the Australian council of social service (ACOSS) and the welfare reform debate 1999-2003, Journal of Economic and Social Policy, vol 8, issue 2, Southern Cross University, Australia, pp. 25-40.

Mendes, P., 2003, A cross-national comparison of welfare lobby groups: the British Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) and the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), Policy, Organisation and Society, vol 22, issue 2, University of Sydney, Faculty of Economics and Business, Government of International Relations, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 76-97.

Mendes, P., 2003, Australian neoliberal think tanks and the backlash against the welfare state, Journal of Australian Polictical Economy, vol 51, Australian Political Economy Movement, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 29-56.

Mendes, P., 2003, Community development and social work: are they compatible?, New Community Quarterly, vol 1, issue 2, New Community Quarterly Association, Hawthorn Vic Australia, pp. 24-27.

Mendes, P., 2003, Denying the Jewish experience of oppression: the Jewish anti-Zionism of John Docker, Australian Journal of Jewish Studies, vol 17, Australian Association of Jewish Studies, Australia, pp. 112-130.

Mendes, P., 2003, Dumbing it Down: the Herald Sun?s influence on social policy, Overland, vol 0, issue 172, OL Society Ltd, Footscray Vic Australia, pp. 27-31.

Mendes, P., Moslehuddin, B.M.D., 2003, Graduating from the child welfare system: an overview of the UK leaving care debate, Youth Studies Australia, vol 22, issue 4, Australian Clearing House for Youth Studies, Hobart TAS Australia, pp. 37-43.

Yates, D.H., Moslehuddin, B.M.D., Mendes, P., 2003, Graduating from the state care system: a comparisson of the Australian and New Zealand leaving care debate, Social Work Review, vol 15, issue 1 & 2, Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (Inc.), New Zealand, pp. 37-42.

Mendes, P., 2003, Social workers and social action: a case study of the Australian association of Social Workers' Victorian branch, Australian Social Work, vol 56, issue 1, ASSW + Blackwell Synergy, Kingston ACT Australia and electronically, pp. 16-27.

Mendes, P., 2003, Teaching social policy to social work students: a critical reflection, Australian Social Work, vol 56, issue 3, Australian Association of Social Workers. Blackwell, Carlton Vic Australia, pp. 220-233.

Mendes, P., 2003, The Melbourne Jewish Left, communism and the Cold War. Responses to Stalinist anti-Semitism and the Rosenberg Spy Trial, Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol 49, issue 4, Blackwell Publishing Asia, Carlton Vic Australia, pp. 501-516.

Mendes, P., 2003, The discompassion industry: the campaign against welfare bodies, Overland, vol 0, issue 170, O.L. Society Ltd, Footscray Vic Australia, pp. 102-107.

Mendes, P., 2002, Drug wars down under: the ill-fated struggle for safe injecting facilities in Victoria, Australia, Internation Journal of Social Welfare, vol 11, issue 2, Blackwell Publishers, Oxford UK, pp. 140-149.

Mendes, P., 2002, Excluding Undesirables, Social Alternatives, vol 21, issue 3, University of Queensland, Brisbane Aust, pp. 48-54.

Mendes, P., 2002, Jews, Nazis and Communists, Australian Historical Studies, vol 33, issue 119, University of Melbourne, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 73-92.

Mendes, P., 2002, Setting a Conservative Policy Agenda, Children Australia, vol 27, issue 1, Latrobe University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 10-14.

Mendes, P., 2002, Social workers and the ethical dilemmas of community action campaigns: lessons from the Australian State of Victoria, Community Development, vol 37, issue 2, Oxford, Uni Press, London UK, pp. 157-166.

Mendes, P., 2002, The Forgotten Refugees: The Causes of the Post-1948 Jewish Exodus from Arab Countries, Australian Journal of Jewish Studies, vol 16, Australian Association of Jewish Studies, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 120-134.

Mendes, P., 2001, Blaming the messenger: The media, social workers and child abuse, Australian Social Work, vol 54, issue 2, Australian Association of Social Workers, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 27-36.

Mendes, P., 2001, From minimal intervention to minimal support. Child protection services under the neo-liberal Kennett Government in Victoria 1992-1999, Children Australia, vol 26, issue 1, OzChild, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 4-11.

Mendes, P., 2001, Nimbyism vs social inclusion. Local communities and illicit drugs, Youth Studies Australia, vol 20, issue 2, Australian Clearing House for Youth Studies, Tas Australia, pp. 17-22.

Mendes, P., 2001, Public attacks on social work in Australia: The two Bulletin affairs, Australian Social Work, vol 54, issue 3, Australian Association of Social Workers, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 55-62.

Mendes, P., 2001, Public choice theory and the de-funding of community welfare groups, Social Alternatives, vol 20, issue 2, Social Alternatives, Qld Australia, pp. 50-55.

Mendes, P., 2001, Social conservationsim vs harm minimisation: John Howard on illicit drugs, Journal of Economic and Social Policy, vol 6, issue 1, Southern Cross University, Centre for Policy Research, Australia, pp. 18-34.

Mendes, P., 2001, Social workers and politics: should there be greater involvement?, Social Work Review, vol Winter, Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers Inc, Dunedin New Zealand, pp. 33-36.

Mendes, P., 2001, The social and class context of illicit drug use, Blue Book Number Three - White Lines, White Lies: Rethinking Drug and Alcohol Policy in the Contemporary Era, vol 3, Arena Printing and Publications Pty Ltd, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 7-9.

Mendes, P., 2001, Welfare lobby groups and public policy debates: A case study of the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) and tax reform, Australian Studies, vol 16, issue 1, British Australian Studies Association, London UK, pp. 143-158.

Mendes, P., 2000, Economic Rationalism versus Social Justice, Journal of Australian Political Economy, vol issue 46, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 103-125.

Mendes, P., 2000, From the Shtetl to the Monash Soviet: An Overview of Jewish Radicalism in Australia, The Australian Journal of Jewish Studies, vol xiv issue 15, Australian Association for Jewish Studies, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 54-77.

Mendes, P., 2000, Globalisation and the welfare state, Policy, Organisation and Society, vol 19 issue 1, Flinders University, Adelaide SA Australia, pp. 117-138.

Mendes, P., Goddard, C.R., 2000, Leaving care programs, Children Australia, vol 25 issue 3, OZ Child & La Trobe University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 11-16.

Mendes, P., 2000, McCarthyism and Austalian Jewry, Journal of Australian Studies, vol issue 64, Australian Studies Centre, St Lucia Qld Australia, pp. 196-206,-286-289.

Mendes, P., 2000, Reconstituting the Public as the Private, Journal of Economics and Social Policy, vol 4 issue 2, Southern Cross University, Australia, pp. 33-47.

Mendes, P., 2000, Social conservatism vs social justice, Child Abuse Review, vol 9 issue 1, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester UK, pp. 49-61.

Mendes, P., 2000, Supply and demand, Australian Social Work, vol 53 issue 1, Australian Association of Social Workers, ACT Australia, pp. 35-42.

Mendes, P., 2000, The Senator Sam Cohen Affair: Societ Anti-Semitism, the ALP and the 1961 Federal Election, Labour History, vol issue 78, Australian Soc for the Study of Labour History, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 179-197.

Mendes, P., 2000, The ideology of ACOSS, Melbourne Journal of Politics, vol 26, Melbourne University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 27-58.

Mendes, P., 1999, "Australian Jewish dissent on Israel: a history of the Australian Jewish Democratic Society (Part 1), Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal, vol xv, Australian Jewish Historical Society, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 117-138.

Mendes, P., 1999, "Interpreting the literature...", Overland, vol 155, Victorian University of Technology, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 93-95.

Mendes, P., 1999, "The Great Heroin Debate...", Victorian Social Work, vol 7 issue 5, Melbourne Assn of Social Workers, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 9-11.

Mendes, P., 1999, From protest to acquiescence, Social Alternatives, vol 18 issue 4, University of Qld Graduate School of Education, Brisbane Qld Australia, pp. 44-50.

Mendes, P., 1999, From the wage earners..., Australian Social Work, vol 52 issue 4, Australian Assn of Social Workers, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 33-38.

Mendes, P., 1999, Marxist and feminist critiques of child protection, Children Australia, vol 24 iss 2, La Trobe University, Bundoora Vic Australia, pp. 27-31.

Mendes, P., 1999, The contradictions of social work: Through the eyes of its critics, Victorian Social Work, vol 8 issue 3, Australian Assn of Social Workers, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 12-15.

Mendes, P., 1999, The rise and fall of the Jewish/Left alliance, Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol 45 iss 4, Blackwell, Brisbane Qld Australia, pp. 483-505.

Mendes, P., 1999, Transforming social work practice: Postmodern critical perspectives, Australian Social Work, vol 52 issue 4, Aust. Assn. of Social Workers, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 61-62.

Mendes, P., 1998, A Historical Controversy..., Australian Journal of Jewish Studies, vol 12, Australian Association for Jewish Studies, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 81-101.

Mendes, P., 1998, Bono Wiener Remembered, Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal, vol xiv part 3, Australian Jewish Historical Society, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 533-537.

Mendes, P., 1998, Consumer groups in child protection, Children Australia, vol 23 no 2, La Trobe University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 33-38.

Mendes, P., 1998, Drug Use in Australia, Australian Social Work, vol 51 no 4, Australian Association of Social Workers, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 61-62.

Mendes, P., 1998, Fabricating Israeli History: The New Historians, Journal of Arabic, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, vol 4 no 1, Deakin University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 128-130.

Mendes, P., 1998, Family Group Conferences, Children Australia, vol 23 no 3, La Trobe University, Melbourne Vic Australia, p. 36.

Mendes, P., 1998, From Keynes to Hayek..., Policy, Organisation and Society, vol no 15, Flinders University, Adelaide SA Australia, pp. 65-87.

Mendes, P., 1998, Key Principles of Community Work, Community Quarterly, vol no 47, Community Quarterly, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 41-48.

Mendes, P., 1998, Remaking the Middle East, Australian Journal of Politics and History, vol 44 no 1, University of Queensland & Blackwell, Qld Australia, p. 149.

Mendes, P., 1998, The Australian Trade Union Movement and the Welfare Sector: A Natural Alliance?, Journal of Australian Political Economy, vol no 42, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 106-128.

Mendes, P., 1998, The Jewish Council, Communism, and the State of Israel, Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal, vol xiv part 3, Australian Jewish Historical Society, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 459-467.

Mendes, P., 1998, The Social Policy of the ALP, Social Alternatives, vol 17 no 3, University of Queensland, Qld Australia, pp. 34-37.

Mendes, P., 1998, The Times They are a Taxing, Australian Quarterly, vol september-october 1998, Australian Institute of Political Science, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 48-52.

Mendes, P., 1997, Benny Morris, the Palestinian Refugees and Peace, Response, vol 68, Response Magazine Inc., New York NY USA, pp. 198-209.

Mendes, P., 1997, Blaming the Victim: The new assault on the welfare state, Journal of Economic and Social Policy, vol 2, School of Business, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour NSW, pp. 41-53.

Mendes, P., 1997, Censorship or Pluralism: Some personal reflections concerning the Australian Jewish debate on Israel, Generation Journal, vol 6, Generation Journal, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 64-69.

Mendes, P., 1997, Economic Rationalism, the Churches and the Politics of Welfare, Melbourne Journal of Politics, vol 24, Dept. of Political Science, Uni. of Melbourne, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 141-165.

Mendes, P., 1997, Left Attitudes to Zionism and Israel: Revising the new orthodoxy, Australian Journal of Jewish Studies, vol 11, Department of Jewish Studies, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 95-139.

Mendes, P., 1997, Pauline Hanson, Welfare Cuts and Social Darwinism, Victorian Social Work, vol 5, Australian Association of Social Workers (Vic.), Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 13-15.

Mendes, P., 1997, Social Workers and Community Activism, Community Quarterly, vol 44, Community Quarterly, Mlebourne, pp. 57-60.

Mendes, P., 1997, Teenage Memories of Israel, Zionaism and Palestinian Refugees, Southland Magazine, vol 12, Southland Media, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 18-19.

Mendes, P., 1997, The Ideology and Politics of Howard's Work for the Dole Scheme, Australian Association of Social Workers National Bulletin, vol 7, Australian Association of Social Workers, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 15-19.

Mendes, P., 1997, The Welfare Lobby, Tax Reform and a GST: High risk politicking, Current Affairs Bulletin, vol 74, CAB Publications, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 26-28.

Conference Proceedings

Mendes, P., 2010, The key critics of the welfare state in Australia: are their views liberal or repressive?, APSA Conference 2010, Connected globe: Conflicting worlds, 27-29 September 2010, Australian Political Studies Association, Australia, pp. 1-15.

Mendes, P., 2008, Commuity development, climate change and the future of the welfare state, Commuity development and ecology: Engaging ecological sustainability through community development, 26-28 March, 2008, Deakin University, Geelong Victoria Australia, pp. 266-275.

Holt, T.A., Goodall, J., Jones, K.V.L., Canny, B.J., Mendes, P., 2008, Community based medical professionalism: Learning by doing, Ozzawa 2008 - Assessment for Life, 5-8 March, Monash University, Australia, pp. 468-472.

Mendes, P., Moslehuddin, B.M., 2007, Transitioning from state care: young people's journey to independence, Are we there yet?, 1-3 May 2007, Youth Affairs Council, Melbourne, pp. 78-84.

Mendes, P., 2006, Community development and social work: different but complementary, Community Development in a 'Global Risk Society', 20 April 2006 to 22 April 2006, Deakin University, Geelong Vic Australia, pp. 204-215.

Mendes, P., 2004, Competing visions of community development in Australia: social inclusion vs. social exclusion, Community Development Human Rights and the Grassroots - A Conference to Explore and Celebrate the Role of Community Development Today, 14 April 2004 to 18 April 2004, Deakin University, Geelong Vic Australia, pp. 130-140.

Mendes, P., 1998, Social conservatism vs social justice, Representing the child, Melbourne VIV, Monash University VIC, Caulfield Vic Australia, pp. 1-11.

Mendes, P., 1997, Child Protection and Child Abuse in Victoria: What is going wrong?, Child and Family Welfare Association of Australia Conference Proceedings, Melbourne, November 1997, CWAV & CFWAA, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 178-194.

Mendes, P., 1997, The Left, Social Workers and the Welfare State: An old debate revisited, Social Work Influencing Outcomes, Canberra, 21-24 September 1997, Australian Association of Social Workers, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 482-489.

Other

Mendes, P., 2012, Half a Citizen: Life on Welfare in Australia, Australian Social Work, vol journal, Routledge, Australia.

Mendes, P., 2012, Half a Citizen: Life on Welfare in Australia, Australian Social Work, vol journal, Routlege, Australia2, pp. 1-2.

Mendes, P., 2012, Labor's abandonment of equity, "The Drum" Opinion, Australian Broadcasting Commission, Melbourne, Australia.

Mendes, P., 2012, The Greens and social welfare, Opinion piece on the Australian Green party and their social welfare policies., On Line Opinion, Australia.

Mendes, P., 2012, Towards better outcomes: A social investment model of support for young people transitioning from out-of-home care., Developing Practice, Association of Childrens Welfare Agencies, Australia.

Mendes, P., 2011, Advice spurned, Letter to the Editor, Australian Literary Review, News Limited, Australia.

Mendes, P., 2011, Improving the life chances and opportuinities for young people transitioning from out-of-home care., Opinion Piece in "Good Policy", Monash University, Australia.

Mendes, P., 2011, Income quarantine without support just punishes the poor., The Age Newspaper, Fairfax Publishing, Melbourne, Australia.

Johnson, G., Natalier, K., Bailey, N., Kunnen, N., Liddiard, M., Mendes, P., Hollows, A., 2009, Improving housing outcomes for young people leaving state out of home care, AHURI Positioning Paper No. 117, vol monograph, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, pp. 1-51.

Mendes, P., 2006, A structural perspective on illicit drug use, Parity, Council to Homeless Persons, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Mendes, P., 1998, AMESA and the Jewish Community, Opinion piece, Australasian Middle East Studies Assoc Melbourne Vic Australia.

Mendes, P., 1998, Drug Reform 18 months after Pennington, Article, Aust Assoc of Social Work Vic Australia.

Mendes, P., 1998, From Protest to Acquiescence, Unemployment Policy and the Future of Work, Centre for applied social research Melbourne Vic Australia.

Mendes, P., 1998, Northern Radius, Article, Nthn Aust Social Research Institute Townsville.

Mendes, P., 1998, The Meaning of the Vietnam-USA war, Book review, Ctr for Citizenship & Human Rights Melbourne Vic.

Mendes, P., 1998, The Social Policies of the ALP..., Article, Socialist Forum Newslatter Melbourne Vic Australia.

Mendes, P., 1998, The Social Policy of the ALP, Article, Young Labor Left Activist Melbourne Vic Australia.

Mendes, P., 1997, Child Abuse and Child Protection, Australian Journal of Social Issues, Curtin University, Perth WA Australia, pp. 311-315.

Mendes, P., 1997, Many Paths to Peace and Defying Gravity: A Political Life, Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal, Australian Council of Social Service, Sydney NSW Australia.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

A Gender and Class Analysis of Australia's Paid Parental Leave Policy.

Supervisors:

Alston, M (Joint-co), Mendes, P (Joint).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Accessibility to services for people with an acquired brain injury and complex needs..

Supervisors:

Mendes, P (Main), Trotter, C (Associate).

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Community-oriented Social Work: A continuum of Support.

Supervisors:

Bay, U (Main), Mendes, P (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The influence of informal social support on state care leavers' social and economic outcomes.

Supervisors:

Mendes, P (Main), Brydon, K (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Kent, H.

Program of Study:

The Australian Association of Social Workers Continuing Professional Education program: strengths and weaknesses in achieving its aims. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Mendes, P (Main), Holt, T (Associate).

Student:

Moslehuddin, M.

Program of Study:

Graduating from the child welfare system: a critical examination of the needs of young people leaving state care. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Goddard, C (Joint-Co), Mendes, P (Joint).

Student:

Walker, S.

Program of Study:

Clients' use of brief solution focussed therapy in their natural environment: an exploratory study. (PHD) 2007.

Supervisors:

Trotter, C (Main), Mendes, P (Associate).