Department of Anthropology & Archaeology
Anthropology 1593 The science of mankind in the widest sense, coined from Greek: anthropos “human being” + –logos “study of.”
ANTH206 Anthropology of Contemporary Issues: Anthropology & Globalisation
ANTH327 Anthropology of Money
ANTH425 Flexible Borders: Anthropology of Transnationalism & Diaspora
I am interested in legal, political and economic anthropology and have carried out research in Vanuatu, Europe and Australia. I have worked on collaborative research projects with external agencies, most notably with Australia’s AusAID
Rawlings, Gregory (2012) “Intangible Nodes and Networks of Influence: The Ethics of Tax Compliance in Australian SMEs.” International Small Business Journal (ISBJ), Vol. 30, No. 1: 84–95.
Rawlings, Gregory (2011) “Statelessness, Citizenship and Annotated Discriminations: Meta Documents, and the Aesthetics of the Subtle at the United Nations.” History and Anthropology, Vol. 22, No. 4: 461–479.
Rawlings, Gregory (2011) “Relative Trust: the Vanuatu tax haven and the management of elite family fortunes.” In Mary Patterson & Martha Macintyre (Eds) Managing Modernity in the Western Pacific, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Brisbane: 260–305.
Unger, Brigitte and Gregory Rawlings. (2008). “Competing for Criminal Money.” Global Business and Economics Review (GBER), Vol. 10, No. 3: 331–352.
Rawlings, Gregory (2007) “Taxes and Transnational Treaties: Responsive Regulation and the Reassertion of Offshore Sovereignty.” Law and Policy, Vol. 29, No. 1: 51-66.
Sharman, Jason and Gregory Rawlings. (2006). “National Tax Blacklists: A comparative Analysis.” The Journal of International Taxation, Vol. 17, No.9: 38-47 & 64.
Rawlings, Gregory (2005) “Mobile People, Mobile Capital and Tax Neutrality: Sustaining a Market for Offshore Finance Centres.” In Accounting Forum, Vol. 29, 289-310.
Rawlings, Gregory (2004) “Globalisation and the continuing appeal of offshore finance.” In Oceanic Conference on International Studies: Conference Proceedings (14-16 July). Australian National University. Canberra
Rawlings, Gregory (2004) “Laws, Liquidity and Eurobonds: The Making of the Vanuatu Tax Haven.” In The Journal of Pacific History, Vol. 39, No.3: 325-341.
Rawlings, Gregory and Valerie Braithwaite (2003). “Voices for Change: Australian Perspectives on Tax Administration.” In Australian Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 38, No. 3 (August): 263-268.
Rawlings, Gregory (2003) “Cultural Narratives of Taxation and Citizenship: Fairness, Groups and Globalisation.” In Australian Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 38, No. 3 (August): 269-305.
Rawlings, Gregory and Ewan Maidment. (2002). “Losuia District Administration Archives, Kiriwina, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea.” In The Journal of Pacific History. Vol. 37, No. 2: 255-270.
Rawlings, Gregory (2000) “The Chief Mason, the Expatriate and the Banyan Tree”. In Conversations: Occasional Writings from the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies. Brij Lal (ed) Australian National University. Canberra: 61-68.
Rawlings, Gregory (1999). “Foundations of Urbanisation: Port Vila Town and Pango Village, Vanuatu.” In Oceania. Vol. 70, No.1: 72-86.
Rawlings, Gregory (1999). “Villages, Islands and Tax Havens: The global/local implications of a financial entrepôt in Vanuatu.” In Canberra Anthropology. Vol. 22, No. 2: 37-50.
Rawlings, Gregory (2005). Offshore Finance Centres: Institutions of Global Capital and Sites of Cultural Practice, Working Paper 60. January 2005. Canberra: Centre for Tax System Integrity, The ANU. ISBN 0642 768609. (17pp typeset)
Rawlings, Gregory (2005). Cultural Narratives of Taxation and Citizenship: Fairness, Groups and Globalisation, Working Paper 52. Canberra: Centre for Tax System Integrity, The ANU. ISBN 0642 76848 X (36pp typeset)
Rawlings, Gregory (2005). English Laws and Global Money Markets: The Rise of the Vanuatu Tax Haven, Working Paper 61. January 2005. Canberra: Centre for Tax System Integrity, The ANU. ISBN 0642 768617. (30pp typeset)
Rawlings, Gregory (2005) Networks of Influence and the Management of SME Tax Compliance in Australia, Working Paper 78. June 2005. Canberra: Centre for Tax System Integrity, The ANU. ISBN.0 642 768 781 (37pp typeset)
Rawlings, Gregory (2005). Responsive Regulation, Multilateralism, Bilateral Tax Treaties and the Continuing Appeal of Offshore Finance Centres, Working Paper 74. June 2005. Canberra: Centre for Tax System Integrity, The ANU. ISBN 0642 768 749. (24pp typeset)
Cox, Marcus, Hannington Alatoa, Linda Kenni, Anna Naupa, Gregory Rawlings, Nikunj Soni, Charles Vatu, George Sokomanu and Vincent Bulekone (2007) The Unfinished State: Drivers of Change in Vanuatu. Canberra: AusAID (78pp typeset)
Rawlings, Gregory (2006) Regulating responsively for oversight agencies in the Pacific. Targeted Research Papers for AusAID. Canberra: State, Society & Governance in Melanesia (SSGM), The ANU (25pp typeset)
Unger, Brigitte, Greg Rawlings, Melissa Siegel, Joras Ferwerda, Wouter de Kruijf, Madalina Busuioc and Kristen Wokke (2005) The amounts and effects of money laundering: report for the Dutch Ministry of Finance. Utrecht: Utrecht School of Economics and the Australian National University (181pp typeset).
Sharman, Jason and Gregory Rawlings (2005) Deconstructing national tax blacklists: removing obstacles to cross-border trade in financial services: a report for the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. Sydney and Canberra. University of Sydney and the Australian National University (35pp typeset)
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