Empowerment and control in the Australian welfare state : a critical analysis of Australian social policy since 1972 /: a critical analysis of Australian social policy since 1972. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Philip Mendes.
• Authors: Mendes, Philip, 1964-
• Contents: Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Part 1 The rise of the Australian Welfare State; Chapter 1. The wage earners welfare state and the Rediscovery of Poverty; Chapter 2. The social democratic Whitlam Labor Government 1972-75; Part 2 The anti-welfare backlash locally and internationally; Chapter 3. The decline of Keynesianism, the revival of classical liberalism and the alleged welfare state crisis; Chapter 4. The conservative Liberal-National Party Coalition attempts to roll back the welfare state 1975-1983; Chapter 5. Labor retreats from social democracy and adopts targeted welfare, the Hawke and Keating governments 1983-1996; Chapter 6. The Australian neoliberal campaign to cut welfare: The role of think tanks, the media and corporate lobby groups; Part 3 The new convergence around conditional welfare; Chapter 7. Restoring self-reliance and the work ethic and saving taxpayers funds: The Liberal-National Party Coalition’s approach to social welfare 1983-2018; Chapter 8. Labor accepts welfare conditionality 1996-2018; Part 4 Rejecting the neoliberal consensus: Welfare policy dissent and alternatives; Chapter 9. Case studies of the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) and the Australian Greens; Chapter 10 Towards a participatory welfare model; Conclusion; Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 361.650994; Public welfare -- Australia; Welfare state -- Australia; Social control -- Australia; Australia -- Social policy; Australia -- Economic policy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351801775; 9781351801782; 9781351801768; 9781315207810
• Related ISBNs: 9781138633193
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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