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Empowerment and control in the Australian welfare state : a critical analysis of Australian social policy since 1972 / Philip Mendes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mendes, Philip, 1964- author.
- Series:
- Social welfare around the world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public welfare--Australia.
- Public welfare.
- Social control.
- Welfare state.
- Australia.
- Welfare state--Australia.
- Australia--Social policy.
- Social policy.
- Australia--Economic policy.
- Economic policy.
- Social control--Australia.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 244 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2019.
- Contents:
- The rise of the Australian welfare state
- The wage earners welfare state and the rediscovery of poverty
- The social democratic Whitlam labor government 1972-75
- The anti-welfare backlash locally and internationally
- The decline of Keynesianism, the revival of classical liberalism and the alleged welfare state crisis
- The conservative liberal-national party coalition attempts to roll back the welfare state 1975-1983
- Labor retreats from social democracy and adopts targeted welfare, the Hawke and Keating governments 1983-1996
- The Australian neoliberal campaign to cut welfare : the role of think tanks, the media and corporate lobby groups
- The new convergence around conditional welfare
- Restoring self-reliance and the work ethic and saving taxpayers funds : the liberal-national party coalition's approach to social welfare 1983-2018
- Labor accepts welfare conditionality 1996-2018
- Rejecting the neoliberal consensus : welfare policy dissent and alternatives
- Case studies of the Australian council of social service (ACOSS) and the Australian greens
- Towards a participatory welfare model
- Conclusion
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781138633193
- 1138633194
- OCLC:
- 967192229
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