Risk, welfare and work / edited by Greg Marston, Jeremy Moss and John Quiggin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marston, Greg, 1970- editor.

Moss, Jeremy, editor.

Quiggin, John, editor.

Series:

Social justice series ; 2.

Social justice series ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Welfare state--Australia.

Welfare state.

Public welfare--Australia.

Public welfare.

Risk--Sociological aspects.

Risk.

Australia--Social policy.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 324 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2010.

Summary:

In recent decades, people's experience of welfare has undergone a dramatic transformation, with the responsibility for managing risk increasingly being shifted from state institutions to non-governmental agents, individuals and agencies. Some commentators see this shift as heralding a fundamental transformation of society, while others have pointed to the resilience of the welfare state. In the transformation of the welfare state, moral and ethical questions about collective responsibility for social and economic risks abound. In Risk, Welfare and Work, editors Greg Marston, Jeremy Moss and John Quiggin bring together contributors from diverse disciplines to explore these questions and examine shifting risk in historical and contemporary Australia—including implications for groups such as young people and Aboriginal Australians—and views of Britain and the United States.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Contents

Introduction: Shifting Risk?

Part 1: Historical and International Developments

1. Risk Shifts in Australia:

2. Welfare Regimes and Risky Speculations

3. Demographic Change in Australia and Its Social Consequences

4. Risk and US Social Policy:

5. Welfare Reform and Provision for Old Age in Australia and Britain

Part 2: Critical Reflections on Risk, Responsibility and Autonomy

6. Autonomy: Individualistic or Social and Relational

7. Two Conceptions of Risk and Responsibility

Part 3: Consequences of Individualising Risk: Work, Welfare and Education

8. 'The great risk shift at work in Australia?'

9. Tertiary Education as Insurance against Risk:

10. Very Risky Business:

11. Risk Management and the Human Services:

Part 4: Managing Risk More Effectively and Equitably

12. Policy Design Issues for Risk Management:

13. New Social and Economic Risks

14. Working It Out:

Contributors

Index

Copyright.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780522860085

0522860087

OCLC:

958576697