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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mendes, Philip, 1964- (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2019.
Series:Social welfare around the world.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.