Welfare states can have both social care (humanitarian) and social control (oppressive) functions. This book makes the case for an alternative participatory and decentralized welfare state model that would prioritize social care by empowering and supporting welfare service users at a local community level.
Welfare states can have both social care (humanitarian) and social control (oppressive) functions. This book makes the case for an alternative participatory and decentralized welfare state model that would prioritize social care by empowering and supporting welfare service users at a local community level.
Philip Mendes is the Acting Head of the Department of Social Work, Monash University, Australia. He has been a social work and social policy practitioner and educator for over 30 years, with particular experience in the fields of income support, young people transitioning from state out of home care, social workers and policy practice, and illicit drugs. He has numerous publications in local and international journals, and is the author or co-author of 11 books.
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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
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
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