John Murphy

A Decent Provision (eBook, ePUB)

Australian Welfare Policy, 1870 to 1949

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a narrative history of how and why Australia built a distinctive welfare regime, from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century. It places the development of a welfare state in the 1940s in the context of what had gone before, showing that choices made in earlier decades constrained and still constrain what could then, and can now be imagined. It discusses the pre-history of a welfare system, and how Australia went from being a social laboratory at the start of the twentieth century to a 'welfare laggard' by mid-century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317188407
• Artikelnr.: 44866647

Autorenporträt

Associate Professor John Murphy, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
The pauper in the New World: on not having a Poor Law
The mixed economy of colonial welfare: faith, self-help and charity
The veterans of labour: old age pensions
The Commonwealth laboratory
'The duty of a nation': a parallel welfare state for veterans
The failures of the 1920s: maternalism and national insurance
The Depression
National insurance, 1938-1939
Unfinished business: Labor's welfare state, 1941-1949
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.