| Description |
xiii, 283 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Using documents in teaching about the welfare state / Jane Thomson -- 2. Understanding the welfare state / Anthony McMahon --Part 1. A wage earner's welfare state -- 3. Work, wages, welfare / Frank Stilwell -- Documents: Harvester Judgement 1907; White Paper on Full Employment 1945; Statement of Accord 1983; Working Nation 1994; Work for the Dole 1998 -- Part 2. A gendered welfare state -- 4. Women's citizenship: back in the family? -- Documents: Child Endowment Bill 1941; Child Care Bill 1972; Equal Pay 1974; Sex Discrimination Act 1984; National Agenda for Women 1988; Maternity Allowance 1995; Working Nation 1994; Delivering on our Commitments for Women 1999 -- 5. One size fits all?: gender and the capitalist welfare state in Australia / Jane Thomson -- Part 3. A racist welfare state -- |
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10. The welfare state as disputed terrain / Ronald Mendelsohn -- Documents: First Report of the Joint Committee on Social Security 1941; Poverty in Australia 1975; Social Security Review 1986; The Social Justice Strategy 1991-1992; Workplace Relations Act 1996; Goods and Services Tax 1999 -- 11. All for one or one for all? The past and future of the Australian welfare state / John Wiseman -- 12. 'Reinventing' the welfare state: neo-liberalism and beyond / Christopher Williams |
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6. Indigenous social welfare: from a low priority to recognition and reconciliation / Henry Reynolds -- Documents: The Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act 1897; Immigration Restriction Act 1901; National Racial Unity 1901; Commonwealth and State Aboriginal Authorities 1937; Minister for Immigration and Information 1945; Yirrkala Petition 1963; Appeal to the United Nations 1966; Constitution Alteration Act 1967; Racial Discrimination Act 1975; National Agenda for a Multicultural Australia 1989; Mabo Case 1992; Native Title Act 1993; The Wik Decision 1996; Stolen Generations 1997; Charter of Public Service in a Culturally Diverse Society 1998; Pauline Hanson's One Nation Policy Document 1998; Motion of Reconciliation 1999; Draft Declaration for Reconciliation 1999 -- |
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7. Immigration and the Australian welfare state / James Jupp -- Part 4. A Welfare state for the deserving -- 8. Back to the future: deserving and undeserving in the welfare state / Christopher Williams and Anthony McMahon -- Documents: Invalid and Old Age Pensions Act 1908; Australian Soldiers Repatriation Bill 1917; Income Tax Assessment Act 1936; National Health and Pensions Insurance Bill 1938; Preference for UK migrants 1946; Commission of Inquiry into Poverty 1975; Nursing Homes and Hostels Review 1986; Home and Community Care Program 1989; National Commission of Audit 1996; Aged Care Act 1997; Principle of Mutual Obligation 1998; Disappearance of Social Justice 1999 -- 9. Constructing and reconstructing old age: the evolution of aged policy in Australia / Elizabeth Ozanne -- Part 5. The welfare state as contested terrain -- |
| Summary |
As well as retaining significant documents from the first edition, this edition integrates into the text contemporary documents shaping the ongoing evolution of the post-welfare state. This is an important addition to the literature at this stage of the development of public policy in Australia as it charts the continuing debate within welfare |
| Analysis |
Aboriginal Australians |
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Australia - Social policy |
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Public welfare - Australia - History |
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Sex discrimination |
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Social issues & services (Australia ) |
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Social policy - Australia |
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Social service - Australia - History |
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Welfare measures |
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Welfare state |
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Welfare state - History |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Second ed. of The Australian welfare state : key documents and themes / edited by John Wilson, Jane Thomson, Anthony McMahon |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [263]-276 |
| Audience |
Tertiary students |
| Subject |
Public welfare -- Australia -- History.
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Social service -- Australia -- History.
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Welfare state -- History.
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| Author |
McMahon, Anthony.
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Thomson, Jane, 1957-
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Williams, Christopher, 1944-
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| LC no. |
00002123 |
| ISBN |
0864581351 |
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