Social Policy, Public Policy: From Problem to Practice

ISBN-13: 9780367719357 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 230 str.

Meredith Edwards; Cosmo Howard; Robin Miller

Opis

For the first time, a key insider explains how government policies are created and implemented in Australia.

Spis treści

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Glossary

1 Introducing Policy Processes

2 Income Support for Young People: A search for a single allowance

3 From Child Maintenance to Child Support: An unlikely policy reform

4 Paying for a University Education: HECS and not Fees

5 Long-term Unemployment Policy: From Green paper to Working Nation

6 Concluding Observations

Bibliography

Index

O autorze

Professor Meredith Edwards has spent her career as a lecturer, researcher and policy analyst. Before becoming Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Canberra in 1997, she worked in several departments in the Commonwealth Public Service, including Social Security, Education and Employment, Community Services, and Health. The last four years of her public service career were spent as Deputy Secretary, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.