The Ends and Means of Welfare: Coping with Economic and Social Change in Australia

ISBN-13: 9780521818926 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 316 str.

Peter Saunders

Opis

This book explores the relationship between economic liberalism and social policy in Australia. How do social policies operate in a fiercely individualist market economy, and what role should the government play to ensure effective market-based solutions? Why has quality of life diminished as the economy has undergone sustained growth? The book covers key trends in economic and social policy over the past twenty-five years. It reveals how economic liberalism, despite all positive economic indicators, has contributed to an increase in unemployment, inequality, social dysfunction and alienation.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: the paradox of affluence; 2. Has the economy delivered; 3. Legitimacy of the welfare state; 4. Employment and unemployment; 5. Income and living standards; 6. Poverty and exclusion; 7. Inequality; 8. Welfare reform; 9. The changing welfare policy context.