Winners and Losers: The Pursuit of Social Justice in Australian History

ISBN-13: 9780367720087 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 196 str.

Stuart MacIntyre

Opis

For more than a century, Australians have addressed expectations of social justice to their governments and have had to live with the consequences. Winners and Losers looks at how changing circumstances have generated changing popular aspirations, and how these in turn have been translated into public policy.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chronological table

1 The Tyranny of the Law

2 Unlock the lands

3 A fair wage

4 The right to work

5 Full employment and social welfare

6 The ladder of opportunity

7 Beyond citizenship

8 Conclusion

Endnotes

Index

O autorze

Stuart Macintyre is a senior lecturer in history at Melbourne University who has written extensively on historical and contemporary subjects.