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The Australian Assistance Plan—Welfare (?) on the Cheap
Author(s) -
Jones Peter E. R.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1975.tb01246.x
Subject(s) - plan (archaeology) , project commissioning , government (linguistics) , politics , welfare , publishing , control (management) , social welfare , front (military) , public administration , public economics , public relations , economics , business , political science , engineering , management , law , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , history
This paper suggests that the assumptions about popular participation on which the success of the Australian Assistance Plan rests are unrealistic; that the plan is probably primarily concerned with social control and political stability on the social welfare front under changing social conditions; that in any case it is an old rather than a new approach to the problem; that its political attraction of cheapness may well ensure that it will not be a success; that it is probably intended as a stop‐gap measure and that the government stands to gain one way or another whether the plan succeeds or fails.