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Spatial Equity in the Allocation of Funds to State Secondary Schools
Author(s) -
Low Nicholas
Publication year - 1982
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.1839-4655.1982.tb00722.x
Subject(s) - disadvantaged , equity (law) , government (linguistics) , metropolitan area , politics , state (computer science) , state government , economics , economic growth , project commissioning , public administration , social equality , publishing , local government , public economics , political science , geography , market economy , law , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , algorithm , computer science
Disproportionate attention is often focused on government programs which are adopted as part of a political platform. Yet these are often marginal in terms of the expenditures involved. Such is the case with education. The disadvantaged schools program introduced by the Whitlam Labor government involved only a very small outlay compared with the annual expenditure on education in Victoria. This paper argues that it is important to find ways of evaluating the spatial and social impact of the main bulk of government programs. Evidence is adduced which casts some doubt on the equity with which state government funds for state secondary schools have been allocated spatially in metropolitan Melbourne.