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THE FAMILY AND THE AUSTRALIAN WELFARE STATE
Author(s) -
Baldock Cora Vellekoop
Publication year - 1994
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.1839-4655.1994.tb00938.x
Subject(s) - project commissioning , publishing , welfare , welfare state , government (linguistics) , state (computer science) , focus (optics) , sociology , state government , political science , public administration , economic growth , economics , local government , law , computer science , algorithm , politics , linguistics , philosophy , physics , optics
This article discusses, by example, recent trends in government welfare policies and their impact on Australian families. Focus is on the move towards privatisation and the development of the ‘complex interventionist state’.