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Social security law: what does the politics of ‘conditional welfare’ mean for review and client representation?
Author(s) -
Carney Terry
Publication year - 2011
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.1839-4655.2011.tb00217.x
Subject(s) - welfare , argument (complex analysis) , welfare rights , social security , politics , representation (politics) , social welfare , accountability , law and economics , meaning (existential) , project commissioning , political science , public economics , publishing , law , economics , sociology , psychology , biochemistry , chemistry , psychotherapist
This paper reflects on aspects of the meaning of new social security as ‘conditional welfare’ (such as welfare quarantining) and its implications for client rights, advocacy and public policy accountability. The paper considers the rising reliance on conditional welfare and related measures such as ‘linked‘, localised or place‐based welfare, and the increasing complexity of welfare discretions. The paper essentially makes the argument that it is past time to begin to debate the pros and cons for Australia of conditional welfare as it impacts on administrative law and new forms of welfare advocacy.