Making Social Policy In Australia

Author : John Wiseman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000319439

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Making Social Policy in Australia by John Wiseman Pdf

Social policy affects everyone and is everyone's business. Even if you do not receive welfare payments, directly or indirectly you benefit from government servides and funding. Yet how are policies and programs actually developed? Can social policy help us create a more just society? This book offers an introduction to the theory and practice of social policy making in Australia. Using detailed case studies, it covers: * the ideas and values which inform the social policy process * how different groups can influence policy making * how social policy making takes place in social and political organisations * the political nature of policy making Making Social Policy in Australia is the most up to date introduction to Australian social policy currently available, and is essential reading for students and practitioners in human and community service work and government. Tony Dalton, Mary Draper and John Wiseman lecture in Social Work and Social Sciences at Rmit, Melbourne; Wendy Weeks lectures in Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Melbourne and is author (in collaboration) of Women Working Together: Lessons from feminist women's services. Each of the authors has been involved in policy debate and development for many years.

Author : Adam Jamrozik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Australia
ISBN : 1442501286

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Social Policy in the Post-welfare State by Adam Jamrozik Pdf

SOCIAL POLICY IN THE POST-WELFARE STATE 3rd edition presents an up-to-date, in-depth discussion of recent developments in social policy in Australia. The text continues the study of social policy from a coherently formulated theoretical perspective, building arguments and discussion points using the latest census data and Australian welfare statistics. It interprets policies and related events and invites readers' critical reception. This analysis of current social policy is essential reading for any social policy student in Australia and for professionals engaged in the administration of policy and service delivery. The structure of the content makes the book suitable as a text for a semester course on social policy.

Author : Rob Watts
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000247572

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Talking Policy by Rob Watts Pdf

When we catch a bus, visit a doctor, borrow a book from the library or enrol in a course we benefit from the social policies of government. Talking Policy explains how the myriad programs and services we take for granted are developed and delivered, and how this fits into the political process. There is a human and political aspect to social policy-making; it's not all rational solutions to measurable problems. The authors explain how issues come to be defined as social problems, and offer an account of the historical development of social policy and the welfare state in Australia. They also outline the competing political and philosophical ideas which influence the different ways in which governments respond to social inequality and needs in the community. With detailed case studies from variety of areas of social policy making, Talking Policy is a valuable introduction to this complex and important field. 'Talking Policy is an informative, insightful book that is also absorbing and challenging.' Lois Bryson, Emeritus Professor, University of Newcastle 'With a commitment to reinvigorate policy debate, the authors make a convincing case that at its heart policy-making is about competing ethical visions, that ideas count, and that words serve as tools in this political and contested activity.' Associate Professor, Carol Bacchi, University of Adelaide

Author : Adam Jamrozik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112190546

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Social Policy in the Post-welfare State by Adam Jamrozik Pdf

The first book to examine social policy in the post-welfare state. It looks critically at the idea of the welfare state, analysing the changing concept of welfare and arguing that the welfare state no longer exists in Australia. The book is written in an accessible and student-friendly style.

Author : Alison McClelland,Paul Smyth
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0195562860

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Social Policy in Australia by Alison McClelland,Paul Smyth Pdf

Guides students in how to analyse the impacts of social policy, and how to develop and advocate for better social policy in the future. Paul Smyth, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Author : Ed Carson,Edgar Carson,Lorraine Kerr
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107642911

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Australian Social Policy and the Human Services by Ed Carson,Edgar Carson,Lorraine Kerr Pdf

Australian Social Policy and the Human Services contends that human service practitioners benefit from understanding the relationship between social policy, the human services and their own practices. In this comprehensive introduction to the subject, readers are encouraged to develop their policy literacy, or critical understanding of the development, implementation and evaluation of social policies. Part I explores the debates and organising principles of social policy and the human services. Part II focuses on the development and delivery of social policy, including its history, and a discussion of the Third Sector in Australia. Part III covers specific areas of social policy: income maintenance, employment, housing, health care, family and child care, and indigenous social policy. Emerging issues, such as globalisation and sustainability, are examined in Part IV. Each chapter features discussion points, exercises, case studies, further reading lists and links with the Australian Association of Social Workers Practice Standards (2013).

Author : Alison McClelland,Paul Smyth
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0195526864

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Social Policy in Australia by Alison McClelland,Paul Smyth Pdf

Guides students in understanding meaning and operation of social policy in Australia. Taking critical approach, placing analysis of social policy in international context, provides framework for understanding roles and relationships of key players and institutions that influence decision-making process.

Author : Head, Brian,Crowley, Kate
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447310280

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Policy analysis in Australia by Head, Brian,Crowley, Kate Pdf

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Author : Adam Jamrozik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1027129629

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Social Policy in the Post-Welfare State by Adam Jamrozik Pdf

Social Policy in the Post-Welfare State 3rd edition presents an in-depth discussion of recent developments in social policy in Australia. The text continues the study of social policy from a coherently formulated theoretical perspective, building arguments and discussion points using the latest census data and Australian welfare statistics. It interprets policies and related events and invites readers' critical reception. This analysis of current social policy is essential reading for any social policy student in Australia and for professionals engaged in the administration of policy and se.

Author : Philip Mendes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351801775

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Empowerment and Control in the Australian Welfare State by Philip Mendes Pdf

This book explores the tensions between the competing social rights and social control functions of the modern Australian welfare state. By critically examining the history and rhetoric of the Australian welfare state from 1972 to the present day, and using the author’s long-standing research on the Australian Council of Social Service and other welfare advocacy groups, it analyses the transformation from rights-based to conditional welfare. The Labor Party Government from 1972-75 is identified as the only clear cut example of Australia positively using welfare payments and services as an instrument to promote greater social equity, inclusion and participation. Since the mid-1970s, the Australian welfare state has gradually retreated from the social rights agenda conceived by the Whitlam Government. Australia has followed other Anglo-Saxon countries in adopting increasingly conditional and paternalistic measures that undermine the protection of social citizenship outside the labour market. In contrast, this text makes the case for an alternative participatory and decentralized welfare state model that would prioritize social care by empowering and supporting welfare service users at a local community level. This book will be of interest to academics, students and policy-makers working within social policy, social work and political sociology.

Author : Australian Council of Social Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Social service
ISBN : OCLC:220681089

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The Making of Social Policy by Australian Council of Social Service Pdf

Author : Cosmo Howard,Robin Miller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000247275

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Social Policy, Public Policy by Cosmo Howard,Robin Miller Pdf

'Seldom has a senior public servant been so candid. As a key policymaker, Meredith Edwards takes us inside the process to reveal how we get the policies the affect so much of our lives.' - Paul Kelly, International Editor, The Australian 'This innovative and important volume, unique in the policy literature, provides ideas and case studies of interest to everyone who cares about the quality of Australian public policy. It will be an indispensable guide to past choices, and its lessons should help shape future Australian social policy decisions.' - Dr Glyn Davis, co-author of The Australian Policy Handbook How are social policies conceived, developed and put into practice? Based on four case studies of social policy reforms in which the author was a major player (the Child Support Scheme, AUSTUDY, the Higher Education Contribution scheme (HECS) and long-term employment policies presented as 'Working Nation') Social Policy, Public Policy provides insights into what is often otherwise seen as a 'black box' on how policy advice occurs. Meredith Edwards' personal experience, revealed in extracts from her journal, provides a picture of what social policy participants actually do, something on which too little has been written. Questions addressed in the book include: How was the policy problem identified and articulated and by whom? What were the key ingredients in policy analysis? When did consultation occur and in what form? How was the policy decision arrived at? What were the events between decision and implementation? And what evaluation processes occurred? Social Policy, Public Policy is essential reading for all students of public policy and policy advisers.

Author : Joannah Luetjens,Michael Mintrom,Paul ‘t Hart
Publisher : ANU Press
Page : 551 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781760462796

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Successful Public Policy by Joannah Luetjens,Michael Mintrom,Paul ‘t Hart Pdf

In Australia and New Zealand, many public projects, programs and services perform well. But these cases are consistently underexposed and understudied. We cannot properly ‘see’—let alone recognise and explain—variations in government performance when media, political and academic discourses are saturated with accounts of their shortcomings and failures, but are next to silent on their achievements. Successful Public Policy: Lessons from Australia and New Zealand helps to turn that tide. It aims to reset the agenda for teaching, research and dialogue on public policy performance. This is done through a series of close-up, in-depth and carefully chosen case study accounts of the genesis and evolution of stand-out public policy achievements, across a range of sectors within Australia and New Zealand. Through these accounts, written by experts from both countries, we engage with the conceptual, methodological and theoretical challenges that have plagued extant research seeking to evaluate, explain and design successful public policy. Studies of public policy successes are rare—not just in Australia and New Zealand, but the world over. This book is embedded in a broader project exploring policy successes globally; its companion volume, Great Policy Successes (edited by Paul ‘t Hart and Mallory Compton), is published by Oxford University Press (2019).

Author : Australia. Social Welfare Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Australia
ISBN : 0642931011

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Social Policy by Australia. Social Welfare Commission Pdf

Author : Professor Gabrielle Meagher,Susan Goodwin
Publisher : Sydney University Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781743326305

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Markets, Rights and Power in Australian Social Policy by Professor Gabrielle Meagher,Susan Goodwin Pdf

The provision of social services in Australia has changed dramatically in recent decades, raising a range of important questions about financial and democratic accountability: 'who benefits', 'who suffers' and 'who decides'. This book explores these developments through rich case studies of a diverse set of social policy domains. The case studies demonstrate a range of effects of marketisation, including the impact on the experience of consumer engagement with social service systems, on the distribution of social advantage and disadvantage, and on the democratic steering of social policy.