From the wage earners welfare state to the targeted welfare state: The social welfare policies of the Australian Labor Party, 1983-99

Mendes, Philip

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“…The increasing imposition of market values in the welfare field has led to social workers experiencing reduced control over how they carry out their duties (Mendes, 1999). The field of child protection has not been spared the impact of these policy approaches.…”

Section: The Welfare State: Social Work's Eternal Bedfellowmentioning

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Am I Still a Social Worker? Reflections on Child Protection Practice

Brydon

2006

Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development

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Social workers alone appear to be held accountable for failures in child protection. However, social workers operate within a broader contextual environment. The protection of children does not occur in a vacuum, divorced from social and political influences. This discussion examines this issue and considers critical influences that appear to have eroded the social work perspective on child protection.

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Section: The Welfare State: Social Work's Eternal Bedfellowmentioning

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Am I Still a Social Worker? Reflections on Child Protection Practice

Brydon

2006

Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development

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“…Nevertheless, ALP welfare policies involved a redistribution of income from one disadvantaged group to another, rather than a structural redistribution from the rich to the poor. The emphasis was on tackling poverty rather than inequality (Mendes 1999).…”

Section: The Ideology Of the Australian Labor Partymentioning

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Labourists and the welfare lobby: the relationship between the Federal Labor Party and the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS)

Mendes

2004

Australian Journal of Political Science

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“…Tills was particularly the case in Victoria where the Tasman Institute and Institute for Public Affairs provided policy blueprints for the Kennett Government (Kohler 1997;Hayward 1999, 140-142). They have also exerted considerable influence on the welfare policies of both Labor and particularly federal Liberal Governments (Mendes 1993, 9-10;Mendes 1998;Mendes 1999b). In addition, they are also active in opposing debt relief for Third World countries (See Harper et al1999).…”

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Globalisation and the Welfare State: From the Local to the International

Mendes

2000

Policy and Society

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This article examines the impact of globalisation on welfare states, with some specifiC reference to the Australian situation. The argument advanced is broadly commensurate with that of Ramesh Mishra, who argues that globalisation is as much a political and ideological phenomenon as it is economic. Whilst Mishra acknowledges that economic globalisation suggests a consistent international downward trend in social expenditure, he also documents the considerable differences between the English speaking countries, and other OECD states. I argue that the influence of globalisation on individual nation states can best be understood by exploring those political and ideological forces locally and internationally which are respectively seeking either to retrench or retain the welfare state.

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From the wage earners welfare state to the targeted welfare state: The social welfare policies of the Australian Labor Party, 1983-99

Cited by 3 publications

References 9 publications

Am I Still a Social Worker? Reflections on Child Protection Practice

Am I Still a Social Worker? Reflections on Child Protection Practice

Labourists and the welfare lobby: the relationship between the Federal Labor Party and the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS)

Globalisation and the Welfare State: From the Local to the International

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