Social security in Australia
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Bibliographic Information
Social security in Australia
Oxford University Press, 1994
Available at 45 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 330-345) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Australian social security system was developed to serve the needs of reconstruction following the second world war. In the following 50 years, profound economic and social changes have challenged the assumptions and structures of that system, demanding new responses to unforseen problems. This book, a completely rewritten and expanded edition of the authors' Australian Social Security Law, Policy and Administration examines the history of the welfare state, analyzes concepts of need and poverty, considers the new citizenship theory, weighs the policy choices and dilemmas confronting social security, and presents the programs developed to meet specific social insecurities: unemployment, disability and sickness, and sole parenthood. The authors conclude that Australian society is set on a course which is likely to intensify the poverty experienced by many Australians. The social security system will face intense demands. Its responses must be informed by a rational understanding of the policy choices and their social and individual implications, and by a grasp of the right of all Australians to a full participation in society.
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