Social Policy in Australia

Understanding for action
4. Revised Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-19-032053-9
Verlag: Oxford University Press Australia

Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 708 g

This book guides students in understanding the meaning and operation of social policy in Australia. Taking a critical approach, and placing their analysis of social policy in an international context, the authors provide a framework for understanding the roles and relationships of the key players and institutions that influence the decision-making process. This authoritative, up to date text tackles the issues most relevant in recent times, including health, climate change and immigration.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McClelland, Alison

Smyth, Paul

Marston, Greg

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Part 1 Introduction to Social Policy

- 1 What is Social Policy?

- 2 Values, Concepts and Social Policy Design

- 3 A Framework for Understanding, Advocacy and Action

- 4 The Institutional Context for Social Policy

- Part 2 The Historical, International and Changing Context for Action

- 5 Historical Context: themes and perspectives

- 6 Australian Social Policy in an International Context

- 7 Changes and Challenges

- Part 3 Areas for Social Policy Action

- 8 Immigration: welfare rights in a temporary immigration state

- 9 Unemployment Policy: Unemployment, Underemployment and Labour Market Insecurity

- 10 Losing sight: Social Security Policy in Australia

- 11 Housing Policy in Australia

- 12 Health and Health Care: a contested terrain

- 13 Education Policy: Issues and Opportunities in Australian Schooling

- 14 Community Services, Individualism and Markets

Über Autor(innen)

Alison McClelland AM has previously held senior positions in government, academia and the community sector. She has been a Commissioner with the Productivity Commission and participated in government boards and advisory committees, held several honorary positions with the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), was made a member of the Order of the Australia and awarded a Centenary Medal for her contribution to social policy and social research in Australia. Her main work has been directed to examining the impact of social and economic policies on the distribution of material well-being in Australia.

Paul Smyth is Honorary Professor of Social Policy at the University of Melbourne where he was previously founding Coordinator of the Master of Social Policy; and, conjointly, General Manager of the Research and Policy Centre at the Brotherhood of St Laurence. He was earlier Director of Social Policy in the School of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Queensland; and senior researcher at Uniya, the Jesuit social research and action centre at Kings Cross, Sydney.

Greg Marston is Professor of Social Policy in the School of Social Science and Deputy Executive Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at The University of Queensland. He has previously held positions at Queensland University of Technology and RMIT University and visiting appointments in Sweden and the United States. Prior to entering academia he worked in the community sector at the local, state and national level. His main research interests are unemployment, poverty, welfare governance, work and emerging technologies and the politics of policymaking.