Markets, rights and power in Australian social policy
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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The University Of Sydney, N.S.W.
Sydney University Press
2015, 2015
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| Series: | Public and Social Policy Ser
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 1920899960 1920899952 9781743324288 9781920899967 9781920899950 |