Book description

Australia's welfare wars looks at the roles played by key ideologies and lobby groups in determining welfare state outcomes with specific reference to current theories about globalisation.

The book also looks at the roles of players such as lobby groups, including the Australian Council of Social Services and the ACTU, as well as the business sector, churches, welfare consumers, neoliberal thinktanks and the media.  It also explores the influence of politics and the impact of ideology.

Using contemporary case studies and source materials, the book analyses current welfare state policies and outcomes and questions many of the key assumptions that underpin contemporary social welfare policies.

About the Author

Dr Philip Mendes is a senior lecturer in social policy and community development in the Department of Social Work at Monash University.

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