Philip Mendes: 2 books
Australia's Welfare Wars
The Players, the Politics and the Ideologies
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
In this fully revised third edition of Australia's Welfare Wars, Philip Mendes questions many of the key values and assumptions that determine contemporary social welfare policies, and the factors and forces that shape these policies in Australia.
Empowerment and Control in the Australian Welfare State
A Critical Analysis of Australian Social Policy Since 1972
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
This book explores the tensions between the competing social rights and social control functions of the modern Australian welfare state. By critically examining the history and rhetoric of the Australian welfare state from 1972 to the present day, and using the author’s long-standing research on...