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Empowerment and Control in the Australian Welfare State

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 authors long-standing research on the Australian Council of Social Service and other welfare advocacy groups, it analyses the transformation from rights-based to conditional welfare.

The Labor Party Government from 1972 to 1975 is identified as the only clear cut example of Australia positively using welfare payments and services as an instrument to promote greater social equity, inclusion and participation. Since the mid-1970s, the Australian welfare state has gradually retreated from the social rights agenda conceived by the Whitlam Government. Australia has followed other Anglo-Saxon countries in adopting increasingly conditional and paternalistic measures that undermine the protection of social citizenship outside the labour market.

In contrast, this text makes the case for an alternative participatory and decentralized welfare state model that would prioritize social care by empowering and supporting welfare service users at a local community level.

This book will be of interest to academics, students and policy-makers working within social policy, social work and political sociology.

Philip Mendes is the Acting Head of the Department of Social Work, Monash University, Australia. He has been a social work and social policy practitioner and educator for over 30 years, with particular experience in the fields of income support, young people transitioning from state out-of-home care, social workers and policy practice, and illicit drugs policy. He has numerous publications in local and international journals, and is the author or co-author of 11 books.

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Empowerment and Control in the Australian Welfare State

A Critical Analysis of Australian Social Policy Since 1972

Philip Mendes

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Empowerment and Control in the Australian Welfare State

A Critical Analysis of Australian Social Policy Since 1972

Philip Mendes

First published 2019

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2019 Philip Mendes

The right of Philip Mendes to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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ISBN: 978-1-138-63319-3 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-1-315-20781-0 (ebk)

Typeset in Times New Roman

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I am grateful to the following people who provided valuable assistance with the writing of this book: Allan Borowski, Bettina Cass, Kay Cook, Nick Dyrenfurth, Erik Eklund, Adam Graycar, Brian Howe, Andrew Scott and David Stanton. Thanks also to my colleagues in the Department of Social Work who provided much needed collegial support during a time of heightened change in the workplace.

As usual, the team at home kept me sane and motivated. My delightful wife Tamar Lewit listened patiently as always to my repetitive stories concerning the books progress, and my darling children Miranda and Lucas provided dry humour and entertainment when required. My dear mother Mary, in spite of some health challenges, displayed her usual keen interest.

AAP	Australian Assistance Plan
AASW	Australian Association of Social Workers
ACA	A Current Affair, Channel Nine
ACCI	Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
ACOSS	Australian Council of Social Service
ACOTA	Australian Council on the Ageing
ACROD	Australian Council for Rehabilitation of Disabled
ALP	Australian Labor Party
ASWU	Australian Social Welfare Union
ATSIC	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
AWE	Average weekly earnings
BCA	Business Council of Australia
BSL	Brotherhood of St Laurence
CALC	Community Affairs Legislation Committee
CDC	Cashless Debit Card
CES	Commonwealth Employment Service
CIS	Centre for Independent Studies
COAG	Council of Australian Governments
CPI	Consumer Price Index
CSS	Child Support Scheme
CYSS	Community Youth Support Scheme
DHS	Department of Human Services
DSP	Disability Support Pension
DSS	Department of Social Security
FAS	Family Allowance Supplement
FCP	Family Centre Project

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