Markets, Rights and Power in Australian Social Policy
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Markets, Rights and Power in Australian Social Policy
By (Author) Professor Gabrielle Meagher
Edited by Associate Professor Susan Goodwin
Sydney University Press
Sydney University Press
30th April 2015
Australia
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
361.610994
Physical Properties
Paperback
366
Width 148mm, Height 210mm
Description
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.
Author Bio
About the editors:
Gabrielle Meagher is a professor of social policy at Macquarie University.
Susan Goodwin is associate professor in policy studies at the University of Sydney.
