At a time when neoliberal and conservative politics are again in the ascendency and social democracy is waning, Australian public policy re-engages with the values and goals of progressive public policy in Australia and the difficulties faced in re-affirming them. It brings together leading authors to explore economic, environmental, social, cultural, political and indigenous issues. It examines trends and current policy directions and outlines progressive alternatives that challenge and extend current thinking. While focused on Australia, the contributors offer valuable insights for people in other countries committed to social justice and those engaged in the ongoing contest between neo-liberalism and social democracy. This is essential reading for policy practitioners, researchers and students as well those with an interest in the future of public policy.
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Table of contents
- List of figures and tables
- Contributor biographies
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Towards a new progressive policyĀ agenda
- Neoliberalism, the culture wars andĀ public policy
- Macroeconomic policy after theĀ Global Financial Crisis
- Putting together work and care in Australia: time for aĀ newĀ settlement?
- Welfare reform
- āChoiceā and āfairnessā: the hollow core in industrial relations policy
- Indigenous policy: Canberra consensus on a neoliberal project ofĀ improvement
- Culture and diversity
- The business of care: AustraliaāsĀ experiment with theĀ marketisation of childcare
- Mixed messages in the new politics of education
- The accidental logic of health policy in Australia
- Loose moorings: debate andĀ directions in Australian housingĀ policy
- Population policy
- Australian cities: in pursuit of aĀ national urban policy
- Natural resource management: steering not rowing against theĀ current in the Murray-Darling Basin
- International perspectives: low carbon urban Australia in a time ofĀ transition
- Politics and government
- Federalism and intergovernmentalĀ relations
- Citizen engagement in AustralianĀ policy making
- On escaping neoliberalism: concluding reflections
- Index
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