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About this book
Reform of the system must recognise, respect and reinforce its profound impact on the lives and wellbeing of millions of Australians, not only during childhood and retirement but also when unexpected needs arise in-between. It is time for a fundamental reassessment of how the system can best promote social inclusion and encourage economic contribution in current and future circumstances. This book brings together leading social security researchers and policy analysts to reflect on past trends, the key changes that the system must adapt to and what this will involve. Its contributors share a vision inspired by the groundbreaking work of Ronald Henderson, who argued for a debate that is grounded in evidence and informed by a coherent set of principles. The book's chapters highlight the weaknesses of the current system and propose viable alternatives, showing that there is no lack of new ideas on which to draw. One of these—the introduction of a basic income as Henderson recommended in the 1970s—is used to illustrate the need for a better understanding of what such reforms can offer today and how they might work in practice.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- List of Tables and Figures
- Foreword
- 1. Introduction: Celebrating and Reviving Henderson’s Vision
- 2. Social Security and Poverty Reduction: Cracks in the Post-war Policy Paradigm, Avenues for the Future
- 3. The Henderson Poverty Inquiry in Context
- 4. Fifty Years of Changing Families: Implications for Income Support
- 5. Social Security Since Henderson
- 6. Conditional Welfare: New Wine, Old Wine or Just the Same Old Bottles?
- 7. Limitations of the Australian Social Security System
- 8. Measuring Income Poverty in Australia: A Review of Methods and Recent Trends
- 9. Poverty as Relative Deprivation: Application, Analysis and Implications for Social Security
- 10. Housing, Housing Costs and Poverty
- 11. Disability and Poverty
- 12. Gender, Social Security and Poverty
- 13. Indigenous Poverty in Flux?
- 14. The Experience of Poverty, Then and Now
- 15. Labour Market Policy and the Future of Work
- 16. The Role of Social Insurance in Alleviating Poverty: Australian Prospects
- 17. The Principles, Benefits and Politics of a Basic Income Scheme for Australia
- 18. From Guaranteed Minimum Income to BI: What Would it Look Like Today?
- 19. Looking to the Future
- Index