Safety Net
eBook - ePub

Safety Net

The Future of Welfare in Australia

  1. 368 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Safety Net

The Future of Welfare in Australia

About this book

The welfare state is one of the crowning achievements of the twentieth century, giving citizens access to healthcare, pensions, disability and unemployment benefits. This unprecedented expansion of the state was a product of the postwar period of the late 1940s, when governments ramped up investment in this grand safety net. By the 1970s, half of all government spending went towards social-welfare programs, but today the welfare state stands at a crossroads, beset both by political opposition and funding pressures as the population ages.Australian Labor Party MP Daniel Mulino provides a sweeping account of the history of welfare in Australia and abroad, from Bismarckian Germany to present-day Canberra. In this deeply researched and lucid account, Mulino looks to the challenges facing today's welfare state and reflects on what steps must be taken to protect and extend it.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. 1. Introduction
  8. Part I. The Emergence of the Modern Welfare State
  9. Part II. The Modern Welfare State and Social Insurance
  10. Part III. Reforming Social Insurance
  11. Part IV. Better Managing Systematic Risks
  12. Acknowledgements
  13. Appendices
  14. Endnotes
  15. Index
  16. Back Cover