Safety Net - Softcover

Mulino, Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1760643890 ISBN 13: 9781760643898

Verlag: La Trobe University Press, 2022

Inhaltsangabe

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 by both 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.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: La Trobe University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1760643890
• ISBN 13: 9781760643898
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 386
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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