Social policy affects everyone and is everyone's business. Even if you do not receive welfare
payments, directly or indirectly you benefit from government servides and funding. Yet how …

This open access book examines the comparative evolution of social protection in Australia
and New Zealand from 1890 to the present day, focusing on the relationship between …

Australians need a social protection system that can insulate us from new social risks as we
face uncertain challenges of the century ahead. This background paper is one of several …

This article examines the extent to which the Australian and UK social security systems meet
their legal obligations to provide basic relief to citizens in need. Conditionality and “mutual …

Welfare debate in the comments section : perceptions of sole mother poverty and welfare in
an age of neoliberalism Page 1 Please do not remove this page Welfare debate in the …

Establishing that social policy and employment relations have developed largely separately,
this chapter reviews the two concepts and their associated international literatures. It …

When we catch a bus, visit a doctor, borrow a book from the library or enrol in a course we
benefit from the social policies of government. Talking Policy explains how the myriad …

An identifiable relationship between employment relations and social policy began in
earnest in Australia and New Zealand before anywhere else, during the quarter-century …

Abstract Whereas New Zealand built the more comprehensive welfare state prior to World
War I, the two regimes gradually converged on an incrementalist social policy model in the …

In the last several decades, neoliberal discourse has dramatically reshaped welfare policy in
the Western industrialised world through its emphasis on economic participation …