The second half of the title provides some very transparent clues to the ways in which
Mendes goes about his work of reviewing developments and changes in Australia's welfare …

This book provides rare insights into the nature of contemporary, technologically-facilitated
government. Its multidisciplinary approach demonstrates that information technology is more …

This represents a substantial revision of Philip Mendes' successful textbook Australia's
Welfare Wars, in which the author explains--and questions--many of the values and …

The provision of social services in Australia has changed dramatically in recent decades.
Governments have expanded social provision without expanding the public sector by …

This book explores the tensions between the competing social rights and social control
functions of the modern Australian welfare state. By critically examining the history and …

Social security policy in Australia currently aims to encourage people to undertake activities
to improve their chances ofgaining employment. A key question is then'how can policy …

Neoliberal calls for welfare state reforms, especially cuts to public pensions, are a
contentious issue for employees, employers, and national governments across the western …

This book examines the evolution of Australian unemployment law and policy across the
past 100 years. It poses the question'How does unemployment happen?'. But it poses it in a …

Uncertainty of the cohabitation rule in Australian social security law has given rise to an
oppressive administrative regime-current administration of the rule targets vulnerable …

Recent neoliberal reforms to Australian social security and labour law privilege individual
industrial bargaining and adopt a 'job-first'policy for welfare recipients, which exposes them …