Markets, Rights and Power in Australian Social Policy

by Susan Goodwin

The provision of social services in Australia has changed dramatically in recent decades. Governments have expanded social provision without expanding the public sector by directly subsidising private provision, by contracting private agencies, both non-profit and for-profit, to deliver services, and through a number of other subsidies and vouchers.

Private actors receive public funds to deliver social services to citizens, raising...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1920899952
• ISBN13: 9781920899950
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Sydney University Press
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"