Thirty wasted years
Australian social security development, 1950–80, in comparative perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10382805 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francis G Castles (a Department of Political Science Research School of Social Sciences , The Australian National University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 67-74 |
| Publication date | 1987-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3268 • E-ISSN: 1467-9256 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00323268708402015 |
| OpenAlex | W2090949007 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 4 |
This article seeks to examine the reasons why Australia, in the postwar period of economic growth and social security expansion, so resolutely remained at the bottom of the international league table of welfare state development. Four possible explanations are located — programme inertia, economic resource growth, the age structure of the population and right‐wing political hegemony — and each is shown to have some impact on social security development. The article concludes with a brief discussion of the traditional dilemma for democratic socialist parties of combining reformist political goals with sufficient economic growth
Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Hegemony · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Social security · Sociology · Australian History and Society · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1990 - 2015 (26) |
| Highly cited | No |