Reclaiming Community? From Welfare Society to Welfare State in Australian Catholic Social Thought
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20595343 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Smyth (The University of Queensland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 17-30 |
| Publication date | 2003-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Politics & History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-9522 • E-ISSN: 1467-8497 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-8497.00278 |
| OpenAlex | W1967399553 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Influenced by both conservative and left wing communitarian thinking, current debate about welfare governance in Australia reflects an inflated evaluation of the potential role of the third sector or civil society organisations in the production of welfare. This paper gives an overview of twentieth century Australian Catholic social thinking about state, market and civil society relations in the production of welfare. It highlights the neglected, historical role of the Catholic Church in promoting a “welfare society” over a “welfare state” in Australia. It points to the reasons for the Church's later embrace of the welfare state and suggests that these reasons should make us deeply sceptical of the current communitarian fad
Civil society · Corporate governance · Economics · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Skepticism · Social Welfare · Sociology · State (computer science) · Welfare · Welfare capitalism · Welfare state · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Public Administration · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious Freedom and Discrimination
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2015 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |