The Australian Welfare State and the Neoliberalism Thesis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6233969 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alan Fenna (0000-0002-3692-7954, Curtin University), Alan Tapper (0000-0002-2639-7400, Curtin University) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 155-172 |
| Publication date | 2012-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10361146.2012.677007 |
| OpenAlex | W2083176762 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 25 |
This paper uses Australian Bureau of Statistics fiscal incidence figures to track trends in the Australian welfare state across the period 1984 to 2004. Its general aim is to assess the proposition that recent governments have been ‘grave-diggers’ of the welfare state in Australia. More specifically, it tracks the overall level of social expenditure at the household level and the degree of vertical redistribution between households. Since the period in question covers twelve years of Labor and eight years of Coalition government in Canberra, the authors also seek evidence of political effect in welfare state trends. Their general conclusion is that far from succumbing to neoliberalism, the Australian welfare state became if anything even larger over this period. Neither bipartisan economic liberalisation, nor competing party welfare policies, made much difference to the welfare state when viewed through a fiscal incidence lens
Coalition government · Economics · Liberalization · Market economy · Neoliberalism (international relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Redistribution (election · State (computer science · Welfare · Welfare state · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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Public policy in the Australian Journal of Political Science
Kemeny revisited
The treatment of families in the Australian welfare state, 1984 to 2010
The performance of the Australian welfare system in a time of neoliberal economic reform
The digital nudge in social security administration
Women at the Nexus of Correctional and Social Policies
Ideas-Centred Explanations of the Rise of Neoliberalism
Policy transfer in a corporatist context
The Working Class and Welfare
A Farewell to Australia's Welfare State
Testing the Retrenchment Hypothesis
The Future of the Welfare State
The Disappearing State?
The New Politics of the Welfare State
The Welfare Expenditure Debate
The Future of the Welfare State
Why Welfare States Persist
Economic Rationalism in Canberra
The Dependent Variable Problem within the Study of Welfare State Retrenchment
Less Bad than its Reputation
Retrenching or renovating the Australian welfare state
A re-examination of welfare states and inequality in rich nations
Talking policy
Targets and Taxes
The New Politics of the Welfare State
Governing in Good Times
Globalization and the Great U-Turn
The Silver Age of the Welfare State
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,77 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2019 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |