Initiative resistance
The welfare state
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6234591 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Smyth (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 427-442 |
| Publication date | 1993-11-01 |
| 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 | 10.1080/00323269308402252 |
| OpenAlex | W1977034979 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 17 |
So long as the main forces holding together the postwar welfare state remained in place, the range of significant social policy options was only marginal or incremental. In that context the history of Australian political culture was plausibly construed as a utilitarian, pragmatic affair lacking significant contests of ideas, dogmas or principles. This paper examines the origins of this historiography in the birth of political science in the 1950s and suggests that the end of the cold war and the destabilising of the welfare state has exposed the limits of its serviceability. A larger appreciation of the history of Australian political thought—once associated with the theme of ‘initiative and resistance'—needs to be recovered, especially if political scientists are to make a more creative contribution to the now fundamental social policy debates over the role of the state in the economy
Context (archaeology · Historiography · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · State (computer science · Theme (computing · Welfare · Welfare state · Australian History and Society · History · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Policy and Reform Studies
The Concept of the State in Australian Politics
Politics as a University Subject
Value Judgments and the Social Sciences
Public Enterprise in New South Wales
Australian Politics
Economic Rationalism in Canberra
Some conceptions of the Australian party system 1910–1950∗
Australia
The death of political theory
The state in Australian political thought
The Australian party system
The Short History of Social Democracy in Australia
Australian Government and Politics
Studies in Australian Politics
Value problems of Welfare-Capitalism
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |