Retrenching or renovating the Australian welfare state: The paradox of the Howard government's neo-liberalism

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 102-110

  Mendes, Philip ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Family payments; Neo liberalism; Paradox; Social expenditure; Welfare retrenchment

Indexed keywords

EID: 57549083050     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2008.00569.x     Document Type: Article

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