Welfare Dependence or Enforced Deprivation? A Critical Examination of White Neoliberal Welfare and Risk

Australian Social Work

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 476-494

  Stanford, Sonya ^a   Taylor, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Neoliberalism; Privilege; Risk; Welfare; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888008811     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0312407X.2013.832789     Document Type: Article

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