Who Cares? : Life on Welfare in Australia.

9780522878967 electronic book
0522878962 electronic book
0522878954
9780522878950

Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Publishing, 2023.

English

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HN843.5 .V56 2023

(OCoLC)1369539059

The twentieth-century Australian welfare state made the bold promise to care for its citizens. But since the 1990s, social security has become increasingly conditional and punitive in its provision of this so-called care. Who Cares? outlines the perspectives of people affected by two recent welfare measures, offering an urgent account of the implications of these reforms. Eve Vincent has interviewed people who were impacted by the controversial cashless debit card, which limited discretionary spending, as well as those looking after small children who are compulsory participants in the program ParentsNext. Vincent challenges the very category of 'welfare recipient', which defines people exclusively by their relationship to paid work. And she asks who bears the burden of looking after vulnerable people once the welfare state's duty of care is displaced by surveillance and punishment? Who Cares? offers a new and deeply humane account of life on welfare today.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

National edeposit: Available onsite until 06 February 2024 at national, state and territory libraries Online access with authorization.

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