• ISBN13: 9780521818926
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Sociology and Anthropology
• Publisher: Cambridge UP
• Publisher Imprint: Cambridge
• Publication Date: January 1, 2002
• Pages: 316
• Original Price: GBP 64.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 567 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Sociology / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, and Public Policy / Economic Policy

This book explores the relationship between economic liberalism and social policy in Australia. How do social policies operate in a fiercely individualist market economy, and what role should the government play to ensure effective market-based solutions? Why has quality of life diminished as the economy has undergone sustained growth? The book covers key trends in economic and social policy over the past twenty-five years. It reveals how economic liberalism, despite all positive economic indicators, has contributed to an increase in unemployment, inequality, social dysfunction and alienation.