The other welfare state: non-government agencies and the mixed economy of welfare in Australia
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2006
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History Australia
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Monash University ePress
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Arts: The Australian Centre
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Murphy, J. (2006). The other welfare state: non-government agencies and the mixed economy of welfare in Australia. History Australia, 3(2).
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This is a postprint version of an article published in History Australia 2006 published by Monash University ePress. This version is reproduced with permission from the publisher.
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This paper considers the place of the non-government sector in Australia in the mixed economy of welfare. This sector – particularly faith-based organisations – has taken a shifting position in relation to the state, market and family in the provision of care. In Australia and New Zealand, strong state regulation of the labour market, combined with relative underdevelopment of formal welfare provision, contributes to a distinctive mixed economy of welfare. The paper sketches the consequences for the independence of the faith-based sector, its fragmented and disorganised development and the relative absence of aspects such as philanthropy and mutual aid.
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Australian social policy, welfare history, mixed economy of welfare, voluntary sector, religion and welfare