Public Expenditures And Social Policy In Australia: Volume I: The Whitlam Years, 1972-75
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Few periods in Australian political history were as transformative — or as fiercely debated — as the Whitlam years, and this scholarly volume stands as an authoritative record of that era's sweeping ambitions. Public Expenditures and Social Policy in Australia: Volume I — The Whitlam Years, 1972-75 chronicles the dramatic expansion of government spending and social reform that defined the Gough Whitlam Labor government, presenting a rigorous, data-driven examination of how federal policy reshaped health, education, housing, and welfare across the nation. Edited by R.B. Scotton and Helen Ferber under the auspices of the Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne, the work brings together expert analysis grounded in both economic methodology and social policy theory. The volume argues that the Whitlam government represented a decisive rupture with post-war fiscal conservatism, illustrating how rapid increases in public expenditure were deployed as instruments of social transformation — with consequences both intended and unforeseen. Written with the measured authority of academic economists, yet accessible to policy professionals and historians alike, it situates Australia's domestic reforms within broader international debates about the welfare state and government intervention. An essential document for understanding how political vision translates — or fails to translate — into lasting social change, this volume leaves the reader asking whether the ambitions of 1972 were ultimately realised or sacrificed on the altar of political reality.
Author: R.B. Scotton, Helen Ferber
Format: Paperback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few periods in Australian political history were as transformative — or as fiercely debated — as the Whitlam years, and this scholarly volume stands as an authoritative record of that era's sweeping ambitions. Public Expenditures and Social Policy in Australia: Volume I — The Whitlam Years, 1972-75 chronicles the dramatic expansion of government spending and social reform that defined the Gough Whitlam Labor government, presenting a rigorous, data-driven examination of how federal policy reshaped health, education, housing, and welfare across the nation. Edited by R.B. Scotton and Helen Ferber under the auspices of the Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne, the work brings together expert analysis grounded in both economic methodology and social policy theory. The volume argues that the Whitlam government represented a decisive rupture with post-war fiscal conservatism, illustrating how rapid increases in public expenditure were deployed as instruments of social transformation — with consequences both intended and unforeseen. Written with the measured authority of academic economists, yet accessible to policy professionals and historians alike, it situates Australia's domestic reforms within broader international debates about the welfare state and government intervention. An essential document for understanding how political vision translates — or fails to translate — into lasting social change, this volume leaves the reader asking whether the ambitions of 1972 were ultimately realised or sacrificed on the altar of political reality.