POLY1000 Lecture 12: POLY1000 Lecture 12
Lecture 12 - Future of the Welfare State + Revision
The Future:
rising income + wealth inequality - domestically + globally
Socio-political tensions; loss public trust
the control of soc policy - for whom/what?
rising individual + collective violence
major environmental change
Impacts + risks often affect the poorest + women
The Future of the Welfare State:
if welfare essentially is concerned with the wellbeing of the community…
how might we secure the conditions for social wellbeing in the21st century?
What constitutes the good life and the good society?
how would you structure a future Aust welfare state?
what changes would you like to see? what are the urgent social policies to address?
Exam:
15 multi-choice - 1 minute + mark per question
5 of 8 short answer - 15 min + 5 marks each
answers in readings + lecture slides
not much on ‘framing social policy’
‘values and concepts’ prevalent
nothing about higher education - but there are q’s about primary + secondary educ.
int perspectives - esp esping Anderson’s categorisations of welfare regimes
for each topic:
key terms + concepts
Definitions
institutional arrangements
who does what
level of govt involved + wha they’re responsible for
other significant players - stakeholders
Document Summary
Lecture 12 - future of the welfare state + revision. The future: rising income + wealth inequality - domestically + globally. Socio-political tensions; loss public trust the control of soc policy - for whom/what? rising individual + collective violence major environmental change. Impacts + risks often affect the poorest + women. 15 multi-choice - 1 minute + mark per question. 5 of 8 short answer - 15 min + 5 marks each answers in readings + lecture slides not much on framing social policy". Values and concepts" prevalent nothing about higher education - but there are q"s about primary + secondary educ. int perspectives - esp esping anderson"s categorisations of welfare regimes for each topic: key terms + concepts. **look at textbook table about which level of govt. imposes whic h types of tax** vertical equity = taking from those who have greater resources and giving to those who have fewer. Newstart family tax benefit part a age pension.
