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The Neoliberal Production of Deserving and Undeserving Poor: A Critique of the Australian Experience of Microfinance
In: Social policy and society: SPS ; a journal of the Social Policy Association, Band 19, Heft 1, S. 19-35
ISSN: 1475-3073
Neoliberalism as economic orthodoxy has facilitated the onset of social and public policy that is required to 'fit' with the common sense of our times. This article critiques the growth of government-supported financial capability programs in Australia. We explore the experiences of a sample of rural South Australians who have accessed microcredit. We found that microcredit provides an avenue for poverty survival by reducing the stresses associated with financial shocks through consumption smoothing, yet that the extent to which microcredit contributes to addressing poverty and inequality is questionable. We critique how the discourse of financial resilience aims to produce deserving neoliberal citizens who are moving toward self-reliance. We conclude that effort should be directed at developing a structural, proportionate universal approach that does not rely on financially vulnerable individuals navigating a regulatory environment that rewards and punishes in accordance to a market logic.
Gender Analysis and Community Consultation: The Role of Women's Policy Units
In: Australian journal of public administration, Band 67, Heft 2, S. 149-160
ISSN: 1467-8500
Community consultation has become a widely accepted part of policy development in Australia. In this article, we consider how, in an Australian context, consultation can be incorporated within gender analysis processes. Gender analysis refers to systematic procedures to detect and correct gender bias in the full range of government programs, projects and policies. We draw upon insights from a qualitative case study to argue that policy workers located within women's policy units could play a key role in designing and coordinating meaningful and inclusive consultation. We conclude that well‐resourced women's policy offices within Australian governments are essential to ensuring effective, equitable consultation exercises are included within gender analysis processes.
Gender Analysis and Community Consultation: The Role of Women's Policy Units
In: Australian journal of public administration: the journal of the Royal Institute of Public Administration Australia, Band 67, Heft 2, S. 149-160
ISSN: 0313-6647
Life after work: older Australians' experiences of early exit from the workforce
In: Australian journal of social issues: AJSI, Band 46, Heft 4, S. 347-369
ISSN: 1839-4655
Little is known about the experience of those in the baby boom cohort who are outside the labour market. Understanding their experience has the potential to inform policy strategies to support older people to remain longer in the workforce. Using in‐depth interview data from 26 participants, this paper examines the reasons people aged between 50 and 64 years give for being not‐employed, how they perceive it affects their health, how socioeconomic characteristics shape their experience and what would entice them back into paid work. Participants' main reasons for being not‐employed included: feeling financially able and ready to exit, feeling unhappy about workplace reorganisations, disability, or their partner's retirement or ill‐health. The reasons given and the degree to which they had planned to exit the workforce affected their willingness and capacity to consider returning. Key determinants of participants' health and wellbeing after stopping paid work were the extent to which they had planned their exit and the status of their health and wealth at the time of their exit. The paper concludes there is some scope for increasing the number of employed older people if policy makers attend to workforce health and wellbeing as crucial to workforce retention policy development.
Loss and grief: The experience of transition to residential aged care
In: Australian journal of social issues: AJSI, Band 55, Heft 4, S. 474-491
ISSN: 1839-4655
AbstractThere is growing recognition of the experience of non‐death‐related loss and grief. One unexplored area of non‐death‐related loss and grief is associated with older people's transition from home to residential aged care (RAC). This paper reports findings from a qualitative study that explored the experiences of people living in RAC, carer‐relatives of people living in RAC and RAC staff. Using theories of loss and grief, the paper identifies features of the transition to RAC that are associated with unresolved loss and maladaptation to changed circumstances, and the types of support that would mitigate these. Using a series of focus groups with both residents and carer‐relatives, as well as staff, the study found that residents and their families need more support to negotiate the multiple, often necessarily hasty decisions and bureaucratic requirements associated with transitioning to RAC, while simultaneously experiencing loss and grief. The types of support that families would welcome from service providers include facilitating shared decision making, valuing family and community carer expertise and providing practical information and assistance to fulfil administrative obligations.
Gender Analysis and Social Change: Testing the Water
In: Policy and society, Band 24, Heft 4, S. 45-68
ISSN: 1839-3373
This paper uses preliminary findings from an ARC-funded Linkage grant to speculate on the requirements for producing gender analysis as a change process. Gender analysis, commonly associated with gender mainstreaming, is a methodology aimed at ensuring that all projects, programs and policies are gender-inclusive and gender-sensitive. In the Linkage study existing models of gender analysis taken from Canada and The Netherlands are being tested for their usefulness in selected agencies in South Australia and Western Australia. The goal is to design gender analysis processes appropriate to specific Australian contexts. This paper reflects on the challenges and obstacles encountered in the project to date. It focuses in particular on the importance of creating space for extended debate and discussion of the concepts and issues relevant to gender equality and social change. The authors describe this space as "somewhere in the middle".
Gender Analysis and Social Change: Testing the Water
In: Policy and society: an interdisciplinary journal of policy research, Band 24, Heft 4, S. 45-68
ISSN: 1449-4035
This paper uses preliminary findings from an ARC-funded Linkage grant to speculate on the requirements for producing gender analysis as a change process. Gender analysis, commonly associated with gender mainstreaming, is a methodology aimed at ensuring that all projects, programs & policies are gender-inclusive & gender-sensitive. In the Linkage study existing models of gender analysis taken from Canada & The Netherlands are being tested for their usefulness in selected agencies in South Australia & Western Australia. The goal is to design gender analysis processes appropriate to specific Australian contexts. This paper reflects on the challenges & obstacles encountered in the project to date. It focuses in particular on the importance of creating space for extended debate & discussion of the concepts & issues relevant to gender equality & social change. The authors describe this space as "somewhere in the middle.". Appendixes, References. Adapted from the source document.
Holz: sägen am eigenen Ast
In: Welt-Sichten: Magazin für globale Entwicklung und ökumenische Zusammenarbeit, Heft 6, S. 12-33
ISSN: 1865-7966
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