Hostname: page-component-6dbcb7884d-g628x Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-02-13T17:31:04.591Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Ben Spies-Butcher Politics, Inequality and the Australian Welfare State After Liberalisation, Anthem Press, London 2024, pp. 218, A$174.32 (hardback).

Review products

Ben Spies-Butcher Politics, Inequality and the Australian Welfare State After Liberalisation, Anthem Press, London 2024, pp. 218, A$174.32 (hardback).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2025

Michael Thrower Open the ORCID record for Michael Thrower [Opens in a new window]
Michael Thrower*
Affiliation:
The University of Sydney Faculty of Economics and Business, Sydney, NSW, Australia
*
Email: m.thrower94@gmail.com
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Book Review
Information
The Economic and Labour Relations Review , First View , pp. 1 - 4
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The University of New South Wales

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Footnotes

The views expressed in this review are solely those of the author and do not reflect the views of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

References

Apps, P and Rees, R (2010) Australian family tax reform and the targeting fallacy. Australian Economic Review 43(2), 153–175.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Castles, F (1985) The Working Class and Welfare: Reflections on the Political Development of Welfare State in Australia and New Zealand, 1890–1980. Wellington: Allen and Unwin.Google Scholar
Spies-Butcher, B (2023) Politics, Inequality and the Australian Welfare State After Liberalisation. London: Anthem Studies.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wood, D, Griffiths, K and Emslie, O (2020) Cheaper Childcare: A Practical Plan to Boost Female Workforce Participation. Carlton, VIC: Grattan Institute, Australia.Google Scholar
Productivity Commission (2024) A Path to Universal Early Childhood Education and Care. Canberra: Productivity Commission.Google Scholar