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Australian Journal of Social Issues: Special Issue Devoted to Selected Papers from the 2007 Australian Social Policy Conference

Australian Journal of Social Issues: Special Issue Devoted to Selected Papers from the 2007... Australian Journal of Social Issues: Special Issue Devoted to Selected Papers from the 2007 Australian Social Policy Conference Guest Editors’ Introduction by Peter Saunders and Tony Eardley (SPRC) The papers in this Special Issue of The Australian Journal of Social Issues were th originally presented at the 10 Australian Social Policy Conference (ASPC), held at the University of New South Wales in July 2007. The theme of the conference was Social Policy Through the Life Course: Building Community Capacity and Social Resilience. The ASPC is one of the key events on the social policy calendar in Australia, and the 2007 conference attracted around 500 participants from academia, government and non-governmental organisations. In addition to Plenary Sessions on inequalities in child outcomes, the challenge of the work-life balance and the ethics of care, special forums focused on Indigenous policies and programs, policies that make a difference for disadvantaged children and families, advocacy and consumer participation, and Australia’s demographic challenges. Contributed paper strands included: income distribution and social inequalities; families, work and care; labour market participation and welfare reform; children and young people; early childhood; citizenship and participation; organisation and delivery of human services; and retirement and ageing. This selection of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Social Issues Wiley

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Wiley
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© Australian Social Policy Association
eISSN
1839-4655
DOI
10.1002/j.1839-4655.2008.tb00096.x
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Australian Journal of Social Issues: Special Issue Devoted to Selected Papers from the 2007 Australian Social Policy Conference Guest Editors’ Introduction by Peter Saunders and Tony Eardley (SPRC) The papers in this Special Issue of The Australian Journal of Social Issues were th originally presented at the 10 Australian Social Policy Conference (ASPC), held at the University of New South Wales in July 2007. The theme of the conference was Social Policy Through the Life Course: Building Community Capacity and Social Resilience. The ASPC is one of the key events on the social policy calendar in Australia, and the 2007 conference attracted around 500 participants from academia, government and non-governmental organisations. In addition to Plenary Sessions on inequalities in child outcomes, the challenge of the work-life balance and the ethics of care, special forums focused on Indigenous policies and programs, policies that make a difference for disadvantaged children and families, advocacy and consumer participation, and Australia’s demographic challenges. Contributed paper strands included: income distribution and social inequalities; families, work and care; labour market participation and welfare reform; children and young people; early childhood; citizenship and participation; organisation and delivery of human services; and retirement and ageing. This selection of

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Published: Dec 1, 2008

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