Australia's disabling income support system: Tracing the history of the disability pension from 1908 to today
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01/09/2015
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This article is based on a historical-comparative policy and discourse analysis of the principles underpinning the Australian disability income support system. It determines that these principles rely on a conception of disability that sustains a system of coercion and paternalism that perpetuates disability and referred to as disablism. The article examines the construction of disability in Australian income support across four major historical epochs spanning the period 1908-2007. Contextualisation of the policy trajectory and discourses of the contemporary disability pension regime for the time period 2008-now is also provided. Two major themes were found to have interacted with the ideology of disablism. This article argues that a non-disabling provision based on social citizenship, rather than responsible or productive citizenship, counters the tendency for authoritarian and paternal approaches. [Abridged] |
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Australian Social Policy Association |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/89055/1/AJSI_Article2015MaysJ.pdf http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=494672251378425;res=IELAPA Mays, Jennifer (2015) Australia's disabling income support system: Tracing the history of the disability pension from 1908 to today. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 50(3), pp. 253-276. |
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Copyright 2015 Australian Social Policy Association |
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Faculty of Health; School of Public Health & Social Work |
Palavras-Chave | #160500 POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION #160512 Social Policy #160799 Social Work not elsewhere classified #social services and public welfare #income security #citizenship #disability policy #social policy analysis #discourse |
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Journal Article |