1st Edition

Welfare Bushed Social Care in Rural Australia

By Brian Cheers Copyright 1998
310 Pages
by Routledge

312 Pages
by Routledge

310 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1998, this volume explores the Australian welfare system in the 1980s through the lens of being ‘bushed’: lost, tired, confused and don’t know which way to go. Numerous key factors have hindered the development of Australia’s welfare system along with the ability of rural Australians to access formal welfare services which have frequently been inappropriate to their needs and... Read more

Part 1. Foundations. 1. Welfare Bushed. 2. Rural Australia. 3. People in Rural Communities. Part 2. Social Care. 4. Rural Social Policy. 5. Income Support and Housing. 6. Social Care Development. 7. Formal Personal Social Care. 8. Practice. Part 3. Threads. 9. Threads.

Biography

Brian Cheers