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Employment, Unemployment and Welfare Reform
Mothers and welfare reform
Chair: Trish Hill (Social Policy Research Centre)
Recommodification and care-giving in the New Welfare: policies for sole parent families in Australia and USA
Deborah Brennan and Bettina Cass
University of Sydney
Abstract
Rethinking life-course transitions: sole parents and welfare reform
Lucy Nelms and Stephen Ziguras
Brotherhood of St Laurence
Abstract
Family transitions among people on income support: causes and impacts
Margot Rawsthorne
School of Social Work and Policy Studies, University of Sydney
Abstract
Work and Family
Juggling work and family
Chair: Peter Siminski (Social Policy Research Centre)
Use of family friendly work arrangements: differences between lone and couple parents
Jody Hughes and Matthew Gray
Australian Institute of Family Studies and Australian National University
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Experience of work and family balance and financial strain for parents in different family forms
Kelly Hand, Michael Alexander and Sarah Wise
Australian Institute of Family Studies
Abstract
The work-family juggle and social and emotional well-being: an exploratory study of young Australian women
Beverley Lloyd
School of Public Health, University of Sydney
Abstract
Open
Open 1
Chair: kylie valentine (Social Policy Research Centre)
Individualising social and political participation - reconstituting youth in policy making
Rose Melville
School of Social Work and Applied Human Sciences, University of Queensland
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Birds of a feather: prohibition and hepatitis C-related discrimination.
Max Hopwood and Carla Treloar
NCHSR, UNSW.
Abstract
Bridging two worlds: research dissemination
Ruth Lawrence and Wendy Nelson
NSW Attorney General's Department, and Sydney University
Abstract
Income Distribution and Social Inequalities
New challenges for social policy
Chair: John Hudson (University of York)
Responding to globalisation: comparing social policy in Australia and New Zealand
Alison McClelland and Susan St John
La Trobe University and Auckland University
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Skill, migration and gender in Australia: a comparison with Canada
Anna Boucher
Discipline of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
Abstract (Paper available for download)
The equity and efficiency of social policy: Is there necessarily a trade-off?
Rosanna Scutella
Social Action Research, Brotherhood of St Laurence
Abstract
Community and Society
Social capital
Chair: Ilan Katz (Social Policy Research Centre)
Social capital and civic neoliberalism: how the right has responded to economic rationalism
Ben Spies-Butcher
School of Economics and Political Science, University of Sydney
Abstract
Taking stock of social capital: where is social policy heading ?
Winsome Roberts
University of Melbourne
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Taming the social capital hydra: issues for modelling and measuring the social capital of Indigenous Australians
Boyd Hunter
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU
Abstract
Organisation and Delivery of Community Services
Participation and accountability
Chair: Glenn Took (Social Policy Research Centre)
Just "feeding the data monster"? Or intermediaries for advocacy with rigour? Accountability and reporting requirements for community service delivery and implications for policy.
Megan Neale
Mission Australia
Abstract
Challenging the ‘new accountability’? Users’ perspectives on evaluation in family support
Natasha Cortis
PhD student, Political Economy, University of Sydney, and Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Information, e-government and opportunity: a public housing estate online
Denise Meredyth, Liza Hopkins and Scott Ewing
Swinburne University of Technology
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Employment, Unemployment and Welfare Reform
Employment options
Chair: Sherman Chan (Social Policy Research Centre)
Not just any job - the right job in a sustainable community
Sheridan Dudley
Job Futures
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Productive diversity: which companies are active and why?
Joanne Pyke
Institute of Community Engagement and Policy Alternatives
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Towards a classification framework for social enterprises
Denise Crossan, Jim Bell, Pat Ibbotson
School of International Business and School of Business, Retail and Financial Services, University of Ulster
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Open
Open 2
Chair: Sol Encel (Social Policy Research Centre)
Growing supportive neighbourhoods: an innovative, integrated approach to building community and supporting disadvantaged families with children
Armen Gakavian
Centre for Research on Social Inclusion, Macquarie University
Abstract
Hearing loss and social isolation amongst elderly australians: policy dilemmas
Jennifer Smith and Paul Mitchell
Australian Health Policy Institute, University of Sydney and Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Hospital
Abstract
The impact of medical insurance reforms on the wellbeing of Chinese urban older people
Xiaoyuan Shang, Guo Ping, Cheng Jianpeng
Social Policy Research Centre, and China Research Centre on Ageing
Abstract
Spatial Dimensions of Social Policy
Housing, employment and social disadvantage (AHURI research)
Chair: Ian Winter (AHURI)
Trends in Australian non-metropolitan housing markets, 1991- 2001
Margaret Reynolds
Monash University
Abstract
Are occupational choices affecting housing choices?
Judy Yates
University of Sydney
Abstract (Paper available for download)
Compact city policy and the concentration of social disadvantage - a Melbourne case study
Ernest Healy
Monash University
Abstract
Childhood and Child Wellbeing
Studying children's wellbeing over time
Chair: Nick Turnbull (Social Policy Research Centre)
Growing Up in Australia, the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) - how Wave 1 data can be used to inform the policy debate
Jane Dickenson
Department of Family and Community Services
Abstract
Social disadvantage and children’s activities: the transmission of social inequality?
Jude Brown and Michael Bittman
University of New England
Abstract
Examining potential risk factors, pathways and processes associated with childhood injury in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
Tamara Blakemore
Department of Family and Community Services
Abstract (Paper available for download)
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