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| A policy pressure point: perspectives on community care of the elderly in Sweden and Australia | | Author(s) | Christopher Williams |
| Corporate Author | Social Policy Research Centre - SPRC, University of New South Wales |
| Journal title | SPRC Reports and Proceedings, no 137, November 1997 |
| Pages | pp 141-154 |
| Keywords | Community care ; Family care ; Social policy ; Sweden ; Australia. |
| Annotation | It is well-known that Sweden has developed one of the most extensive systems of publicly-financed and managed medical care and social services in the world. However, due to a weaker economy, increased unemployment, a sizeable budget deficit and national debt, it is now widely acknowledged that the generous provisions of the Swedish welfare state cannot continue to be provided in the same way. This paper outlines services for older people provided by municipalities and county councils in Sweden, and the increasing role of carers with the pressure to downsize the public sector. The situation is contrasted with the New Right or economic rationalist social philosophies now in the ascendant in Australia, where there is a general `retreat' from the welfare state, and a reduction of the role of the state in direct service provision. In considering the future of community care, a clarification of the relationship between the state and informal care on the one hand and between the state and the `market' on the other, is an essential first step. This paper was presented at Australia's Fifth National Social Policy Conference, held in Sydney in 1997, which had the theme, `States, markets, communities: remapping the boundaries.' (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980818212 A |
| Classmark | PA: P6:SJ: TM2: 76P: 7YA |
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