- Title
- The value of faith in the provision of welfare: an Australian perspective
- Creator
- Reeves, Sandra
- Relation
- Not So Strange Bedfellows p. 149-167
- Relation
- The Nexus of Politics and Religion in the 21st Century
- Relation
- http://www.cambridgescholars.com/not-so-strange-bedfellows-14
- Publisher
- Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- This chapter examines the intersection between religion and politics through a study of the Australian government's policy to increase delivery of welfare support through faith-based organizations (FBOs). For the past decade or more, welfare policies across OECD countries have been framed in terms of mutual obligation and individual responsibility. In Australia this has seen welfare recipients, who are unable to meet the demands of their participation contracts, become subject to significant monetary sanctions. In turn, the tightening of criteria to access some benefits and a residual payments system has led to a heavy demand for emergency relief (ER) which government contracts FBOs to deliver. A number of Australian politicians, echoing their overseas counterparts, claimed that FBOs offer valued guidance when helping the needy because of their religious underpinnings. This enables welfare recipients, via interactions with those who are upheld as highly moral, to become "responsible" citizens.
- Subject
- faith; welfare; Australian perspective
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1341318
- Identifier
- uon:28713
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781443848008
- Language
- eng
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