Continuity or Change? Disability Policy and the Rudd Government
This article reports on shifts and continuities in policy relating to disabled people and theadministrative apparatus of federal disability policy under the Rudd government (2007–10). It begins with a brief historical overview of disability policy in Australia. It then givesparticular attention to h...
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| description | This article reports on shifts and continuities in policy relating to disabled people and theadministrative apparatus of federal disability policy under the Rudd government (2007–10). It begins with a brief historical overview of disability policy in Australia. It then givesparticular attention to highlighting the contentious and dramatic changes to disabilitypolicy which were instigated by the Howard government (1996–2007). Following this,attention is focused on the major developments in disability policy and administrationwith the election of the Rudd Labor government in 2007. Through this discussion, wedemonstrate the ways the altered vocabularies, practices and instruments of the state havemanifested in relation to disability policy in Australia, ultimately shaping opportunities foreither inclusion or exclusion at the national level among disabled people. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-174262017-09-13T15:45:17Z Continuity or Change? Disability Policy and the Rudd Government Soldatic, Karen Pini, Barbara Policy Rudd Government Australia Disability This article reports on shifts and continuities in policy relating to disabled people and theadministrative apparatus of federal disability policy under the Rudd government (2007–10). It begins with a brief historical overview of disability policy in Australia. It then givesparticular attention to highlighting the contentious and dramatic changes to disabilitypolicy which were instigated by the Howard government (1996–2007). Following this,attention is focused on the major developments in disability policy and administrationwith the election of the Rudd Labor government in 2007. Through this discussion, wedemonstrate the ways the altered vocabularies, practices and instruments of the state havemanifested in relation to disability policy in Australia, ultimately shaping opportunities foreither inclusion or exclusion at the national level among disabled people. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17426 10.1017/S1474746411000510 Cambridge University Press restricted |
| spellingShingle | Policy Rudd Government Australia Disability Soldatic, Karen Pini, Barbara Continuity or Change? Disability Policy and the Rudd Government |
| title | Continuity or Change? Disability Policy and the Rudd Government |
| title_full | Continuity or Change? Disability Policy and the Rudd Government |
| title_fullStr | Continuity or Change? Disability Policy and the Rudd Government |
| title_full_unstemmed | Continuity or Change? Disability Policy and the Rudd Government |
| title_short | Continuity or Change? Disability Policy and the Rudd Government |
| title_sort | continuity or change? disability policy and the rudd government |
| topic | Policy Rudd Government Australia Disability |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17426 |