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Privatisation and substitute care: recent policy developments in New South Wales and their significance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Jan Mason
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Abstract

During recent years a significant change has occurred in child welfare policy in New South Wales as a large component of the government's substitute care program has been, or is in the process of being, shifted away from direct government provision to non-government agencies. Analysis of some aspects of the policy process by which this change has occurred illustrates the complexity of social policy development. In particular this analysis highlights the importance of the ideological and political context of child welfare policy development and the way in which this contributes to contradictions between official policy statements and policy as experienced by the recipients of the implementation of these policies.

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Research Article
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Children Australia , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , 1996 , pp. 4 - 8
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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