{"title":"Ben Spies-Butcher","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBen Spies-Butcher\u003c\/strong\u003e offers incisive explorations into the dynamics of politics and social policy, with a particular focus on welfare systems and inequality in contemporary society. His work critically examines the effects of liberalisation policies on the Australian welfare state, providing thoughtful analysis and grounded arguments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders interested in political science and current affairs will find his books valuable for understanding the complex interplay between government policy, social justice, and economic change. His scholarship invites reflection on the challenges and transformations shaping modern democratic societies.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"politics-inequality-and-the-australian-welfare-state-after-liberalisation-by-ben-spies-butcher-9781839995323","title":"Politics, Inequality and the Australian Welfare State After Liberalisation","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeoliberalism has transformed work, welfare, and democracy. However, its impacts, and its future, are more complex than we often imagine. Alongside growing inequality, social spending has been rising. Medicare was entrenched alongside privatization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow do we understand this contradictory politics, and what opportunities are there to advance equality? \u003cem\u003ePolitics, Inequality and the Australian Welfare State After Liberalisation\u003c\/em\u003e takes the three big drivers of inequality—conditionality of benefits, marketisation of services, and financialisation of the life course—to explore how inequality has been contested.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlongside the rise of the market, it reveals the building blocks of a more egalitarian order and opportunities for new models of solidarity based on an ethic of care.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597522845932,"sku":"9781839995323","price":116.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/ebc7902784bee22ace5e0eef06c1c04b.jpg?v=1777958174"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/ben-spies-butcher.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}