The Experience of Middle Australia The Dark Side of Economic Reform [Paperback]

Examines middle Australia and how it is coping with the changes of economic reform.This book puts middle Australia under the microscope, examining how it is faring in the face of change and uncertainty. 400 Australians from around the country shared their experiences of work, family, parenting and study for this book, creating a striking picture of Australian society into a new millennium. Meticulously researched, it mounts a moral and intellectual counter-argument to the regime of economic reform. A sequel to the best-selling Economic Rationalism in Canberra, Michael Pusey's new book will be equally controversial.This book puts middle Australia under the microscope, examining how it is faring in the face of change and uncertainty. 400 Australians from around the country shared their experiences of work, family, parenting and study for this book, creating a striking picture of Australian society into a new millennium. Meticulously researched, it mounts a moral and intellectual counter-argument to the regime of economic reform. A sequel to the best-selling Economic Rationalism in Canberra, Michael Pusey's new book will be equally controversial.Four hundred Australians across the country shared their experiences of work, family, parenting and study for this book, creating a striking picture of Australian society as a new millennium begins. Meticulously researched, the volume presents a counter-argument to the regime of economic reform. Michael Pusey's sequel is as controversial as his best-selling Economic Rationalism in Canberra.Introduction: economic reform; 1. Incomes and meanings; 2. Jobs work and fairness & In the wake of Labour market reform; 3. Working families: struggling with the costs of reform; 4. Civil societies and communities; 5. Politics, power and institutions; 6. Conclusion. If the doctrine that 'markets know best' is an empirical thesis, not merely fundamentalist dogma, then a variety of questions at once arise. The great value of this book is that il#S