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Resignation, radicalism or realism?: What role for non-government agencies in the changing context of child and family welfare?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Jon O’Brien
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Abstract

Non-government welfare agencies have a history of both service provision and advocating for social justice and welfare reform. Current economic and social changes have had an impact on our understanding of the role of welfare and the state. There has been a significant reconfiguration of community services, with important implications for the present and future role of welfare agencies.

This article seeks to identify questions confronting agencies that seek to maintain a commitment to social action by examining an 18-month child abuse prevention campaign conducted by a coalition of agencies in NSW. Significant insights and challenges that emerged from the campaign are identified. Questions about the role of non-government agencies are revisited and the value of welfare agencies’ contribution to social equity reasserted.

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Research Article
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Children Australia , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , 2000 , pp. 4 - 9
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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