Over the past three decades social inequality has risen in almost all OECD countries, reaching historical highs. Social inequality is created and maintained not just by the specific focus or goals of particular policies, but by the norms, values and processes of our government institutions. This special issue looks at how administrative burden is constructed in a range of Australian social policy areas.

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行政负担研讨会：引言——我们是否通过我们的福利制度“管理不平等”？

在过去的三十年里，几乎所有经合组织国家的社会不平等都在加剧，达到历史最高水平。社会不平等不仅是由特定政策的特定重点或目标造成和维持的，而且是由我们政府机构的规范、价值观和流程造成的。本期特刊着眼于澳大利亚一系列社会政策领域的行政负担是如何构成的。