Learning Outcomes

By the end of this module you should be able to:
1. Describe the key features of neoliberal ideology and its influence on individualistic health promotion approaches;
2. Examine concepts of fairness and justice as applied to public health and the 'common good'; and
3. Discuss the 'nanny state' and the role of government intervention in public health.

Essential Readings

The following are essential readings for this module. Internal students should ensure you have read them before attending this week's class. You can access them via the Reading List.
1. Spies-Butcher, B., Paton, J & Cahill, D. (2012).
States, Politics and
Welfare. In Market Society: History, Theory, Practice (pp. 93-1 15).
Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.
2. Ayo, N. (2012) Understanding health promotion in a neoliberal climate and the making of health conscious citizens.
Critical Public Health, 22(1 ),• 99-105.
These readings are good additional readings that give some great examples in plain language:
1. Dennis, R. (2016).
Tackling Climate Change.
Neoliberalism & Social Protection
These readings are good additional readings that give some great examples in plain language:
1. Dennis, R. (2016).
Tackling Climate Change. In Econobabble: how to decode political spin and economic nonsense (pp. 15-39). Carlton, VIC, Australia: Redback Quarterly.
2. Denniss, R. (2016). What Really Causes
Unemployment. In Econobabble: how to decode political spin and economic nonsense (pp. 40-64). Carlton, VIC, Australia: Redback
Quarterly.
3. Denniss, R. (2016). Debt, Deficits and Budget
Honesty. In Econobabble:
how to decode political spin and economic nonsense (pp. 65-88). Carlton, VIC, Australia:
Redback Quarterly.

Neoliberalism & Social Protection

Workshop Slides

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Workshop Slides

Politics and Power in Public Health

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Concept Revision

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Activity 5: The influence of neoliberalism
1. What is meant by laissez-faire and why was it promoted by classical liberals?
2. How does former MLC Aaron Stonehouse describe the role of government and the free market? How does he describe 'negative rights'?
3. According to the chapter by Spies-Butcher and colleagues, why are Marxists critical of the capitalist state?
4. According to the chapter by Spies-Butcher and colleagues, why are neoliberal advocates critical of the state?
5. The article by Ayo critiques the way neoliberal ideas have influenced some approaches in health promotion. What is
'healthism' and what are
5. The article by Ayo critiques the way neoliberal ideas have influenced some approaches in health promotion. What is 'healthism' and what are some of the negative outcomes that a focus on this might produce?
6. How does Hon. Aaron Stonehouse MLC describe a libertarian view of law and order with reference to drug policy?
Post your responses to the Module activities as a single thread in Module 5 on the
Discussion Board by Sunday 3pm WST. Make sure you are integrating the module concepts and readings into your responses and responding to other student posts.

For Your Library

These are useful resources to save to your personal library and refer back to throughout your degree and future public health career:
The Household, Income and
Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey is a household-based panel study that collects valuable information about economic and personal well-being, labour market dynamics and family life.
e Report: Who speaks for and protects the public interest in Australia? If you have wondered whether the public interest (the welfare and wellbeing of the whole population) is being ignored by successive governments which seem more more focussed on internal politics and vested interests than the common good, then this collection of short sharp essays by 39 leading
Australian thinkers and
is for YO u.
population) is being ignored by successive governments which seem more more focussed on internal politics and vested interests than the common good, then this collection of short sharp essays by 39 leading Australian thinkers and agents of change is for you. Ranging across the political system and touching on a variety of issues including how we measure the public interest, climate and the environment, Indigenous futures, refugees and asylum seekers, inequality, education and early childcare, it concludes with discussion on how to fund the public interest and explores new forms of democratic engagement.
@MelblnstUOM, @Australia_2_1