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ISSN 1320 8632A REGULAR UPDATE FROM SOCIAL ACTION AND RESEARCHAugust 2003Towards a new research agendaWe also seek to build new forms It is an exciting time to be joining effort to create a productive andof partnerships and networks the research team at the Brotherhood sustainable economy in which with civil society organisations of St Laurence. New moves are all citizens can take their fair and we will engage with businessafoot in Australian social policy. and rightful place. and corporations around a socialThe 1980s and 1990s were toughenterprise approach. We will forgedecades when economic reform Ending poverty new alliances with environmenttook precedence in a manner that in an inclusive societygroups in recognition thatrelentlessly marginalised social We understand that lack of incomeeconomic and social policies spending and intervention. is a primary cause of social exclusion,cannot be separated from theirToday the social dimension can but also want to emphasise thatenvironmental consequences.no longer be ignored. disadvantage is compounded bylack of access to a range ofOur challenge is to pursue socialWe see this at the international resources including health care,inclusion with justice. Thelevel with the end of the (neoliberal) education, housing, transport andresearch team invites dialogue‘Washington consensus’ and at the community care. Disadvantageconcerning our new directions. local level with the proliferation cannot be adequately ...