Burdensome Administration and Its Risks: Competing Logics in Policy Implementation

Australia is currently undergoing significant social policy reform under the introduction of a personalized scheme for disability services: the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). This article explores the growing administrative burdens placed on disability providers operating under the new...

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Published in:Administration & society 2020-10, Vol.52 (9), p.1362-1381
Main Authors: Carey, Gemma, Dickinson, Helen, Malbon, Eleanor, Weier, Megan, Duff, Gordon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Disability
Disability insurance
Financial services
Financial sustainability
Innovations
Insurance
Policy implementation
Polls & surveys
Service industries
Social policy
Social reform
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Summary:Australia is currently undergoing significant social policy reform under the introduction of a personalized scheme for disability services: the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). This article explores the growing administrative burdens placed on disability providers operating under the new scheme, using an Australia-wide survey of the disability sector. The 2018 National Disability Services survey of the disability sector reveals that administrative burden is the most commented on challenge for providers. Moreover, providers linked this burden to questions concerning their financial sustainability and ability to continue to offer services within the NDIS. In this article, we explore the sources of these administrative burdens and their relationships with the institutional logics at play in the NDIS. In addition to documenting the impact of system change on the Australian disability service sector, this article raises questions regarding institutional hybridity within personalization schemes more broadly and whether they are a source of tension, innovation, or both.
ISSN:0095-3997
1552-3039
DOI:10.1177/0095399720908666