The focus of this book is the practice of social policy in Aotearoa New Zealand. It is intended to complement and update the fourth and final edition of Cheyne et al.'s Social Policy in New Zealand (2008), which pre-dated the three-term tenure of the conservative Key/English governments and their concomitant approaches to social policy. In the first two decades of the 21st century, both conservative and socialdemocratic governments have had opportunity to conceive and deliver programmes aligned with their fundamental values and concepts. These include the Fifth Labour Government (1999-2008) headed by Helen Clark, the Fifth National Government (2008-17) under John Key and Bill English, and the Sixth Labour Government (2017-) led by Jacinda Ardern. Appraisals of the policy impacts achieved by alternating approaches to government are offered through each of the chapters on specific policy areas. Each chapter also introduces the reader to the background and context to its central topic, as well as key concepts, ideas and influences, and the main alternate views that have been put forward. In addition to assessing recent experiences, each chapter considers
Edited by:
Graham Hassall,
Girol Karacaoglu
Imprint: Massey University Press
Country of Publication: New Zealand
Dimensions:
Height: 150mm,
Width: 190mm,
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 1.240kg
ISBN: 9780995137837
ISBN 10: 0995137838
Pages: 456
Publication Date: 08 March 2021
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified
Part 1: From political theory to the practice of government 1. The scope of social policy 8 Graham Hassall & Girol Karacaoglu 2. Political and social thought 23 Chamsy el-Ojeili & Simon Barber 3. Social policy in global perspective 43 Graham Hassall & Kennedy Graham Part 2: The New Zealand landscape 4. New Zealand society and national institutions 64 Graham Hassall & Māmari Stephens 5. New Zealand society, local institutions and social policy 79 Mike Reid, Christine Cheyne & Claudia Scott 6. Non-state influences on social policy 99 Nicky Stanley-Clarke, Kathryn Hay & Shirley Jülich 7. Dealing with uncertainty when designing policy 113 Arthur Grimes Part 3: Policy design and implementation 8. Social policy instruments in a complex world 126 Elizabeth Eppel & Amanda Wolf 9. Statistics, big data and digital government 137 Elizabeth Eppel & Miriam Lips 10. Social investment: Policy-making for future benefits 150 Verna Smith 11. Taxes, negative taxes and social policy in New Zealand 165 Simon Chapple 12. Policy monitoring and evaluation 177 Jacqueline Cumming, Susan Buckley, Lynne Russell & Ausaga Fa’asalele Tanuvasa 13. Future-proofing and social policy 197 Jonathan Boston & Christine Cheyne 14. How does social policy work in practice? 213 Donna Provoost & Margaret McArthur 15. Critically researching social policy 228 Part 4: Key policy domains 16. Health 250 Lesley Middleton, Jacqueline Cumming & Verna Smith 17. Education policy: Changes and continuities since 1999 273 Bronwyn Wood, Martin Thrupp & Michael Barker 18. Housing 287 Scott Figenshow & Kay Saville-Smith 19. Alleviating poverty: Issues and options 315 Jonathan Boston 20. Welfare: Income levels and distribution 331 Gemma Piercy, Dayna East & Bill Cochrane 21. Crime, justice and the law: Social policy trends 348 and innovations Tom Noakes-Duncan & Sarah Roth Shank 22. Gender and sexuality 361 Anna McMartin & Chris Brickell 23. Families and children 371 Kate C. Prickett 24. Social services 383 Nicky Stanley-Clarke, Lareen Cooper, Paul’e Ruwhiu, Hagyun Kim & Shirley Jülich 25. The regulation of labour, employment and work 393 Stephen Blumenfeld 26. Ageing and retirement in Aotearoa New Zealand 408 Kathryn Maloney, Polly Yeung & Gemma Piercy 27. Refugees 425 Hagyun Kim & Lareen Cooper About the contributors 438 Index 444
Graham Hassall is an associate professor at Victoria University of Wellington (2010–present). He was president of the United Nations Association of New Zealand (2012–16) and is chair of the New Zealand Centre for Global Studies (2018–present). Girol Karacaoglu BA, MBA (Bogaziçi University), PhD (University of Hawai’i) is head of the School of Government at Victoria University of Wellington. He was previously chief economist at the New Zealand Treasury. His academic fields of specialisation were in monetary and financial economics, international finance, econometrics, corporate accounting and finance.
