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Author:   Graham Hassall ,  Girol Karacaoglu
Publisher:   Massey University Press
Imprint:   Massey University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 19.00cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 25.00cm
Weight:   1.240kg
ISBN:  

9780995137837

ISBN 10:   0995137838
Pages:   456
Publication Date:   11 February 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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

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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.

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