Social Policy Journal of New Zealand articles from December 1 1998

Social Policy Journal of New Zealand archives from December 1 1998

A COAT OF MANY COLOURS: WELFARE REFORM AROUND THE WORLD.
December 1, 1998... BACKGROUND Suddenly, welfare reform(1) is a hot topic. Although welfare administrators and decisionmakers have been grappling with welfare reform issues for the best part of two decades, much of this effort has been away from the centre of...

THE TREATY OF WAITANGI AND SOCIAL POLICY.
December 1, 1998... New Zealand Government policy toward the Maori population in the 1990s has been characterised by an emphasis on the settlement of historic grievances, largely concerning traditional property rights. The registration of claims and the settlement...

"RESPONSIVE REGULATION" THEORY AND THE SALE OF LIQUOR ACT(1).
December 1, 1998... INTRODUCTION Moderate and safe enjoyment of alcohol by those over 20, sold through a range of responsibly managed licensed businesses, is the policy ideal embodied in the Sale of Liquor Act, 1989. The Act liberalised New Zealand's...

COMPETITION AND COMPENSATION: THE PRIVATISATION OF ACC.
December 1, 1998... Over the last 10-15 years the privatisation of former government ventures has become one of the defining characteristics of New Zealand's economic and social restructuring. In diverse areas such as telecommunications, heavy industry, financial...

THE CASE FOR ACC REFORM.
December 1, 1998... INTRODUCING COMPETITION TO ACC The Government has introduced a Bill(2) to Parliament that, if passed, will result in significant changes to the institutional structure and delivery of the ACC scheme. These changes include: * the...

MAKING THE SYSTEM WORK FOR THE AT-RISK STUDENT(1).
December 1, 1998... INTRODUCTION The expected progression of a student in a New Zealand school is to have some form of early childhood or pre-school education, begin school at age five, work diligently through primary school gaining reading, writing and...

COMMENT BY THE MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS ON "MAKING THE SYSTEM WORK FOR THE AT-RISK STUDENT".
December 1, 1998... He Huarahi Tamariki has succeeded, despite some well-documented obstacles, because of the tremendous leadership and commitment from its staff, volunteers and students. The lessons learnt by Susan Baragwanath and her team highlight some of the...

THE 1997 REVIEW OF FIREARMS CONTROL: AN APPRAISAL.
December 1, 1998... INTRODUCTION In August 1996 the Minister of Police commissioned Mr (now, Sir) Thomas Thorp, formerly a judge of the High Court of New Zealand, to conduct a review of firearms control in this country. Initially, the report was due for...

SOME GEOGRAPHIC DIMENSIONS OF BEING WORK-RICH AND WORK-POOR: CHANGES BETWEEN 1986 AND 1996(1).
December 1, 1998... Consider for a moment a neighbourhood in which most working-age women are not in paid jobs. This may conjure up a picture of tidy homes, children at play and gossip. Now think of a neighbourhood in which most men are jobless. The picture is...

CREATIVE YOUTH JUSTICE PRACTICE.
December 1, 1998... INTRODUCTION One of the principles of The Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act, 1989 (hereafter referred to as "the CYP&F Act" or "the Act"), is that "any sanctions imposed on a child or young person who commits an offence...

AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH ON AGEING, FAMILIES, AND HEALTH PROMOTION.
December 1, 1998... INTRODUCTION Both health promotion programmes and gerontology research are beginning to recognise the potential for improving the health of older people (Kane et al. 1990). Too often, one finds that this promising view of old age comes...

TRACKING SOCIAL CHANGE IN NEW ZEALAND: FROM BIRTH TO DEATH IV.(Review)
December 1, 1998... TRACKING SOCIAL CHANGE IN NEW ZEALAND: FROM BIRTH TO DEATH IV by Judith Davey, Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, 1998 In Tracking Social Change in New Zealand: From Birth to Death IV, Judith Davey continues...

THE COMMON PURSE: INCOME SHARING IN NEW ZEALAND FAMILIES.(Review)
December 1, 1998... THE COMMON PURSE: INCOME SHARING IN NEW ZEALAND FAMILIES by Robin Fleming Income has not always been equally accessible to all family members, especially to wives, according to previous research in Britain and elsewhere. Robin Fleming's...

AGES AHEAD: PROMOTING INTER-GENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS.(Review)
December 1, 1998... AGES AHEAD: PROMOTING INTER-GENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS edited by Sik Hung Ng, Ann Weatherall, James H. Liu, and Cynthia S.F. Loong, Victoria University Press, 1998. Ages Ahead brings together papers from the conference "Rediscovering the...

TODAY'S SCHOOLS -- GOVERNANCE AND QUALITY.(Review)
December 1, 1998... TODAY'S SCHOOLS -- GOVERNANCE AND QUALITY by Simon Smelt, Institute Of Policy Studies, Victoria University First impressions on picking up a book often prove to be correct and this was indeed the case with Simon Smelt's book Today's...