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Poverty, Policy and the State
Mike O´brien
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Description for Poverty, Policy and the State
hardcover. New Zealand has experienced both sweeping economic and social reform and growing poverty and income inequality in the last twenty years. This book explores the changes to social security provision and coverage in the context of these developments and of widening national and international poverty and inequality. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172. .
New Zealand has experienced both sweeping economic and social reform and growing poverty and income inequality in the last twenty years. This book explores the changes to social security provision and coverage in the context of these developments and of widening national and international poverty and inequality. The book argues that the policy initiatives have altered the nature of social security and in doing so have significantly transformed the nature of social citizenship. The author brings the New Zealand data together in a way that has not been done previously and provides the reader with both a detailed discussion of ... Read more
New Zealand has experienced both sweeping economic and social reform and growing poverty and income inequality in the last twenty years. This book explores the changes to social security provision and coverage in the context of these developments and of widening national and international poverty and inequality. The book argues that the policy initiatives have altered the nature of social security and in doing so have significantly transformed the nature of social citizenship. The author brings the New Zealand data together in a way that has not been done previously and provides the reader with both a detailed discussion of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861347992
SKU
V9781861347992
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Mike O´brien
Michael O'Brien is senior lecturer at the School of Social and Cultural Studies, Massey University, New Zealand.
Reviews for Poverty, Policy and the State
"In this well-researched study O'Brien locates New Zealand's social security system, its various reforms and the debate about those reforms, in their international context." Citizen's Income Newsletter, Issue 3, 2009 "This volume addresses a major area of interest in recent social policy discussions about restructuring modern welfare states and the question of 'rolling back' an advanced welfare system. It ... Read more