The State in New Zealand, 1840-198 Socialism Without Doctrines?
| Other author | Bassett, Michael |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Auckland : Auckland University Press Chicago : Independent Publishers Group [Distributor] |
| Description | 445 p. 09.000 x 06.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Summary | Annotation In this innovative study Michael Bassett, historian and former politician, explores how and why the state became such an active and interventionist player in New Zealand life, developing, subsidising and regulating the economy and protecting citizens from the cradle to the grave. He looks in detail at the many schemes in which a paternalistic government became involved, especially the extensive social programmes. These were taken for granted by the people but from the 1960s were increasingly difficult to sustain economically. By 1984, he concludes, this process of intervention had to be slowed. Drawing on departmental archives, many not previously consulted by historians, The State in New Zealand covers in a new way, and with clarity and style, a subject of great contemporary interest. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781775582069 |
| ISBN | 177558206X (E-Book) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9781775582069 |
| Stock number | 00114678 |