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Bassett Michael <1938-> |
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The state in New Zealand, 1840-1984 : socialism without doctrines? / / Michael Bassett |
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Auckland, New Zealand : , : Auckland University Press, , 1998 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (446 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Political planning - New Zealand - History |
Welfare state - New Zealand - History |
New Zealand Economic policy |
New Zealand Social policy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Establishing Order in Colonial New Zealand; 2. Settlers Search for Prosperity; 3. The Search for Security; 4. The Essential Goodness of State Action; 5. World War Winds Up the State; 6. The State Under Challenge: The 1920s and the Depression; 7. Labour, Social Security and 'Insulation'; 8. War and the Omnipotent State; 9. Freedom or Controls? National Deals with Labour's Legacy; 10. Labour and National Struggle with the Economy, 1957-72; 11. Big Government Begins to Overreach Itself, 1972-79 |
12. Big Government's Last Hurrah, 1979-84Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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<DIV></DIV>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 t |
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