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A poverty of compassion, Rod Oram

Posted on December 5, 2014 by NZ Books

Child Poverty in New Zealand
Jonathan Boston and Simon Chapple
Bridget Williams Books, $50.00,
ISBN 9781927247860

“New Zealand has the necessary resources to reduce child poverty, and equitable and efficient ways to secure these resources are available. The question is not about our capacity, it is about our political will.” This is the unequivocal conclusion of Jonathan Boston and Simon Chapple in their book Child Poverty in New Zealand. They base it on their exhaustive analysis of the scale, complexity and damage of child poverty, and the myriad ways we could tackle it.

Tagged with: Bridget Williams Books, Issue 108, Jonathan Boston, Rod Oram, Simon Chapple, Summer 2014
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, Sociology

Electoral debrief, Ruth Laugesen

Posted on June 1, 2001 by NZ Books

Left Turn: The New Zealand General Election of 1999 ed Jonathan Boston, Stephen Church, Stephen Levine, Elizabeth McLeay & Nigel S Roberts Victoria University Press, $39.95, ISBN 0864734042 Up the hill from Parliament, a clutch of Victoria University’s political scientists…

Tagged with: Elizabeth McLeay, Issue 48, Jonathan Boston, June 2001, Nigel S Roberts, Stephen Church, Stephen Levine, Victoria University Press
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review

Art of the state, Jane Kelsey

Posted on October 27, 1999 by NZ Books

Redesigning the Welfare State in New Zealand: Problems, Policies, Prospects eds Jonathan Boston, Paul Dalziel, Susan St John Oxford University Press, $45.00, ISBN 019 558 3736 6 A Super Future?: The Price of Growing Older in New Zealand Anne Else…

Tagged with: Anne Else, Issue 40, Jane Kelsey, Jonathan Boston, Oxford University Press, Paul Dalziel, Susan St John, Tandem Press
Posted in Economics, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review

Mixed Message Politics, Geoffrey Thompson

Posted on August 4, 1998 by NZ Books

From Campaign to Coalition: the 1996 MMP Election Jonathan Boston, Stephen Levine, Elizabeth Hickey and Nigel Roberts (ed) Dunmore Press, $29.95 ISBN 0 86469314 1 Voters’ Victory? New Zealand‘s First Election under Proportional Representation Jack Vowles, Peter Aimer, Susan Banducci,…

Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Dunmore Press, Elizabeth Hickey, Geoffrey Thompson, Graeme Hunt, Issue 34, Jack Vowles, Jeffrey Karp, Jonathan Boston, Nigel Roberts, Peter Aimer, Stephen Levine, Susan Banducci, Waddington Press
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review

Undesigned revolution, David Caygill

Posted on October 30, 1996 by NZ Books

Public Management: The New Zealand Model Jonathan Boston, John Martin, June Pallot, Pat Walsh Otago University Press, $49.95, ISBN 0 19 558325 6 Later this year the World Bank is holding a seminar here on “The New Zealand Model”. As I…

Tagged with: Autumn 1996, David Caygill, Issue 25, John Martin, Jonathan Boston, June Pallot, Otago University Press, Pat Walsh
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review

Dampening expectations, John Henderson

Posted on August 8, 1996 by NZ Books

New Zealand Under MMP: A New Politics? Jonathan Boston, Stephen Levine, Elizabeth McLeay, Nigel Roberts Auckland University Press/Bridget Williams Books, $34.95 ISBN 1869401387 For the next few years New Zealand will be a fascinating social laboratory for political scientists interested…

Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Bridget Williams Books, Elizabeth McLeay, Issue 24, Jonathan Boston, Nigel Roberts, Stephen Levine
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review

Radical ‑ but what is its value? John Halligan

Posted on June 27, 1995 by NZ Books

The State under Contract Jonathan Boston (ed) Bridget Williams Books, $39.95 ISBN 0 908912 71 4 Public sector reform has been traumatising many countries for more than a decade. Because of the disruptions and the challenges of comprehensive reform to…

Tagged with: Bridget Williams Books, Issue 18, John Halligan, Jonathan Boston, Winter 1995
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review

Electoral debate, Jonathan Boston

Posted on June 1, 1993 by NZ Books

Taking it to the People? The New Zealand Electoral Referendum Debate, Alan McRobie (ed), Hazard Press, $29.95 This book is about the continuing debate over electoral reform in New Zealand. It brings together a wide array of material (all of…

Tagged with: Alan McRobie, Hazard Press, Issue 9, Jonathan Boston, Winter 1993
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, Sociology