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Best of all possible worlds? Stephen Levine
Promises Promises: 80 Years Of Wooing New Zealand Voters Claire Robinson Massey University Press, $60.00, ISBN 9780995109544 When Jacinda Ardern stated in 2017 that, if elected, Labour would move to “abolish child poverty”, this resonated as an ambitious goal, enlightened,…
Tagged with: Claire Robinson, Issue 128, Massey University Press, Stephen Levine, Summer 2019
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Articulating an alternative, Julienne Molineaux
Government for the Public Good: The Surprising Science of Large-scale Collective Action Max Rashbrooke Bridget Williams Books, $50.00, ISBN 9781988545080 This is an optimistic book that aims to re-set the narrative on collective action and, in particular, how we discuss…
Tagged with: Bridget Williams Books, Issue 126, Julienne Molineaux, Max Rashbrooke, Winter 2019
Posted in Economics, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Economics, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
A study of politically enforced self-restraint, Janet McLean
In Search of Consensus: New Zealand’s Electoral Act 1956 and its Constitutional Legacy Elizabeth McLeay Victoria University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9781776561841 As I write, the sitting president of the United States of America is reported to be seriously contemplating the…
Tagged with: Elizabeth McLeay, Issue 123, Janet McLean, Spring 2018, Victoria University Press
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Gloomy agreement, Tom Brooking
The New Zealand Project Max Harris Bridget Williams Books, $40.00, ISBN 9780947492588 New Zealand: Paradise Squandered? Reflections on What We’ve Lost and Where We’re Heading John Hawkes John Hawkes, $40.00, ISBN 9780473375553 Two New Zealanders at either end of their…
Tagged with: Bridget Williams Books, Issue 120, John Hawkes, Max Harris, Summer 2017, Tom Brooking
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, Sociology
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, Sociology
A prime ministerial primer, Simon Upton
New Zealand’s Prime Ministers: From Dick Seddon to John Key Michael Bassett David Ling Publishing, $50.00, ISBN 9781927305294 New Zealand’s Prime Ministers is a very large volume. It is also an extremely ambitious one that is challenging as a through-read.…
Tagged with: David Ling Publishing, Dick Seddon, Issue 119, John Key, Michael Bassett, Simon Upton, Spring 2017
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Changing times, David Grant
The New Zealand Labour Party 1916–2016 Peter Franks and Jim McAloon Victoria University Press, $50.00, ISBN 9781776560745 Researching a history of conservative political parties in New Zealand would be relatively straight-forward. The Reform/National Parties have, from their early beginnings to…
Tagged with: David Grant, Issue 118, Jim McAloon, Peter Franks, Victoria University Press, Winter 2017
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Treaty flows, Alex Calder
Treaty of Waitangi: The Land is Our History: Indigeneity, Law, and the Settler State Miranda Johnson Oxford University Press, $41.00, ISBN 9780190600020 Reconciliation, Representation and Indigeneity: “Biculturalism” in Aotearoa New Zealand Peter Adds, Brigitte Bönish-Brednich, Richard S Hill, Graeme Whimp…
Tagged with: Alex Calder, Autumn 2017, Brigitte Bönish-Brednich, Graeme Whimp, Issue 117, Miranda Johnson, Oxford University Press, Peter Adds, Richard S Hill, Universitätsverlag
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
New ways of looking at the Treaty, Therese Crocker
The Treaty on the Ground: Where We are Headed, and Why it Matters Rachael Bell, Margaret Kawharu, Kerry Taylor, Michael Belgrave and Peter Meihana (eds) Massey University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9780994130051 New Treaty, New Tradition: Reconciling New Zealand and Māori…
Tagged with: Autumn 2017, Carwyn Jones, Issue 117, Kerry Taylor, Margaret Kawharu, Michael Belgrave, Peter Meihana, Rachael Bell, Therese Crocker, Victoria University Press
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Chalk and cheese William Brandt
The Many Deaths of Mary Dobie: Murder, Politics and Revenge in Nineteenth-century New Zealand David Hastings Auckland University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9781869408374 The Scene of the Crime: Twelve Extraordinary True Stories of Crime and Punishment Steve Braunias HarperCollins, $37.00, ISBN…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, David Hastings, HarperCollins, Issue 114, Steve Braunias, William Brandt, Winter 2016
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, Sociology