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Super-seded? Susan St John

Posted on September 1, 2001 by NZ Books

Rewarding Service: A history of the Government Superannuation Fund Neil Atkinson University of Otago Press, $39.95, ISBN 1877276227 It is hard to disagree with the opening lines of this book: “In The past three decades superannuation has become one of…

Tagged with: Issue 55, Neil Atkinson, Otago University Press, Spring 2001, Susan St John
Posted in History, 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

Swings and roundabouts, Susan St John

Posted on December 28, 1998 by NZ Books

A World without Welfare. New Zealand‘s Colonial Experiment David Thomson Auckland University Press with Bridget Williams Books $39.95 ISBN 1 86940 199 9 A Civilised Community. A History of Social Security in New Zealand Margaret McClure Auckland University Press with…

Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Bridget Williams Books, David Thomson, Issue 36, Margaret McClure, Susan St John
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, Sociology