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1 online resource (798 pages) |
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| Summary |
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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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Political planning -- New Zealand -- History.
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Political planning. |
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New Zealand. |
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History. |
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Welfare state -- New Zealand -- History.
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Welfare state. |
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New Zealand -- Economic policy.
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Economic policy. |
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New Zealand -- Social policy.
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Social policy. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Print version: Bassett, Michael. State in New Zealand, 1840-1984. Chicago : Auckland University Press, ©2013 |
| ISBN |
9781775582069 (electronic book) |
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177558206X (electronic book) |
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1306160456 (electronic book) |
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9781306160452 (electronic book) |
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1775586626 (electronic book) |
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9781775586623 (electronic book) |
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