The State in New Zealand, 1840-198

Socialism without Doctrines?

Nonfiction, History, Australia & Oceania
Cover of the book The State in New Zealand, 1840-198 by Michael Bassett, Auckland University Press
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Author: Michael Bassett ISBN: 9781775582069
Publisher: Auckland University Press Publication: November 1, 2013
Imprint: Auckland University Press Language: English
Author: Michael Bassett
ISBN: 9781775582069
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Publication: November 1, 2013
Imprint: Auckland University Press
Language: English

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 to be slowed. Drawing on departmental archives, many not previously consulted by historians, The State in New Zealand covers in a new way, and with clarity and style, a subject of great contemporary interest.

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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 to be slowed. Drawing on departmental archives, many not previously consulted by historians, The State in New Zealand covers in a new way, and with clarity and style, a subject of great contemporary interest.

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