Grant Duncan
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781447332664
- eISBN:
- 9781447332725
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447332664.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
This chapter focuses on the social democratic left in New Zealand. Prior to the 2008 election, a three-term Labour-led government under Prime Minister Helen Clark followed a Blairite ‘Third Way’ ...
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This chapter focuses on the social democratic left in New Zealand. Prior to the 2008 election, a three-term Labour-led government under Prime Minister Helen Clark followed a Blairite ‘Third Way’ model. It moderated some of the policies of the more radical neoliberal years (1984–96), but the fundamentals of neoliberal reform, such as financial openness, central bank independence, and fiscal responsibility, were kept in place. Clark's Labour-led government did not satisfy all social democratic aspirations, but its dominance in the 2000s showed that it was the first to master the art of political management under the mixed-member proportional representation system in place since 1996. Defeat came in 2008, however, in an election held shortly after the global financial crisis, and John Key's National Party-led government took over the reins.Less
This chapter focuses on the social democratic left in New Zealand. Prior to the 2008 election, a three-term Labour-led government under Prime Minister Helen Clark followed a Blairite ‘Third Way’ model. It moderated some of the policies of the more radical neoliberal years (1984–96), but the fundamentals of neoliberal reform, such as financial openness, central bank independence, and fiscal responsibility, were kept in place. Clark's Labour-led government did not satisfy all social democratic aspirations, but its dominance in the 2000s showed that it was the first to master the art of political management under the mixed-member proportional representation system in place since 1996. Defeat came in 2008, however, in an election held shortly after the global financial crisis, and John Key's National Party-led government took over the reins.
Neil Lunt
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- September 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781447306443
- eISBN:
- 9781447311607
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447306443.003.0014
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
This chapter examines the shift in New Zealand’s discursive articulations of social policy including usage of “welfare” and “welfare state.” Identifying the increased attention to language within ...
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This chapter examines the shift in New Zealand’s discursive articulations of social policy including usage of “welfare” and “welfare state.” Identifying the increased attention to language within social policy analysis, the chapter adopts an historical lens to examine change over the past five decades. It identifies the rise and fall of welfare and the emergence of alternative concepts including social development under Labour-led administrations (1999-2008) and subsequent attempts by the National Party to write a new narrative. Drawing on extensive archival research that spans the establishment of the welfare state to contemporary events, the chapter’s analytical approach serves to question: 1) language use (predicates, phrases, and vocabulary); 2) narratives, binaries, and indexes that invoke relations and values; 3) the uses of metaphors, myths, and naturalizations; 4) pointers that cue readers to make bridging assumptions; and, 5) subject positioning within texts.Less
This chapter examines the shift in New Zealand’s discursive articulations of social policy including usage of “welfare” and “welfare state.” Identifying the increased attention to language within social policy analysis, the chapter adopts an historical lens to examine change over the past five decades. It identifies the rise and fall of welfare and the emergence of alternative concepts including social development under Labour-led administrations (1999-2008) and subsequent attempts by the National Party to write a new narrative. Drawing on extensive archival research that spans the establishment of the welfare state to contemporary events, the chapter’s analytical approach serves to question: 1) language use (predicates, phrases, and vocabulary); 2) narratives, binaries, and indexes that invoke relations and values; 3) the uses of metaphors, myths, and naturalizations; 4) pointers that cue readers to make bridging assumptions; and, 5) subject positioning within texts.
David J Hunter, Linda Marks, and Katherine E Smith
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847424631
- eISBN:
- 9781447303978
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847424631.003.0004
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
This chapter reviews the policy and organisational changes that have occurred since 1997 following a change of government. New Labour sought to accord a high priority to the health of the public and ...
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This chapter reviews the policy and organisational changes that have occurred since 1997 following a change of government. New Labour sought to accord a high priority to the health of the public and was strongly committed to putting both health improvement and health inequalities back on the policy agenda. An important symbol of this new policy emphasis was the appointment of the UK's first ever Minister for Public Health. The chapter presents and assesses the various policy developments from 1997 to the present day, including the two public health White Papers of 1999 and 2004 respectively. It also examines other developments affecting public health within this period, including changes in the structure of the NHS, the relaunching of commissioning under the heading ‘world class commissioning’, and the policy shifts towards markets and choice in the provision of health and health care.Less
This chapter reviews the policy and organisational changes that have occurred since 1997 following a change of government. New Labour sought to accord a high priority to the health of the public and was strongly committed to putting both health improvement and health inequalities back on the policy agenda. An important symbol of this new policy emphasis was the appointment of the UK's first ever Minister for Public Health. The chapter presents and assesses the various policy developments from 1997 to the present day, including the two public health White Papers of 1999 and 2004 respectively. It also examines other developments affecting public health within this period, including changes in the structure of the NHS, the relaunching of commissioning under the heading ‘world class commissioning’, and the policy shifts towards markets and choice in the provision of health and health care.
Patricia O'Brien
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780824866532
- eISBN:
- 9780824875664
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824866532.003.0014
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Pacific Studies
This chapter begins by tracking the change of fortune for Ta’isi once the political landscape in New Zealand shifted when the first Labour government was elected in late 1935 and Michael Savage ...
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This chapter begins by tracking the change of fortune for Ta’isi once the political landscape in New Zealand shifted when the first Labour government was elected in late 1935 and Michael Savage became prime minister. As a result, Ta’isi was allowed to return home in 1936 where he again received an immense welcome but this time administration officials and three of the highest chiefs also joined the welcoming party. Despite the euphoria upon his return, old problems surfaced as war-horses of the Samoan administration continued to hold their positions and wield extraordinary powers. This gave rise to the “New Mau” in 1938 where Ta’isi once again took an activist role. The chapter charts the drastically altered circumstances when war erupted. This time of war was also the time of Ta’isi’s increasingly poor health. The chapter offers an intimate view of his final years that ended with his death in February 1944.Less
This chapter begins by tracking the change of fortune for Ta’isi once the political landscape in New Zealand shifted when the first Labour government was elected in late 1935 and Michael Savage became prime minister. As a result, Ta’isi was allowed to return home in 1936 where he again received an immense welcome but this time administration officials and three of the highest chiefs also joined the welcoming party. Despite the euphoria upon his return, old problems surfaced as war-horses of the Samoan administration continued to hold their positions and wield extraordinary powers. This gave rise to the “New Mau” in 1938 where Ta’isi once again took an activist role. The chapter charts the drastically altered circumstances when war erupted. This time of war was also the time of Ta’isi’s increasingly poor health. The chapter offers an intimate view of his final years that ended with his death in February 1944.
