The Ideal Society and Its Enemies

The Ideal Society and Its Enemies PDF

Author: Miles Fairburn

Publisher: Auckland University Press

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 177558187X

DOWNLOAD EBOOK →

In this challenging and provocative study of the nature of settler society in 19th-century New Zealand, Fairburn focuses on the lives of the common people and presents a rigorous and original description of the place and time which is radically different from those of previous historians. An important book that will have a major impact on our understanding of New Zealand's past, it is also a significant contribution to the study of new societies.

Exploring Society

Exploring Society PDF

Author: Gregor McLennan

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 2003-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781877258749

DOWNLOAD EBOOK →

An introductory text for New Zealand tertiary students examining major themes in contemporary sociology such as health, gender, ethnicity and culture.

New Zealand Society

New Zealand Society PDF

Author: Paul Spoonley

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK →

New Zealand Society introduces the reader to a sociological understanding of contemporary New Zealand society. Sociology is a discipline which offers new and critical insights on the way in which society works. It provides an exciting area of study, and the best of New Zealand sociology is provided here as specialist contributors discuss their particular areas of interest: family, community, urban, rural, class, racism and ethnicity, gender, the state, social policy, health, education, politics, the media, crime and deviance, work, leisure, arts and population. This book is based on the earlier and very successful New Zealand: Sociological Perspectives (1982). It contains material which is easily understood and it covers all the major areas and issues of contemporary society.

Justice, Ethics, and New Zealand Society

Justice, Ethics, and New Zealand Society PDF

Author: Graham Oddie

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 9780195582413

DOWNLOAD EBOOK →

A group of philosophers from, or connected with, New Zealand, discuss a variety of issues relating to the territory. These include moral issues relating to the Treaty of Waitangi, sovereignty, collective responsibility, and the value of an ecosystem.

Fairness and Freedom

Fairness and Freedom PDF

Author: David Hackett Fischer

Publisher: OUP USA

Published: 2012-02-10

Total Pages: 656

ISBN-13: 0199832706

DOWNLOAD EBOOK →

Explores why the political similarities between New Zealand and the United States--including democratic politics, mixed-enterprise economies, a deep concern for human rights and the rule of law and more--have taken on different forms.

Inequality

Inequality PDF

Author: Max Rashbrooke

Publisher: Bridget Williams Books

Published: 2013-06-27

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1927131510

DOWNLOAD EBOOK →

The divide between New Zealand’s poorest and wealthiest inhabitants has widened alarmingly over recent decades. Differences in income have grown faster than in most other developed countries. New Zealand society is being reshaped, stretching to accommodate new distance between those who ‘have’ and those who ‘have not’. Income inequality is a crisis that affects us all. A diverse gathering of New Zealand scholars, journalists, researchers, business leaders, workers, students and parents share these pages. Their voices speak to the complex shape of income inequality, and its effects on the communities of these Pacific islands.

A Punitive Society

A Punitive Society PDF

Author: John Pratt

Publisher: Bridget Williams Books

Published: 2013-12-10

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 1927277272

DOWNLOAD EBOOK →

‘New Zealand has one of the highest levels of imprisonment in the Western world. Yet the growth of imprisonment in New Zealand has occurred when the crime rate here, as in most other Western societies, has been in significant decline. Why, then, the disjuncture?’ In this penetrating BWB Text, John Pratt describes the dramatic transformation in penal thought that has recently taken place in this country. Rising imprisonment in New Zealand, against the background of a falling crime rate, is connected with changes in how we, as a society, think about the purpose and function of punishment. This growth of ‘penal populism’, Pratt asserts, has caused enormous and lasting damage to New Zealand’s social fabric.

Lanterna Rally - Theme by Grace Themes