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Social Policy Journal of New Zealand - Issue 06 July 1996

Table of Contents

Social Policy Papers

Institutional Labour Economics, Benefit Levels and Unemployment

Moira Williams

The New Zealand Pension System in an International Context: An Outsider's View

Einar Overbye

Policy Directions in Early Childhood Education for Rural New Zealand: An Examination of the Role of Mobile Pre-School Units

Claire Davison, Ken Stevens

Making Policy Under MMP: What Will Really Change?

Ruth Harrison

Policy Development Papers

Restorative Justice: A Family Violence Perspective

Paula Martin

Reducing Benefit Dependence

David Preston

A Time Limit for the Dole?

Julian King

Tackling Unemployment: The Government's Response to the Recommendations of the Employment Task Force

Marianne Bray, Justin Strang

Research Papers

Responding to Child Offenders

Gabrielle Maxwell, Jeremy Robertson

Pacific Island Polynesian Attitudes to Child Training and Discipline in New Zealand: Some Policy Implications for Social Welfare and Education

Penelope Schoeffel, Malama Meleisea et al.

Will the Real New Zealand Family Please Stand Up? Substantive and Methodological Factors Affecting Research and Policy on Families and Households

Natalie Jackson and Ian Pool

Comment: Methodological Issues Relating to Families and Households

Mike Rochford

Statistics New Zealand Household Expenditure Survey: What Can It Tell Us About Standard of Living?

Alison Robins

English Language Acquisition in the Lao Community of Wellington: Recommendations for Refugee Groups

Hilary Smith

Family Members' Experiences of the Care and Protection Family Group Conferences Process

Bryony Walker

Reviews

D. Green: From Welfare State to Civil Society: Towards Welfare that Works in New Zealand

Prue Hyman, Simon Chapple, R.J. Stephens

J. Boston et al.: Public Management: The New Zealand Model

Ian Culpitt

Evaluation 95; Evaluation For A New Century, A Global Perspective

Marianne Bray

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