Transformation of the welfare state in New Zealand with special reference to employment : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of the Doctor of Philosophy in Economics at Massey University

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dc.contributor.authorDe Bruin, Anne Marguerite
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-28T01:34:26Z
dc.date.available2011-09-28T01:34:26Z
dc.date.issued1997
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the transformation of New Zealand's welfare state in the movement to a new phase of capitalist development. It adopts a multi-level approach linking the global, national and local levels. The global level analysis provides the overall rationale for the development and subsequent restructuring of welfare states and reordering of the welfare mix more toward the market. At the national level, highlighting the collapse of its foundations, this study contends that New Zealand's welfare state has transformed into a 'well-being enabling state'. The goal of the well-being enabling state is to ensure private provision of welfare through labour market participation in a deregulated labour market, rather than through direct state provision. Employment policy, including policies for enhancement of human capital, are therefore discussed as 'enablers' of participation in paid employment and private procurement of well-being. At the local level, specific characteristics of the local labour market have to be included in the analysis. The need for community action for employment creation in order to respond to the challenges of the global economy and a transformed national welfare state, is a major theme of the study. A case study of community employment creation, conducted through a participatory research methodology, highlights the need for innovative local efforts for job creation at the micro or grassroots level. Local employment initiatives, especially those that build on a partnership approach and tap into the cultural wealth of the community through market-leading community entrepreneurship, are shown to be crucial to the mitigation of the current ethnic unemployment problem in New Zealand.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/2715
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectWelfare stateen_US
dc.subjectPublic welfareen_US
dc.subjectJob creationen_US
dc.subjectMinoritiesen_US
dc.subjectEmploymenten_US
dc.subjectEntrepreneurshipen_US
dc.subjectNew Zealanden_US
dc.titleTransformation of the welfare state in New Zealand with special reference to employment : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of the Doctor of Philosophy in Economics at Massey Universityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorDe Bruin, Anne Marguerite
thesis.degree.disciplineEconomics
thesis.degree.grantorMassey University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.levelDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen
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