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The Fabric of Welfare
Margaret Tennant
其他書名
Voluntary Organisations, Government and Welfare in New Zealand, 1840-2005
出版Bridget Williams Books, 2007
主題History / Social HistoryPolitical Science / Public Policy / Social Services & WelfareSocial Science / Sociology / GeneralSocial Science / Volunteer Work
ISBN18772423739781877242373
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=HUyo25aIr9kC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Throughout history, the 'welfare of the people' has been a contested area. Is it the responsibility of the state? The churches? The extended family? Organised charities or informal community groups? The Fabric of Welfare is about the many points of contact between voluntary welfare and government social services, and the complex pattern woven by these different threads. The country's welfare history is shaped by its colonial past, with the predominantly British influences transmitted by an immigrant society in the nineteenth century; by its Maori population, with a strong communal ethos; by the shaping forces of the welfare state; by two world wars and economic depression; and by both free-market policies and rapid social change in recent years. In tracing the interdependence of state and voluntary provision of welfare from 1840 to 2005, Margaret Tennant offers new perspectives on New Zealand social history. This is a rigorous analysis, but it is also a history illuminated by people. The text is illustrated with stories about the people who were moved to save, to reform, to care, to support, and the people who needed that essential sustenance. From the nun who sees a distraught woman about to throw her child into the sea, and sets out to care for 'foundlings', to city missioners, community-minded public servants, businessmen philanthropists, and the entrepreneurial organisers of floral fetes and telethons, these accounts tell us much about the history of welfare, in all its interconnections.