Environmental Politics and Policy in Aotearoa New Zealand

Environmental Politics and Policy in Aotearoa New Zealand
Author: Maria Bargh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2022-04-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781869409524

Environmental Politics and Policy in Aotearoa New Zealand is a comprehensive introduction to confronting some of today's most urgent challenges.Global warming, threats to biodiversity, contamination of waterways and other environmental issues confront today's citizens with critical challenges that are fundamentally political. Power, authority and state action enable current practices - and through politics and policy that power can be harnessed to create a more ecologically sustainable planet. In this book, leading scholars from around Aotearoa introduce students to environmental politics and policy based in this country's unique institutional, cultural and resource context.The text focuses on the key importance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the characteristics of the natural environment in Aotearoa and the role of gender dynamics in the distribution of power, before turning to how this unique setting informs and is, in turn, informed by the global context of environmental politics. The authors take a systemic view of environmental politics and governance in New Zealand, addressing the philosophical and ideational debates about who and what matters (both human and non-human), the political institutions that embed and enact these ideas, and how these ideas then manifest in particular arenas - from climate and freshwater to energy and farming. Practical tips - how to make a submission, organise a protest, write a policy brief or a press release - are woven throughout.

Politics in New Zealand

Politics in New Zealand
Author: Richard Mulgan
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2013-11-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1775581403

This revised edition of a classic introduction to the New Zealand political, constitutional, and electoral system covers recent elections and the constitutional and legal changes that have attracted the attention of the international community. Using a pluralist theory of the state, it describes the history and practice of New Zealand government. Political parties and special-interest groups, the governmental hierarchy, and the public sector are discussed with information on how these different influences affect the political scene. The historical perspective provided offers a vision of the evolutionary nature of New Zealand politics and the interactions that drive changes.

Government and Politics in Aotearoa and New Zealand

Government and Politics in Aotearoa and New Zealand
Author: Janine Hayward
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2021-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780190325497

"The principle guide to the political context, institutions and processesz of government in New Zealand. It provides readers with a clear and comprehensive introduction to the history, theory and knowledge required to understand the New Zealand political system."--Publisher's description.

The New Zealand Project

The New Zealand Project
Author: Max Harris
Publisher: Bridget Williams Books
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2017-04-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0947492593

By any measure, New Zealand must confront monumental issues in the years ahead. From the future of work to climate change, wealth inequality to new populism – these challenges are complex and even unprecedented. Yet why does New Zealand’s political discussion seem so diminished, and our political imagination unequal to the enormity of these issues? And why is this gulf particularly apparent to young New Zealanders? These questions sit at the centre of Max Harris’s ‘New Zealand project’. This book represents, from the perspective of a brilliant young New Zealander, a vision for confronting the challenges ahead. Unashamedly idealistic, The New Zealand Project arrives at a time of global upheaval that demands new conversations about our shared future.

New Zealand and the Vietnam War

New Zealand and the Vietnam War
Author: Roberto Rabel
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Total Pages: 554
Release: 2013-11-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1775581284

Starting with the first Indochina War in the 1950s, this historical analysis covers the story of New Zealand's relations with Vietnam up to the end of the Vietnam War in the 1970s. Exploring the diplomatic history of the engagement, which is not well known or understood, and showing that New Zealand officials and politicians in fact entered the war with extreme reluctance, this describes how the dispatch of troops to Vietnam divided the country, enraged a generation, and forced the government to publicly defend its policy. Readers quickly discover that the fallout from the Vietnam conflict still affects New Zealand's position today—from its well-known antinuclear stance to its position over the recent Iraq conflict.

Social Policy Practice and Processes in Aotearoa New Zealand

Social Policy Practice and Processes in Aotearoa New Zealand
Author: Girol Karacaoglu
Publisher: Massey Texts
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2021-02-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780995137837

Social Policy Practice and Processes in Aotearoa New Zealand introduces the reader to social policy in the contemporary New Zealand context. Commencing with an overview of political theory that has influenced New Zealand's social and institutional architecture, Social Policy examines how current ideas about uncertainty, big data, well-being and 'future-proofing' are influencing approaches to policy design, implementation and evaluation.

Tuamaka

Tuamaka
Author: Joan Metge
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2013-11-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1775582280

From the point of view of a renowned anthropologist, this invaluable volume narrates the history of a multicultural New Zealand in which both Maori and non-Maori individuals cohabitate. Arguing that the Treaty of Waitangi of 1840—signed by the indigenous Maori and the British—established a foundation from which New Zealanders could grow and prosper, this account demonstrates how two cultures met, disputed, and dealt with diversity. In addition, this unique record analyzes the country's languages and myths and explores how they have influenced New Zealand society. Moving and engaging, this record covers six decades of enlightening field work.

The Politics of the Environment

The Politics of the Environment
Author: Neil Carter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 459
Release: 2018-08-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1108472303

Revised to include new discussions on climate justice, green political parties, climate legislation and recent environmental struggles.

Climate Change, Capitalism, and Corporations

Climate Change, Capitalism, and Corporations
Author: Christopher Wright
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2015-09-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1316409325

Climate change is one of the greatest threats facing humanity, a definitive manifestation of the well-worn links between progress and devastation. This book explores the complex relationship that the corporate world has with climate change and examines the central role of corporations in shaping political and social responses to the climate crisis. The principal message of the book is that despite the need for dramatic economic and political change, corporate capitalism continues to rely on the maintenance of 'business as usual'. The authors explore the different processes through which corporations engage with climate change. Key discussion points include climate change as business risk, corporate climate politics, the role of justification and compromise, and managerial identity and emotional reactions to climate change. Written for researchers and graduate students, this book moves beyond descriptive and normative approaches to provide a sociologically and critically informed theory of corporate responses to climate change.

Building the New World

Building the New World
Author: Erik Olssen
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Total Pages: 326
Release: 1995
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781869401061

Topics addressed include masters and journeymen, skilled women workers, carpenters, the skilled men of the metal trades in the Hillside workshops, the construction of a political culture based on class and the shifting meanings of that word.