Author: Institute of Municipal Engineering Australia. New South Wales Division. Study Group Publisher: ISBN: 9780646119298 Category : Local government Languages : en Pages : 39
Author: Ian Duncan Publisher: ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 216
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In the late 1980s, New Zealand began the arduous task of reforming the public sector, transforming government departments into privately held, profitable companies. This book examines the commercialization of state trading departments, explores the economic principles behind the changes and the organizational responses, and discusses the outcomes in performance of these fourteen departments.
Author: Jean Drage Publisher: Victoria University Press ISBN: 9780864734372 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 372
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The changes in representation, participation, and ongoing reforms in the local government of New Zealand over the past two decades are discussed in this book. Contributors include both observers and participants in local government -- from academics and people involved in policy development to advocates for the sector and the workers themselves.
Author: Jean Drage Publisher: Institute of Policy Studies Victoria University of Welling ISBN: Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 216
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New Zealand's local government has been through a significant period of change in the last three decades, change that has seen this tier of government restructured, reformed and refocused. Dr Jean Drage considers the debate that has arisen over recent years about the role of councillors in local government and argues for the representative role to be strengthened.
Author: Jane Kelsey Publisher: Bridget Williams Books ISBN: 1877242608 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 421
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Jane Kelsey’s was a questioning and challenging voice when she wrote this passionate critique of New Zealand’s economic policies in the 1980s and 90s. The social and economic consequences of a decade of market-based reforms are laid bare in this statistically rich and rhetorically powerful work. Drawing on a wide array of sources, Kelsey’s analysis delves into every aspect of the structural reforms that were to have such vast consequences for New Zealand society. Her analysis of those policies and their consequences gains a fresh – and sobering – perspective in the light of the recent global financial crisis.
Author: Thomas Clarke Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1134799020 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 294
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This book considers the many facets of the privatization process in advanced industrialised countries, along with the marketization of Eastern Europe, and the pressures on developing countries to adopt privatization as the route to growth.
Author: Jean Drage Publisher: Dunmore Publishing ISBN: 9781877399633 Category : Central-local government relations Languages : en Pages : 238
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Local government in New Zealand is experiencing major upheaval. The creation of an urban unitary council for Auckland, the overthrow of elected representation for the Canterbury region, and other instances of intrusion of central government power into local councils (e.g for managing earthquake recovery and the Rugby World Cup) indicate a seismic shift in the foundations of local government in New Zealand. A major review announced in 2011 signals an imminent shakeup of this tier of government. These developments demand robust analysis and innovative responses. This collection addresses fundamental questions about what the appropriate structure and role of local government should be in contemporary New Zealand. Who should decide about the local in our lives? Should Auckland Council be the model for other parts of the country? What is the future for regions? New Zealand's leading local government scholars provide a context for and tease out the underlying themes that make New Zealand's local government distinctive. This book will inform decision-makers, scholars and students and those with an interest in the level of government that most directly affects our daily lives.