Social policy for social work and human services in Aotearoa New Zealand : diverse perspectives / editors, Jane Maidment and Liz Beddoe.

Includes bibliographical references.

Part 1. Social Policy in Aotearoa New Zealand : -- Social Policy, Social Work and Social Change / Jane Maidment and Liz Beddoe -- Law and Policy / Allen Bartley -- Key Ideologies : The Theories of Social Policy / Nicky Stanley-Clarke -- Social Policy, Moral Panics and the Media / Liz Beddoe -- Borderland Engagements in Aotearoa New Zealand : Te Tiriti and Social Policy / Leland A. Ruwhiu, Luang Te Hira, Moana Eruera and Jacquelyn Elkington -- The Role of Social Policy in Promoting Pasifika Wellbeing / Yvonne Crichton-Hill -- Part 2. Policy Perspectives : -- Criminal Justice / Andrew Frost -- A Contested Space : Aged Care Policy in the 21st Century / Glynnis Brook -- Health Policy, Health Inequalities and Māori / Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll -- Policy Responses to Refugees in Aotearoa New Zealand : A Rights-based Analysis / Jay Marlowe and Louise Humpage -- Towards Emancipation : Disability Policy in Aotearoa New Zealand / Martin Sullivan -- Informal Caregivers : An Invisible Unpaid Workforce / Jane Maidment -- Steps in the Right Direction : Policy and Practice Responses to Family Violence / Irene de Haan -- Social Policy and Young People in Aotearoa New Zealand : Statistics, Strategies and Services / Kelsey L. Deane and Matt Shepherd -- Why Marriage Equality is Not Enough : Enduring Social Policy Concerns for Gender- and Sexually Diverse New Zealanders / John Fenaughty and Frank Pega -- Child Protection Reform and Welfare Reform in Aotearoa New Zealand : Two Sides of the Same Coin? / Emily Keddell -- Part 3. Social Action and Social Change : Critical Perspectives : -- Implications for (Eco) Social Work / Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll and Jeff Foote -- Food Security : Ethnographic Perspectives on Food Environments, Urban Food Systems and Principles for Action in Post-quake Christchurch / David Boarder Giles -- Child Poverty : The Politics, the Problem, the Advocacy / Mike O'Brien -- Social Housing and the Needs of Released Women Prisoners / Annabel Taylor and Sue Giles -- Lone Mothers and Institutional Welfare Stigma in Aotearoa New Zealand / Claire Gray -- Nothing About Us Without Us : The Mental Health Consumers Movement in Aotearoa New Zealand / Anne Scott.

"Social policy reflects the dominant social, economic and political discourses of a nation's government and reveals how each country addresses the needs and wellbeing of its population. For practitioners in social work and human services, questions of human rights, citizenship, social justice and equity are ever-present in their day-to-day work with clients of all ages. As such, social policy plays a significant role in shaping the response to need in any community or population, through the provision of financial, physical or legislative protections or resources. The extent to which social policy offers security for the most vulnerable, while addressing economic and social inequality, signals the moral and ethical compass of those who govern. There are ways for practitioners and other advocates to influence, and resist where necessary, the direction of policy through community development, strategic change, research and social action. This volume provides examples of such initiatives and examines the making and shaping of contemporary social policy in Aotearoa New Zealand. The text covers a broad range of social policy topics from a critical perspective including fields of practice, current debates and case-study examples of social-change inititiaves. Students, lecturers, researchers and people interested in New Zealand society in general will find a critical appraisal of current social policy within these pages"--Back cover.