In this timely book, New Zealand's best-known commentator on population trends, Distinguished Professor Paul Spoonley, shows how, as New Zealand moves into the 2020s, the demographic dividends of the last 70 years are turning into deficits. Our population patterns have been disrupted. More boomers, fewer children, an ever bigger Auckland, and declining regions are the new normal. We will need new economic models, new ways of living. Spoonley says: "It is not a crisis (even if at times it feels like it), but rather something that needs to be understood and responded to. But I fear that policy-makers and politicians are not up to the challenge. That would be a crisis.
The third edition of Exploring Society has been extensively revised and brought up to date, with reference to recent events and new research. First and foremost, the text is an introduction to sociology for students at tertiary level, but equally it is an introductory text for New Zealand students. It introduces the major themes in contemporary sociology in a way that is relevant to the culture and issues of students in New Zealand. Exploring Society is the first fully integrated New Zealand sociology text. It blends theory, research and issues through three themes: the social and the personal, the local and the global, and differences and divisions. These themes are used to analyse major areas of sociological interest, such as health, gender and ethnicity, and provide coherence and structure to the text.
Author, biographer, historian, academic, commentator, rangatira, activist, leaders . . . Professor Ranginui Walker has been in the headlines for decades, ever since the beginnings of the Maori political and cultural renaissance in the 1970s. Walker is one of the few Maori leaders to assume the responsibility of crossing the cultural divide and making the Maori world intelligible to Pakeha. Articulate and forthright, he has a major influence on how Pakeha view Maori in the twenty-first century. He has also led many of the debates and developments among Maoridom. His numerous books include the bestselling Ka Whawhai Tonu Matou: Struggle Without End and He Tipua, his highly acclaimed biography of Sir Apirana Ngata. Paul Spoonley's fascinating book is in part a biography of one of New Zealand's most significant social commentators and also a social/political commentary of the huge changes in the position of Maori in modern New Zealand.
A brand new edition of the bestselling sociology textbook, written by New Zealand's leading sociologists for New Zealand students. To stores 1 February 2019 for first semester adoptions. This is a 4th edition of New Zealand's leading sociology textbook. The book introduces sociological concepts and methods before investigating key areas of sociology (class, race, gender, family life, health, death, work, the city, populations, technology, religion, leisure and crime) through the New Zealand experience. The book includes many useful pedagogical features: key word definitions and push text in the margins key themes highlighted study questions further reading engaging full colour photography case studies written by working sociologists. This 4th edition has been revised and rewritten throughout by a renewed author team. Key changes include: data, examples and case studies completely updated chapters re-ordered and a new chapter on death added to reflect requests from departments using the book as a teaching text more emphasis on tikanga and kaupapa Maori refreshed photograph selection with a local focus Exploring Society is an engaging, comprehensive and up to date introduction for New Zealand sociology students.
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