Maori and Social Issues: Volume One
The book is the first of a series to be published on research into the state of New Zealand's institutions and sectors of endeavour. This first book in the series focusses on Maori and social issues; the second will focus on Maori and educational endeavour. Each essay tackles th... read full description below.
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| Interest Age |
Young Adults |
| Reading Age |
Young Adults |
| NBS Text |
Social Studies: General |
| ONIX Text |
Professional and scholarly;College/higher education |
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| Number of Pages |
Not specified |
| Dimensions |
Not specified |
| Weight |
395g |
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| Dewey Code |
305.899442 |
| Catalogue Code |
236924 |
Description of this Book
The book is the first of a series to be published on research into the state of New Zealand's institutions and sectors of endeavour. This first book in the series focusses on Maori and social issues; the second will focus on Maori and educational endeavour. Each essay tackles the subject as it impacts on Maori now with perspectives on likely effects and solutions into the future: Maori demographics; smoking rates; educational achievement; incarceration; parenting; mental health; obesity and poverty are analysed in detail. Key statistics, past and future trends, opinion and fact are brought together in one volume to act as a reference for students, academics and others interested in New Zealand social sciences.
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Author's Bio
Tracey McIntosh (Tuhoe) is a senior lecturer in Sociology at the University of Auckland and a past Director of the Centre of Research Excellence Nga Pae o te Maramatanga. She is the current joint editor of AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples and the MAI Journal. Malcolm Mulholland (Ngati Kahunguna ki Wairarapa) is a researcher at Te Putahi-a-Toi, School of Maori Studies, Massey University. He is the author of Beneath the Maori Moon: An Illustrated History fo Maori Rugby (Huia 2009; co-editor of Maori and the Environment: Kaitiaki (Huia 2010) and Weeping Waters; The Treaty of Waitangi and Constitutional Change (Huia 2010).
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