New territory : the transformation of New Zealand, 1984-92

"'New Territory' is an analysis of the turbulent years of the late 1980s and early 1990s by one of New Zealand's leading political commentators. Colin James looks at the way Labour’s structural reforms shattered the ‘prosperity consensus’ that had gone before, setting the changes of the 1980s in a broader political and economic context. In a thoughtful and even-handed study taking into account different views of these immensely controversial reforms, James brings a global perspective to an often fragmented and incoherent debate."--Publisher description Frontmatter 1. A Far Country (page 1) PART I The Predicament (page 3) 2. Godzone Lost (page 5) 3. "A Modest Affluence for All' (page 9) 4. Fall from Grace (page 36) 5. An End to Affluence (page 47) 6. Welfare in Crisis (page 71) 7. A Different Way of Thinking (page 86) 8. Collapse of Consensus (page 93) PART II The Quiet Revolution (page 97) 9. A Radical Frame of Mind (page 99) 10. The Push to Independence (page 112) 11. A New Social Order (page 124) 12. An Economy to Fix (page 141) 13. An Economy Fixed? (page 172) 14. A More Private Place (page 197) 15. The Politics of Pain (page 234) 16. Time Out (page 276) PART III After the Revolution (page 291) 17. New Territory (page 293) 18. Making a Home (page 320) Appendix 1. Consensus or Social Contract? (page 327) Appendix 2. The Ideas Behind the Welfare State (page 330) Appendix 3. The Intellectual Challenge to the Welfare State (page 334) Appendix 4. Was it a Revolution? (page 340) Notes (page 344)