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The One-China controversy, 1996-2002 : the impact of Taiwan's democratisation on the cross-strait policies of Taipei, Beijing and Washington
The one-China issue before the 1990s was not particularly complex as both sides of the Taiwan Strait claimed that there was only one China in the world and Taiwan was part of China. Nevertheless, after Taiwan accelerated ...
The construction of entrepreneurship in publicly-owned utilities in New Zealand: local and translocal discourses, 1999-2001
This research project examines how managers in local-government-owned business organisations justify their adoption of an entrepreneurial orientation and their interpretation of their role in entrepreneurial terms. To ...
The political economy of Māori protest politics, 1968-1995 : a Marxist analysis of the roots of Māori oppression and the politics of resistance
This thesis provides a Marxist analysis of the political economy of contemporary Māori protest politics in the years from 1968 to 1995. It is argued that Māori protest politics embraces a range of competing political ...
The political lessons of Tomorrow's schools : what can be learnt from the outcomes and implications of Tomorrow's schools
From 1987 to 1993 the Fourth Labour Government and the Fourth National Government in New Zealand embarked on a radical restructuring of the school-level education system in a series of reforms known as Tomorrow's Schools. ...
Reinventing the left? : the third way and New Zealand's fifth Labour governments
This thesis analyses the emergence of the 'third way' and the policy approaches implemented by the Labour-led Governments elected at the 1999 and 2002 New Zealand General Elections. Evaluating Anthony Giddens' claims that ...
Are New Zealand Treaty of Waitangi settlements achieving justice? : the Ngai Tahu settlement and the return of Pounamu (greenstone)
Achieving 'justice' is the overriding aim of the Treaty settlement process. This process was established to resolve Maori historical grievances against the New Zealand Crown for alleged breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. ...
Election special : New Zealand election campaigns in the newspaper, The New Zealand herald, 1946-2002
This thesis investigates the changing campaign coverage from 1946 to 2002, in The New Zealand Herald (The Herald), New Zealand's most-read newspaper. From tracking the percentage of news coverage devoted to parties and ...
Ecampaigning
This thesis is an attempt to answer the following question: How can the Internet be used to win political campaigns?
Most political campaigns use the Internet, with email lists and web sites, but there appears to be ...
The Community Funding Agency and the voluntary sector : a study in purchase of service contracting in the Otago/Southland region
The research is focused on purchase of service contracting in the Otago/Southland region - from 1992 to 1998. For the purpose of this research, purchase of service contracting is defined as purchase of social services by ...