Sociology, Gender and Social Work
Recent Deposits
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“I’m in two minds about it” : decision variability in child protection
Decisions in the child protection context take place in a complex environment influenced by individual decision-makers, institutional resources and practices,demographic inequalities, and family responses. While some ... -
Socio-ecological resilience and parental mental illness: Child and parent perspectives of service delivery
Service delivery for children of parents with mental illness (COPMI) and their families is considered essential in many countries for the prevention of mental illness and addiction in children, and their future resilience. ... -
Te whariki o nga whanau ki te ao hurihuri, whanau ora : whanau Maori in this changing world, weaving and healing with the whanau when whanau violence is the presenting problem
This is a study of whanau Maori violence. I explore my own personal journey through family violence into the light, and compare it to the journey of my own people through the injustices of colonialism, and the impact of ... -
How Migrants and Refugees Experience Play Therapy: The Influences of Cultural Background and Interactions with Social Services
New Zealand is facing a major increase in the number of refugees and migrants arriving each year of whom approximately a quarter are children. Parents and children who mi-grate experience multiple stresses that can impact ... -
Faithful living : Muslim women in New Zealand and the articulation of Islam
This research explores the narratives articulated by a cross-section of Muslim women in New Zealand. The women interviewed often felt defined and overlooked by dominant discourses that tend to stereotype and essentialise ... -
Becoming an Ex-Forensic Psychiatric Client: Transitioning to Recovery within the Community
This study used Constructivist Grounded Theory to explore both how clients within a forensic psychiatric service in Aotearoa/New Zealand transitioned to living in the community and what factors influenced this transition. ... -
Indigenous social work practice development: The contribution of manaakitanga to Mana-enhancing social work practice theory
Manaakitanga is acknowledged as a foundational Te Ao Māori value, construct and tikanga that underpins relationships. This research thesis sought an in-depth understanding of manaakitanga as it is understood and practiced ... -
Seeing iwi Maori, being iwi Maori : constructions of iwi Maori representation
This study's objective was to examine the influence of Maori Television on a sample ofiwi Maori adults living in Otepoti (Dunedin). Given Otepoti (Dunedin's) small iwi Maori population, the research sought to determine how ... -
Fertility stalls in Bangladesh
This study uncovered the causes of fertility stalls in Bangladesh. A fertility stall occurs when fertility rate levels off or increases following a trend of decline. Fertility in Bangladesh has declined rapidly since the ... -
Sustainable Development and Sustainable Wine New Zealand: Bridging Neoliberal Statecraft and Locally Appropriate Development
James C. Scott argues that states require schematic knowledge of local realities. This standardized knowledge produces one-size-fits-all development solutions, which can fail to adequately account for context and thus ... -
Some aspects of home-making
The home-maker, and similarly every other human being, has three scarce factors to consider – money, time and energy. Except in times of severe depression there are usually ways in which one may obtain more money – by ... -
The V8 boys : a case study of a delinquent gang.
A case study is presented of a delinquent gang known as the V8 boys who lived and carried out their activities in Dunedin, New Zealand. The name V8 refers to the V8 cars owned and driven by members of this group. The ... -
First findings from phase one of the Child Welfare Decision-Making Variability Project: Research briefing paper.
Decision variability,that is,different decision outcomes when levels of harm are similar is a problem common to many child protection systems. The causes are many and varied: the expectation of the child protection system ... -
Eating a nuclear disaster: A vital institutional ethnography of everyday eating in the aftermath of Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster
This project explores the coordination of everyday eating in the aftermath of Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (TEPCO’s) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster. With the onset of the nuclear disaster in March 2011, ... -
'We all have one': Exit plans as a professional strategy in sex work
The idea of ‘exiting’ the sex industry plays a powerful symbolic role in the feminist debates around the morality, legitimacy and regulation of sex work. Drawing on interviews with 39 women sex workers in Australia and ... -
Work conditions and job mobility in the Australian indoor sex industry
This article explores sex workers’ experiences of work conditions and job mobility in the indoor sectors of the Australian sex industry: brothel work, escort work and small cooperative work. Drawing from 14 in-depth ... -
In Pursuit of Beauty Within the Ageing Body: Voices from Older Korean Women in New Zealand
Researchers have attempted to explore the experience of ageing bodies and the use of beauty and anti ageing practices among older women. However, an insufficient number of such studies have focused on women from diverse ... -
Social work skills for students prior to fieldwork placement
Social work skill is a key component of social work education yet it is an under researched area. This thesis seeks to address the gap in research around preparing social work students with skills they need for fieldwork ... -
Saints or Communists? The Story of Dunedin/Ōtepoti Food Banks and FoodShare
Food banks began in Aotearoa New Zealand in the 1980s and experienced a rapid rise from the early 1990s because of significant neoliberal reforms. Food banks and latterly “food rescue” organisations have become a normalised ... -
There's a new kid on the block: A longitudinal study of the aspirations held by members of the social work profession for the introduction of statutory registration for social workers in Aotearoa New Zealand...... and the consequences
The Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW) was established in 1964 and for nearly 40 years members of the Association debated the merits of statutory registration and its possible forms and processes. ...