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"Social welfare -- its ideals, its daily implementation and its broader policies -- has it affected the organisation of New Zealand society? If the activities of the welfare state are a factor in social change does this then become and on-going process? Is then the welfare state, in theory at least, a flexible, dynamic and evolving form of societal organisation? With these questions in mind the 14 contributors have considered and assessed social welfare provisions and activities and directed the readers attention to elements of past and possible future changes ..."--Back cover