Course syllabus
HISTORY 362: Social Welfare in New Zealand, 1840-2000
SEMESTER 1, 2018
15 points
Course Convenor:
Linda Bryder l.bryder@auckland.ac.nz
Timetable and room details can be viewed on Student Services Online
Summary of Course Description:
The goal of this course is to enhance your understanding of New Zealand society and politics, past and present. The nature of the provision made for poorer and disadvantaged members of society reveals much about dominant social attitudes and prevailing ideologies. In this course we will investigate the changing nature of social welfare, both state and voluntary, and the reasons why certain social concerns were at the forefront of public attention at different times. We will examine the ongoing debates between community and individual responsibility for maintaining well-being. Current political and social policy debates will be viewed in their historical context.
This course (HISTORY362) is taught concurrently with HISTORY 262. Students should be aware that the course requirements, assessment tasks, and expectations of achievement for the two courses are different even though the lectures are common to both courses. If you are enrolled in HISTORY362 be sure that you comply with the requirements at 300-level History.
Course outcomes:
It is intended that students who complete History 362 successfully will:
- Improve their knowledge of New Zealand political and social policy history.
- Gain familiarity with a number of significant primary sources from the period and learn how historians have interpreted them.
- Engage with and critically evaluate historiography on major issues and debates in the field.
- Have fun and enjoy the course.
More broadly, in line with the Graduate Profile for students in the Bachelor of Arts degree, History 362 seeks to develop transferable skills valuable for employability by helping students to:
- Enhance their aptitude in critical thinking, rational debate and analysis, effective academic communication and presentation of ideas.
- Seek solutions to problems of historical interpretation through discussion of primary sources and relevant academic literature, both in written and oral formats.
- Demonstrate personal academic integrity and efficiency through the timely submission of assignments based on their own research and writing.
Lecture Programme
27 February Introduction: Welfare history
2 March A Colonial Poor Law: nineteenth-century welfare
6 March British context (Professor Martin Gorsky)
9 March Liberal Government, 1890-1912: a progressive era
13 March Reform and United Governments, 1912-1935: self-help
16 March Labour Government, 1935-1949: social security
Themes in welfare history, 1900-1950
20 March Infants
23 March Childbirth
27 March Children
17 April Maori
20 April Housing (Ella Arbury)
24 April Health
Erosion of welfare, 1950-2000
27 April Welfare in prosperity, 1950s and 1960s
1 May Changing times, 1970s and 1980s
4 May Labour, 1984-1990
8 May National, 1990-2000
Themes in welfare history, 1950-2000
15 May Health & Housing
18 May Childbirth
22 May Voluntary sector
25 May Children
29 May Maori
1 June Conclusions
Workload and deadlines for submission of coursework:
The University of Auckland's expectation is that students spend 10 hours per week on a 15-point course, including time in class and personal study. Students should manage their academic workload and other commitments accordingly. Deadlines for coursework are set by course convenors and will be advertised in course material. You should submit your work on time. In extreme circumstances, such as illness, you may seek an extension but you may be required to provide supporting information before the assignment is due. Late assignments without a pre-approved extension may be penalised by loss of marks – check course information for details.
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