The Quiet Revolution: Turbulence and Transition in Contemporary New Zealand

Colin James

dic 2015 · Bridget Williams Books

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In The Quiet Revolution, leading political commentator Colin James analyses New Zealand's market-based reforms of the 1980s as they are happening. Writing a first draft of history, he examines how the 'quiet revolution' is seen alternately as a betrayal, a dangerous experiment and a liberation.

Combining economic and political analysis, he describes the behind-the-scenes manoeuvring that formed the backdrop to the reforms and the effects of the reform programme itself. He also sees a groundswell of optimism that, he argues, could forge a new and very different society in New Zealand.

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Colin James is a political journalist of nearly 40 years' experience, and political columnist of the year in 2003. He writes a weekly column in the Otago Daily Times and a monthly column in Management Magazine and is an occasional commentator in other media. He has written six books plus several editions of a election guide for journalists. He is a fellow of the Institute of Public Administration and a life member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery and the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union.