Perspectives on Fathering II

 

Issues Paper No.6

 

Edited by

 

Stuart Birks and Paul Callister

 

 

 

CENTRE FOR PUBLIC POLICY EVALUATION

1999

  

Issues Paper No. 6

ISSN. 1174 – 412X

Price $15

 

 

 

CENTRE FOR PUBLIC POLICY EVALUATION

 

Published by

Centre for Public Policy Evaluation

College of Business, Massey University

Palmerston North

NEW ZEALAND

October 1999

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

                                                                                                                 

Contents (pdf)

 

Introduction (pdf)

 

Chapter One:       "In the Name of the Father": Men, Fatherhood and Public Policy, Ian Shirley (pdf)

 

Chapter Two:       Fathers Who Care: Partners in Parenting Project, Office of the Commissioner for Children(pdf)

 

Chapter Three:     Fathers at Work - Families Keep Out: The Need for Cultural Change in New Zealand Workplaces, Trudie McNaughton and Julie O'Brien (pdf)

 

Chapter Four:       Developing Support Services to Fathers, Harald Breiding-Buss (pdf)

 

Chapter Five:       Encounters with Counsellors: Relationship Services – What's in it for Fathers? Sue Hine (pdf)

 

Chapter Six:         Putting Children in the Forefront of Custody and Access Disputes, Robert Ludbrook (pdf)

 

Chapter Seven:     Fatherhood and Family Law, Mark Henaghan (pdf)

 

Chapter Eight:      Parenting and the Family Court: An Economist's Perspective, Stuart Birks (pdf)

 

Chapter Nine:       Fatherhood and the New Zealand Population Problem: An Economist's View, Simon Chapple (pdf)

 

Chapter Ten:        Fatherless Sons - A Review of the Voices, Jill Chrisp (pdf)

 

Chapter Eleven:    Children Living in Sole Father Homes in New Zealand, Judith Davey (pdf)

 

Chapter Twelve:   No Job, No Wife? - Fathers, Paid Work and Changes in Living Arrangements in New Zealand, Paul Callister (pdf)

 

About the Authors (pdf)


The Centre for Public Policy Evaluation is based in the College of Business, Massey University, Palmerston North campus. While the primary focus is economics, the centre wishes to promote multidisciplinary perspectives.

 

The Issues Paper series looks at a range of current policy questions.  It is intended to inform and to stimulate debate.

 

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http://econ.massey.ac.nz/cppe

 

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