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‘Wade in the Water …': Rethinking adoptees' stories of reunion
(Massey University, 2011)
In 1955, the Aotearoa/New Zealand government legislated the closed stranger adoption period. Approximately 80,000 children were constructed as a legal fiction when deemed as if born to a legally married couple. Birth family ...
Care as a Contemporary Paradox in a Global Market
(Massey University, 2011)
The contemporary mother faces difficult choices when
deciding whether to be either a ‘stay at home’ or a ‘working
mother’. Conflicting discourses of good and bad
mothering revolve around a political divide under ...
The Problem with Death: Towards a Genealogy of Euthanasia
(Massey University, 2011)
A hugely contentious issue in society today is whether
individuals have the right to choose when and how to die.
The ethics, legality and morality of euthanasia have been
hotly debated in many countries around the world. ...
Seeking the Voice of Experience: The Complexities of Researching Women’s Accounts of Their (Ex-) Partner’s Engagement with Living Free from Violence Programmes
(Massey University, 2011)
Previous research into the effectiveness and impact of
domestic violence programmes has often focused on recidivism
and re-offence data or self-report measures.
Such research is constrained by a reliance on incidences
of ...