New Zealand’s Relationship Accord: A case study in the politics of cross-sector rapprochement
In New Zealand the Clark Labour government (1999-2008) advocated entering into a compact with the country’s community and voluntary sector. However, owing in part to the reticence of New Zealand’s national umbrella organisations, a bilateral framework agreement between government and the sector was...
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Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre
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| description | In New Zealand the Clark Labour government (1999-2008) advocated entering into a compact with the country’s community and voluntary sector. However, owing in part to the reticence of New Zealand’s national umbrella organisations, a bilateral framework agreement between government and the sector was never formalised. It was not until May 2011 that a framework document – Kia Tūtahi Standing Together: The Relationship Accord between the Communities of Aotearoa New Zealand and the Government of New Zealand – was ratified by the National Party government led by Prime Minister, John Key, thus marking the culmination of a decade-long national discussion. This paper charts that policy journey and highlights the importance of key political events and the ways in which key policy actors exploited the windows of policy opportunity associated with those events. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-550462024-06-06T02:26:15Z New Zealand’s Relationship Accord: A case study in the politics of cross-sector rapprochement Butcher, John In New Zealand the Clark Labour government (1999-2008) advocated entering into a compact with the country’s community and voluntary sector. However, owing in part to the reticence of New Zealand’s national umbrella organisations, a bilateral framework agreement between government and the sector was never formalised. It was not until May 2011 that a framework document – Kia Tūtahi Standing Together: The Relationship Accord between the Communities of Aotearoa New Zealand and the Government of New Zealand – was ratified by the National Party government led by Prime Minister, John Key, thus marking the culmination of a decade-long national discussion. This paper charts that policy journey and highlights the importance of key political events and the ways in which key policy actors exploited the windows of policy opportunity associated with those events. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55046 Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Butcher, John New Zealand’s Relationship Accord: A case study in the politics of cross-sector rapprochement |
| title | New Zealand’s Relationship Accord: A case study in the politics of cross-sector rapprochement |
| title_full | New Zealand’s Relationship Accord: A case study in the politics of cross-sector rapprochement |
| title_fullStr | New Zealand’s Relationship Accord: A case study in the politics of cross-sector rapprochement |
| title_full_unstemmed | New Zealand’s Relationship Accord: A case study in the politics of cross-sector rapprochement |
| title_short | New Zealand’s Relationship Accord: A case study in the politics of cross-sector rapprochement |
| title_sort | new zealand’s relationship accord: a case study in the politics of cross-sector rapprochement |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55046 |