摘要：MICHAEL JONESis a senior lecturer in management at The University of Canberra and author of The Australian Welfare State, whose first edition was published in 1980. His new book on social welfare in New Zealand is a carefully crafted text which is likely to feature on university reading guides for some time. As a summary of key issues involved in the contentious area of welfare reform, it is notable for its breadth of coverage and its balanced presentation. Jones has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the literature in the field, and of the sometimes ambiguous research evidence which confronts those who want clear and simple an-swers
