The absent elephant in the 2016 : Modernising Child Youth and Family Expert Panel Report
Date
2016-04Citation:
Kenkel, D. J. (2016). The absent elephant in the 2016 Modernising Child Youth and Family Expert Panel Report. Re-Imagining Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand: Re-Imagining Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand. http://www.reimaginingsocialwork.nz/.Permanent link to Research Bank record:
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/3688Abstract
Sometimes the most interesting thing about a new policy document or report is not what is present in the document but what is absent.
On receiving the report Investing in New Zealand’s Children and Their Families I used the very simple textual analysis technique of searching for the frequency of what I considered important words. Such a simple analysis does not necessarily create a window into the minds and thinking of the authors; however it does give some indications about what they consider important at least as measured by how frequently they talk about it.
Keywords:
New Zealand, social practice, Investing in New Zealand’s Children and Their Families (2016), social policy, children, familiesANZSRC Field of Research:
1607 Social Work, 160512 Social PolicyCopyright Holder:
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