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The Role of New Zealand Sociology in Developing New Zealand Sociology

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Journals may set themselves one or several of a range of missions, but often a national Sociology Association’s journal is concerned to be a vehicle assisting in the shaping of that country’s ‘national sociology’, while maintaining some openness to international sociology. This personalised case study of New Zealand’s sociology journal discusses the extent to which this mission has been achieved over the last decade and more generally over the journal’s history, and the nitty-gritty of challenges and operational issues involved in carrying this out.

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    Charles Crothers

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Appendices

Appendix 1 Special Issues of New Zealand Sociology

2016 31 (3) History of New Zealand Sociology (2)

2016 31 (2) New Directions in Pacific Social Science

2015 30 (3) New Zealand Well-being Frameworks

2015 30 (2) Progressive Alternatives: Politics, policy, practices

2014 29 (4) Social Class/Inequality (2)

2014 29 (3) History of New Zealand Sociology (1)

2013 28 (3) Social Class/Inequality (1)

2012 28 (4) Alternative Food Futures

2011 26 Maori Sociology

2008 23 (2) Conference issue

2007 22 (1) Sociology of Work and Organisations

2006 21 (1) Cultural Politics of Museums

2004 19 (2) Rural Sociology

2003 18 (1) Graeme Fraser

2002 17 (1) Actor Network Theory

2001 16 (2) Cultural Studies in Aotearoa

2001 16 (1) Sociolinguists

1999 14 (2) The State of New Zealand Sociology

1996 11 (2) The Establishment of Sociology in New Zealand: A Founders’ Retrospect

1995 10 (1) Directions in New Zealand Sociology

1994 9 (2) Recent Books on New Zealand Political Economy

1993 8 (2) Organisation of New Zealand Social Science Research

Appendix 2

Table 2 Scopus annual data on documents and citations. Their coverage is limited
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Appendix 3 List of Editorials

Subjugation of Bodies - 2015

Life style studies in New Zealand: an editorial review - 2015

Future Studies in New Zealand: editorial - 2014

History of New Zealand sociology: an introductory editorial -2014

The sociology of the New Zealand diaspora: editorial -2014

Editorial: International Year of Statistics 2013 -2013

Editorial introduction: special issue on inequality and class in New Zealand -2013

Neo-liberalism and the changing New Zealand social science research situation -2013

Editorial: Government studies of youth and children -2-12

Most influential sociological materials on New Zealand: an editorial reporting bibliometric voting - 2012

Editorial: status of New Zealand sociology- 2011

Fifty years of TV in New Zealand: an editorial -2010

Editorial: closing the income gap with Australia -2009

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Crothers, C. The Role of New Zealand Sociology in Developing New Zealand Sociology. Am Soc 47, 486–498 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12108-016-9332-y

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