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NEW ZEALAND JAYCEE –
A HISTORY
In its heyday, Jaycee was one of New Zealand’s liveliest service
organisations, with members who were both ‘developers of people’ and
‘builders of communities’. The organisation made an impressive
contribution to the social infrastructure of New Zealand after World
War II and later. Almost every community has amenities built or
aided by the Jaycees. The organisation's role in training leaders in
politics, local government and business is less well known but many
a parliamentarian and mayor learned public speaking and meeting
procedure in a Jaycee chapter.
Jaycee was also an international
movement that looked to foster world peace through democracy, trade
and international brotherhood. New Zealand Jaycees boxed far above
their weight in the international body, taking a strong lead in the
Asia-Pacific region. But, like the whole voluntary sector throughout
the western world, Jaycee lost ground as new forces in society and
the economy invaded its niche. By century’s end the decline in
social capital and social cohesion emerged as a worldwide concern.
As the New Zealand movement celebrates its 75th anniversary it faces
reinventing itself in this new situation.
This readable and well-illustrated book remembers the fun times and
the more serious times, while making an important contribution to
New Zealand history and the international study of service
organisations.
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Handsomely produced hardback
book with 293 pages and 240 illustrations.
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Table of contents: click
here to see the table of contents and more pictures.
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Index: click
here to see the
full index.
"A must-have
for all those thousands of former Jaycees out there." (Former
Napier Jaycee chapter president Graham Beattie, in The Lion.)
"Jaycee
is an outstanding book." (Jim McLees, Wanganui Chronicle)
"Throws
light on the voluntary community subculture that once flourished
like an ancient civilisation now almost buried beneath shrines
to Mammon." (Denis Welch, NZ Listener)
"The
Butterworths did a great job in researching and writing this
book...a great read." (Former Jaycee Royce Pepin, Australia)
"Many
wonderful memories flooded back as I read this professional
publication. Jaycee shows just what a huge contribution
service clubs made to the social capital of this country." (John
Irwin, former Jaycee and past president of Wellington Rotary.)
"A gem on
almost every page." (Dave Belcher, former Jaycee)
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Susan and Graham
Butterworth are New Zealand’s longest-established independent
professional historians. Susan has been in practice since 1985 and
Graham since 1990, after a career in government, university and as
executive officer of the Police Association. Their books and papers
cover a very wide range of New Zealand history, government and local
government, business, community and Maori history. They live in
Tawa, Wellington.
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