Political expression and ethnicity : statecraft and mobilisation in the Maori world

Author(s)

• Hazlehurst, Kayleen M.

Bibliographic Information

Political expression and ethnicity : statecraft and mobilisation in the Maori world

Kayleen M. Hazlehurst

Praeger, 1993

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-210) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Hazlehurst explores the political importance of ethnicity for a minority indigenous population, the Maori of New Zealand. Drawing on close ethnographical observation and extensive interviews with key participants, Kayleen Hazlehurst provides a comprehensive narrative and analysis of the creation of the Mana Motuhake party and its formative electoral experiences. Hazlehurst places the emergence of the party in the early 1980s in the context of historical patterns of resistance and cooperation with the European majority. Modern political networks, leadership styles, mobilization strategies, ideologies, political rhetoric and symbology are examined. The study provides an overview of the contested nature of Maori ethnicity and of conflicting modern and traditional loyalties.

Table of Contents

Introduction From Resistance to Co-existence The Structure of Maori Political Life From Labour to Independent The Foundation of Mana Motuhake The Battle of the By-Election A Campaign of Hope and Vision A Distinctive Alternative The Meaning of Mana Motuhake Glossary Bibliography Postscript Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA21585405
• ISBN:
  • 0275944581
• LCCN: 92035349
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Westport, Conn.
• Pages/Volumes: xxiii, 222 p., [20] p. of plates
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DU423.P63
  • DC20 : 305.8/08994
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Maori (New Zealand people) -- Politics and government
  • LCSH : Maori (New Zealand people) -- Ethnic identity
  • LCSH : Self-determination, National -- New Zealand