Indigenous Participation in Elective Bodies: The Maori in New Zealand

Xanthaki, Alexandra; O’Sullivan, Dominic

doi:10.1163/157181109x427734

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“…These arguments were acknowledged by the Royal Commission (1986), which found that for many Mäori the seats were considered an important expression of their position as tangata whenua; and by the Mäori Electoral Option Report (Waitangi Tribunal, 1994, s. 3.1), which suggested that the seats were considered to be an exercise-although limited-of the tino rangatiratanga guaranteed to Mäori under the Treaty (see also Xanthaki & O'Sullivan, 2009). More recently, the Constitutional Advisory Panel (2013) similarly reported that some submissions considered the Mäori seats to be a significant, although not necessarily sufficient, symbol of commitments made by iwi and the Crown at Waitangi; and that they ensured a distinctive Mäori voice in the issues considered by Parliament.…”

Section: Proportional Representation and The "Need" For The Mäori Seatsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Since 1993, the total Mäori enrolments in the Mäori Electoral Option have increased steadily, raising the number of seats to seven. However, it is also worth noting that around half of eligible Mäori choose to not enrol on the Mäori roll (Xanthaki & O'Sullivan, 2009). The choice that is provided to Mäori voters by the electoral option is markedly different to that offered to voters in majority-minority districts in the United States.…”

Section: Individual Equality and Autonomymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The choice that is provided to Mäori voters by the electoral option is markedly different to that offered to voters in majority-minority districts in the United States. There minorities cannot choose minority and non-minority rolls (Xanthaki & O'Sullivan, 2009).…”

Section: Individual Equality and Autonomymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Mäori seats are frequently defended as a symbol of the status of Mäori as tangata whenua or as an important recognition of the position of Mäori as a Treaty of Waitangi/Tiriti o Waitangi partner (Geddis, 1996;Waitangi Tribunal, 1994;Xanthaki & O'Sullivan, 2009). This paper takes an alternative perspective and considers whether there are arguments rooted in political equality that could in fact justify the Mäori seats.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Theorising representation in the Māori seats: The crucial role of accountability

Nissen¹,

MacDonald²

2017

MAI Journal

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The guaranteed Mäori seats are a distinguishing and controversial feature of New Zealand's democracy. In recent years, a number of reports, commentators and politicians have called for the seats to be abolished on the grounds that they are no longer "needed" in New Zealand's proportional electoral system. These claims are usually grounded in principles of equality. This paper makes the opposite claim: that principles of equality create convincing and coherent justifications for the Mäori seats. Drawing on feminist theories of representation, particularly the work of Iris Marion Young, Melissa Williams and Anne Phillips, this paper argues that the Mäori seats provide crucial mechanisms of accountability that ensure the fidelity of Mäori representatives to their constituencies. This notion of accountability has been largely absent in debates about the Mäori seats and challenges arguments against the seats that are based solely on perceived "need" relative to proportionate presence.

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Section: Proportional Representation and The "Need" For The Mäori Seatsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Individual Equality and Autonomymentioning

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Section: Individual Equality and Autonomymentioning

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2017

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“…With a reformed electoral system, this number rose to 13.5% in 1996 and to 16.5% by 2005. 37 Based on this evidence, the opportunity the increased representation of women in Canada via electoral reform is an available and realistic solution.…”

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In Pursuit of Women’s Representation: A Pragmatic Approach to Improving Women’s Representation in Canadian Politics

Buys

2012

The Agora

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This essay addresses the democratic deficit in women's representation in Canadian politics that hinders the access of all citizens in Canada to free, equal, and meaningful opportunities to engage in all levels of political affairs. In doing so, a number of socio-cultural and structural barriers to women's participation in federal politics are identified. In turn, strategies to overcome these barriers are presented while making effort to tackle the conditions underlying women’s misrepresentation, as opposed to promoting explicitly compulsory solutions such as affirmative action legislation. The purpose of my research is to guide Canadian policy structures and social standards toward a new paradigm in Canadian politics where women are liberated from having to face the tension between the implications of their status as the 'other' and their desire to meaningfully contribute to the political affairs of the Canadian state.

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Reconciling taxonomies of electoral constituencies and recognized tribes of indigenous Taiwan

Cheng

Ludäscher

2020

Proc Assoc Inf Sci Technol

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Over the years, information science professionals have been studying biases in Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS), for example, bibliographic classifications. The robustness of classifications has been examined in diverse measures, ranging from the representation of race, gender, ethnic minorities, to indigenous peoples. In this study, we aim at (a) uncovering implicit assumptions about minorities in everyday taxonomies; (b) comparing and reconciling these different taxonomies. Specifically, we study the use case of Taiwanese Indigenous Peoples' tribe classifications and the indigenous constituencies of the legislature electoral representation. We compare four finer‐grained taxonomies for indigenous people with the coarse‐grained indigenous peoples' electoral constituencies that only recognize two regions (Lowland, Highland). The four taxonomies are: the recognized tribes in the past, the recognized tribes in the present, other possible tribes, and re‐scaled groups based on population. We employ a logic‐based taxonomy alignment approach using Region Connection Calculus (RCC‐5) relations to align these taxonomies. Our results show different options when modeling and interpreting the use case of Indigenous Taiwan constituencies, and also demonstrate that multiple perspectives can be preserved and co‐exist in our merged taxonomic representations.

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Indigenous Participation in Elective Bodies: The Maori in New Zealand

Cited by 21 publications

References 3 publications

Theorising representation in the Māori seats: The crucial role of accountability

Theorising representation in the Māori seats: The crucial role of accountability

In Pursuit of Women’s Representation: A Pragmatic Approach to Improving Women’s Representation in Canadian Politics

Reconciling taxonomies of electoral constituencies and recognized tribes of indigenous Taiwan

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