Open AccessJournal Article
The Problem of Defining an Ethnic Group for Public Policy: Who Is Maori and Why Does It Matter?
TLDR
The authors make two suggestions: (1) that statistical and legal definitions of Mäori be amended to take account of both self-identified ethnicity and descent; and (2) that programs which seek to militate MÀori disadvantage be oriented towards those who strongly identify as MÌori, since they are the most likely to be in need.Abstract:
Governments in multicultural democracies are increasingly being challenged to justify the collection of ethnic and racial data, and the targeted policies they support. Given mounting opposition to ethnicbased policies in New Zealand, it is timely to consider two questions that have arisen from ongoing debate. The first is what criteria ought to apply to determine who is Mäori for policy purposes. The second is which Mäori ought to benefit from targeted policies and programmes. This paper addresses both questions empirically and makes two suggestions: (1) that statistical and legal definitions of Mäori be amended to take account of both self-identified ethnicity and descent; (2) that programmes which seek to militate Mäori disadvantage be oriented towards those who strongly identify as Mäori, since they are the most likely to be in need.read more
Citations
More filters
Dissertation
Public Information Advertisements: Māori Perspectives
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a method to solve the problem of "uniformity" and "uncertainty" in the context of education.V.VV.
Journal ArticleDOI
The relationship between socially-assigned ethnicity, health and experience of racial discrimination for Māori: analysis of the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey.
TL;DR: Results suggest that, in a race conscious society, the way people’s ethnicities are viewed by others is associated with tangible health risk or advantage, which is consistent with an understanding of racism as a health determinant.
Journal ArticleDOI
Indigenous Mortality (Revealed): The Invisible Illuminated
Jane Freemantle,Ian T Ring,Teshia G. Arambula Solomon,Francine C. Gachupin,Janet Smylie,Tessa L. Cutler,John Waldon +6 more
TL;DR: The methodological and technical challenges in measuring mortality for Indigenous populations within a historical and political context are discussed, and strategies for the accurate ascertainment and inclusion of Indigenous people in mortality statistics are identified.
World Migration in the Age of Globalization: Policy Implications and Challenges
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that future brain drain is likely to be multidirectional and the world community may be compelled to agree upon a universal framework under which, world migration could be regulated.
Dissertation
Māori and Romani and Juvenile Justice – Approaches and Responses from Different Justice Systems
Abstract: ................................................................................................................................... II LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................................... X LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................................................ XI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .............................................................................................................. XIII CHAPTER ONE ..............................................................................................................................
References
More filters
Book
Ethnic Options: Choosing Identities in America
TL;DR: Waters as mentioned in this paper explored the re-invention of ethnicity in the lives of the grandchildren and great grandchildren of European immigrants, asking how their ethnic heritage is lived, maintained, and celebrated.
Journal ArticleDOI
Constructing Ethnicity: Creating and Recreating Ethnic Identity and Culture
TL;DR: The authors developed a model of ethnicity that stresses the fluid, situational, volitional, and dynamic character of ethnic identification, organization, and action, emphasizing the socially constructed aspects of ethnicity, that is, the ways in which ethnic boundaries, identities, and cultures are negotiated, defined, and produced through social interaction inside and outside ethnic communities.
Journal ArticleDOI
The Urban Villagers: Group And Class In The Life Of Italian-Americans
Journal ArticleDOI
Categorization of humans in biomedical research: genes, race and disease
TL;DR: An epidemiologic perspective on the issue of human categorization in biomedical and genetic research that strongly supports the continued use of self-identified race and ethnicity is provided.