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“Kanohi” – Relationen mellan Māoris deskriptiva och substantiella representation i Nya Zeelands parlament

Larsson, Emma LU and Mahout, Simon LU (2020) STVA22 20201
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Does the increase in descriptive representation of Māori legislators in the New Zealand House of Representatives have a positive impact on the substantive representations of Māori related issues in terms of legislation? This study is based on a content analysis of New Zealand legislation during two distinct terms of office, 1999 to 2002 and 2005 to 2008, in which the ambition is to find acts that improves Māoris position in society. The findings are later compared to the proportion of Māori legislators during each respective term, 13.3% between 1999 and 2002 and 19% between 2005 and 2008. Our findings show a slight increase in bills acted in the latter term, 9 contra 12, an increase that can be interpreted to a certain extent as a... (More)
Does the increase in descriptive representation of Māori legislators in the New Zealand House of Representatives have a positive impact on the substantive representations of Māori related issues in terms of legislation? This study is based on a content analysis of New Zealand legislation during two distinct terms of office, 1999 to 2002 and 2005 to 2008, in which the ambition is to find acts that improves Māoris position in society. The findings are later compared to the proportion of Māori legislators during each respective term, 13.3% between 1999 and 2002 and 19% between 2005 and 2008. Our findings show a slight increase in bills acted in the latter term, 9 contra 12, an increase that can be interpreted to a certain extent as a consequence of the increase in the descriptive representation. This could be an indication that the descriptive representation of Māoris may have an impact on the substantive representation of their issues. (Less)
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author
Larsson, Emma LU and Mahout, Simon LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVA22 20201
year
type
L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
subject
keywords
New Zealand, Māori, descriptive representation, substantive representation, legislation
language
Swedish
id
9009217
date added to LUP
2020-09-21 13:28:11
date last changed
2020-09-21 13:28:11
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  abstract     = {{Does the increase in descriptive representation of Māori legislators in the New Zealand House of Representatives have a positive impact on the substantive representations of Māori related issues in terms of legislation? This study is based on a content analysis of New Zealand legislation during two distinct terms of office, 1999 to 2002 and 2005 to 2008, in which the ambition is to find acts that improves Māoris position in society. The findings are later compared to the proportion of Māori legislators during each respective term, 13.3% between 1999 and 2002 and 19% between 2005 and 2008. Our findings show a slight increase in bills acted in the latter term, 9 contra 12, an increase that can be interpreted to a certain extent as a consequence of the increase in the descriptive representation. This could be an indication that the descriptive representation of Māoris may have an impact on the substantive representation of their issues.}},
  author       = {{Larsson, Emma and Mahout, Simon}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{“Kanohi” – Relationen mellan Māoris deskriptiva och substantiella representation i Nya Zeelands parlament}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}