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New diversity, old anxieties in New Zealand

The Complex Identity Politics and Engagement of a Settler Society

Bibliographic Data

ID2147173
AuthorsPaul Spoonley (0000-0001-8487-5717, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume38
Issue4
Pages650-661
Publication date2015-03-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2015.980292
OpenAlexW2095962112
LanguageEN
Citations received65
References cited19

Superdiversity signals the common experience in many countries and cities of the enhanced levels of diversity that are associated with contemporary immigration, yet there are a range of permutations and possibilities. One example of superdiversity - that of a particular group of settler societies represented by New Zealand - is explored, as the colonization of indigenous peoples has occurred alongside a nation-building project that centres on mass immigration, and which in turn has been layered by a more recent immigrant recruitment project that ostensibly values immigrants for the skills that they contribute to economic development. Since the 1970s, there have been limited but still important concessions made in terms of diversity recognition and group rights. This article explores the nature of this settler society superdiversity and its politics

Aesthetics · Contemporary society · Diversity (politics · Ethnic group · Identity (music · Immigration · Indigenous · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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