Does having an Indigenous Political Party in Government make a Difference to Social Policy? The Māori Party in New Zealand

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2115874
AutoresL Humpage (0000-0002-8572-4918, University of Auckland, autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen46
Número3
Páginas475-494
Fecha de publicación2017-07-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Social Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0047-2794 • E-ISSN: 1469-7823
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0047279417000022
OpenAlexW2579940656
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas10

Indigenous Māori in New Zealand have had significant opportunities to influence mainstream politics and policy since 2008 when the Māori Party began negotiating supply and confidence agreements with the conservative National Party in return for progress on Māori Party initiatives. This article assesses whether the Māori Party has made a difference in social policy. It argues that the holistic, whole-family-focused Whānau Ora strategy and initiatives aiming to revitalise the Māori language are significant policy innovations that uniquely embed Māori cultural values and governance into mainstream policy frameworks. A Ministerial Committee on Poverty, established as a result of National-Māori Party negotiations, put Māori politicians at the decision-making table and led to some important housing and health initiatives but fewer gains are evident regarding income/employment policies that address the disproportionate material disadvantage of Māori. Ultimately, the Māori Party has provoked policy innovation and there is some evidence of improving Māori outcomes. But political constraints inhibit opportunities for significant and lasting recognition of indigenous rights and radically improved socio-economic outcomes in the social policy arena

Disadvantage · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics) · Indigenous · Mainstream · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Sociology · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law · Public Administration · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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