A Socialist Compass for Aotearoa
Envisioning Māori Socialism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22156529 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Danielle Webb (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Counterfutures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2463-5340 • E-ISSN: 2463-5359 |
| Publisher | University of Otago Library (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.26686/cf.v8i0.6362 |
| OpenAlex | W3043649075 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In this article, I argue that both tino rangatiratanga and socialism lie at the heart of emancipatory politics in Aotearoa New Zealand. For Māori, the economy has always been a dynamic site of interaction with the state and corporate bodies, and today the Māori economy is celebrated by some as a space where tino rangatiratanga can be realised. For the most part, though, the capitalist economy has been a site of exploitation for Māori. Given the inextricable relations between capitalism and colonialism, I present the case for Māori socialism as an emancipatory response to both. To do so, I employ Erik Olin Wright’s socialist compass, a conceptual tool that points to a variety of economic pathways towards socialism. But there is a major problem with Wright’s compass: it only has three points (state power, economic power, and social power). I extend Wright’s vision for socialism by completing the compass, adding to it a much needed fourth point: tino rangatiratanga. The resulting ‘Aotearoa socialist compass’ can be used to orient us towards Māori socialism—a socialist economy in which tino rangatiratanga is realised
Aotearoa · Capitalism · Economic system · Economics · Neoclassical economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Socialism · Sociology · State socialism · Wright · Gender Studies · History · Law · Political Economy and Marxism
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |