Asians and the new multiculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand / edited by Gautam Ghosh & Jacqueline Leckie.
"Asians and the New Multiculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand presents thought-provoking new research on New Zealand's fastest-growing demographic - the geographically, nationally and historically diverse Asian communities. What kind of multicultural framework best suits New Zealand's...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Dunedin, N.Z. :
Otago University Press,
2015.
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| Summary: | "Asians and the New Multiculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand presents thought-provoking new research on New Zealand's fastest-growing demographic - the geographically, nationally and historically diverse Asian communities. What kind of multicultural framework best suits New Zealand's rapidly expanding ethnic diversity? Can the Treaty of Waitangi - initially set up to accommodate British settlers and to recognise the tangata whenua - serve as the basis for New Zealand's immigration policy in the new millennium? Could all citizens embrace multiculturalism? Aotearoa New Zealand is a fusion of indigenous, settler and immigrant populations. This collection examining Asian communities in Aotearoa highlights the unresolved tensions between a dynamic biculturalism and the recognition of other ethnic minorities that are increasingly asserting themselves. Multiculturalism and Asian-ness are addressed together for the first time in this articulate addition to the ongoing debate about the population diversity of Aotearoa New Zealand"--EBL. |
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| Physical Description: | 316 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1877578231 9781877578236 |