The political engagement of Pacific peoples in New Zealand

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dc.contributor.advisorCrothers, Charles
dc.contributor.advisorWilson, David
dc.contributor.authorIusitini, Leon Carlton
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-27T02:28:48Z
dc.date.available2013-03-27T02:28:48Z
dc.date.copyright2013
dc.date.created2013
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.updated2013-03-27T02:15:44Z
dc.description.abstractThere is a dearth of research on the political engagement of Pacific peoples in New Zealand. To address this deficit, data from six waves of a survey conducted after each general election (the New Zealand Election Study between 1996 and 2011) were merged (n=17,876) and analysis was conducted to compare various aspects of political engagement between Pacific respondents and all other (mostly New Zealand European) respondents. Results showed that, compared to all other respondents, Pacific respondents had lower levels of internal and external political efficacy, comparable rates of voting and campaign activism, less engagement in political discussion or persuasion, higher attention to the election campaign in the media, and generally lower levels of non-electoral participation. They also exhibited a strong preference for the Labour Party in their partisanship and voting choices, primarily due to the party’s history of engagement and mobilisation of Pacific communities and its representation of their broad interests as a socially disadvantaged, predominantly working class ethnic minority. To increase the political engagement of the relatively youthful Pacific population, civic educational programmes designed to improve political knowledge and efficacy are needed in schools and tertiary institutions, and political parties must connect with Pacific communities by mobilising them to vote, campaigning on issues important to them, and selecting Pacific representatives.en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/5242
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherAuckland University of Technology
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subjectPacific peoplesen_NZ
dc.subjectPolitical participationen_NZ
dc.subjectVotingen_NZ
dc.subjectNew Zealand election studyen_NZ
dc.subjectSurveyen_NZ
dc.titleThe political engagement of Pacific peoples in New Zealanden_NZ
dc.typeThesis
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thesis.degree.grantorAuckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.levelMasters Theses
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts in Social Sciencesen_NZ
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