{"product_id":"te-tiriti-equality-and-the-future-ofnew-zealand-democracy","title":"Te Tiriti Equality and the Future of New Zealand Democracy","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this major work, the leading Maori political scientist Dominic O’Sullivan draws on theories of republicanism and the commonwealth to challenge understandings of Te Tiriti as a partnership between races, or between Maori people and the Crown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eO’Sullivan also critiques the idea that Te Tiriti created one people, assimilating Maori into colonial ways of governing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInstead, he proposes a new politics where Maori self-determination and liberal democracy, rangatiratanga and kawanatanga, complement one another to promote meaningful and culturally grounded political equality. O’Sullivan enables us to see a future for Aotearoa in which political authority and responsibility belong to everyone and should therefore work equally well for all; a country where Maori people, as much as anyone else, bring their tikanga to public life; and a society where the Crown is no longer the word we use to describe government. For scholars, policymakers and political leaders, for Maori and Pakeha, for all of us imagining a respectful and inclusive future for our island democracy, this is essential reading.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Te Tiriti Equality and the Future ofNew Zealand Democracy","offer_id":45955154215109,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/9781776712366.jpg?v=1774561356","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/te-tiriti-equality-and-the-future-ofnew-zealand-democracy","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}