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Author Doerr, Neriko Musha.

Title Meaningful Inconsistencies : Bicultural Nationhood, the Free Market, and Schooling in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Imprint New York : Berghahn Books, Inc., 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (242 pages).
Series Studies in Public and Applied Anthropology, 6
Contents Meaningful Inconsistencies; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1. Shifting Terrains; Chapter 2. Categorizing; Chapter 3. Inhabiting Waikaraka High School; Chapter 4. Sorting; Chapter 5. Calling It Separatist; Chapter 6. Imagining "Failure"; Chapter 7. Laughing; Chapter 8. Laughing Globally; Chapter 9. Dancing; Chapter 10. Conclusion and Departure; Glossary; References; Index.
Summary In the late twentieth century, the categorization of individuals in ethnic terms, affected by neoliberal reforms and the prioritization of market forces, has transformed our institutions and wreaked havoc around the world. Especially stark in societies that recognize their bi- or multicultural make-up, such categorization influences how individuals view themselves and are viewed by others in the educational arena. A small town in Aotearoa/New Zealand, with its contemporary shift toward official biculturalism and extensive free-marketization of schooling, is a prime example. This important volu.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-223) and index.
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Subject Māori (New Zealand people) -- Education (Secondary)
Education, Secondary -- New Zealand -- Whangarei District.
Multicultural education -- New Zealand -- Whangarei District.
Education, Bilingual -- New Zealand -- Whangarei District.
High school students -- New Zealand -- Whangarei District.
EDUCATION -- Multicultural Education.
EDUCATION -- Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Education, Bilingual
Education, Secondary
High school students
Multicultural education
New Zealand -- Whangarei District
Kura tuarua.
Kura kaupapa Māori.
Tino rangatiratanga.
Other Form: Print version: Doerr, Neriko Musha. Meaningful Inconsistencies : Bicultural Nationhood, the Free Market, and Schooling in Aotearoa/New Zealand. New York : Berghahn Books, Inc., ©2009 9781845456092
ISBN 9781845459338 (electronic bk.)
1845459334 (electronic bk.)
1845456092
9781845456092