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Introduction
Dr Elizabeth Rata is a member of the School of Social and Policy Studies in the Faculty of Education and also an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Political Studies. She is a founding member of the Politics of Social Regulation Research Group which hosts the annual ‘Anatomy of Power’ symposium. In 2003 she was a Fulbright Senior Scholar to Georgetown University, Washington DC.
Educational history
- Dr Rata completed her Bachelor of Arts, Master of Education, and Doctorate of Philosophy at the University of Auckland.
- Her doctoral thesis is ‘The Emergence of Tribal Capitalism’ (1996).
Area of expertise
The political regulation of ethnicity, specifically in education policy and practice.
Research and professional interest
The Politics of Ethnicity and Culture; Elite Theory; Education Policy, Political Economy.
Current teaching
- EDPROFST 776 Education, Culture and Identity
- ACE 903.702 Politics of Education
- EDUC 140 Education in Aotearoa New Zealand
Recent publications
Books
Rata, E. and Openshaw, R. (eds.) Public Policy and Ethnicity, The Politics of Ethnic Boundary-Making. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan. Nov 2006 publication.
H/B ISBN 0-230-00338-9, NZ$79.95 (November 2006) Palgrave Macmillan Publishers UK Limited
Public Policy and Ethnicity is a response to the growing concern in many democracies that ethnicity has become institutionalised as a political category. The book draws on a number of international studies, including New Zealand, to show that this process of public policymaking creates permanent divisions and boundaries. These artificial boundaries are fundamentally at odds with the social fluidity of modern societies and actually undermine the conditions required to promote social justice.
Public Policy and Ethnicity (52kB)
Rata, E. A Political Economy of Neotribal Capitalism, Lanham, Md and Oxford: Lexington Books. 2000.
Chapters in books
Rata, E. Maori Language Revival and New Zealand Education. In. Schuster, K. and Witkosky, D. (eds.) Language of the Land: Histories of Language and Nationalism Within Educational Settings. Vol. 2. Information Age Publishing. (in press).
Rata, E. Kaupapa Maori Education in New Zealand. In Demaine, J. (ed.) Citizenship and Political Education Today. (pp. 80-103). Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan. 2004.
Rata, E. The Indigenisation of Ethnicity. In Prazniak, R. and Dirlik, A. (eds.) Place and Politics in the Age of Global Capitalism. (pp. 167- 192). New York: Rowman and Littlefield. 2001.
Articles
Rata, E. Ethnic Ideologies in New Zealand Education, Delta 58 (1), 2006 in press.
Rata, E. Race, Ethnicity and Democracy in New Zealand Education, Public Sector, 28, No. 2, 2 - 6. 2005.
Rata, E. Rethinking Biculturalism. Anthropological Theory, 5(3): 267 - 284, 2005.
Rata, E 'Class Discourses in Neotribal Capitalism' Political Crossroads, 10(2), 19 - 32, 2004/2003.
Rata, E Neotribal Capitalism and Public Policy, Political Science, 56(1): 55 - 64. June, 2004.
Rata, E. Marching through the Institutions, The Neotribal Elite and the Treaty of Waitangi.
Rata, E. Leadership Ideology in Neotribal Capitalism, Political Power and Social Theory. 16, 45 - 73, 2003.
Rata, E. An Overview of Neotribal Capitalism, Ethnologies Compareés. Oceanie, debut de siecle. 6, 2003. alor.univ-montp3.fr/cerce/r6/e.r.htm
Rata, E. Late Capitalism and Ethnic Revivalism, ‘A New Middle Age’? Anthropological Theory, 3 (1), 46-64, 2003.
Rata, E. The Treaty and Neotribal Capitalism, Public Sector, 26 (3) 2 - 6, 2003.
Rata, E. The Transformation of Indigeneity’, Review, A Journal of the Fernand Braudel Center for the Study of Economies, Historical Systems and Civilisations, State University of New York. XXV (2), 173-195, 2002.
