Open AccessPalmer: the Parliamentary Years; Maori and Parliament: Diverse Strategies and Compromise
Author(s) -
Bryce Edwards
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of new zealand studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
0eISSN - 2324-3740
pISSN - 1176-306X
DOI - 10.26686/jnzs.v0i13.1206
Subject(s) - compromise , parliament , politics , government (linguistics) , law , sociology , project commissioning , publishing , political science , media studies , philosophy , linguistics
Raymond Richards - Edited by Maria BarghShould academia and politics mix? Two recent books published about very different topics in New Zealand politics provide some light on the relationship between academic intellectuals and parliamentary politics. Both books offer examples of academic intellectuals jumping into the political sphere, with varying results. Typically New Zealand has a rather flimsy relationship between the realms of central government and academia. Unfortunately, intellectuals tend not only to stay out of the 'issues of the day' but also parliamentary politics full stop.