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Mā whero, mā pango ka oti ai te mahi: The role of indigenous diplomacy in the success of the 1997 Burnham talks
Evett, Jayden
After 13 failed negotiations, the July and October 1997 talks at Burnham Military Camp in New Zealand managed to achieve a durable truce in the Bougainville Civil War, a vital step in the path to the 1998 Arawa Agreement ceasefire. The New Zealand Government employed an unconventional negotiating model, which included the use of Melanesian and Māori cultural practices. This thesis seeks to answer how and why indigenous cultural practices contributed to the success of the 1997 Burnham talks through the lens of indigenous diplomatic theory. It first explains how the conventional model used in earlier talks was vulnerable to being undermined by potent factors of the war. The key features of the Burnham model are then explored, demonstrating how indigenous cultural practices were among changes made to mitigate the risk of these destabilising factors. Two cultural practices, trautim and pōwhiri are then framed as indigenous diplomacies to understand how they contributed to the talks. The analysis focuses on the inherent socio-cultural context and the reported impacts of practices on participants to understand their influence. The thesis finds that the indigeneity of the practices used at Burnham provided the culturally relevant environment necessary for sustainable outcomes owned by local participants. It concludes that alongside ripeness theory, indigenousdiplomacy provides a powerful, more holistic understanding of the Burnham talks’ success.
Gender sensitive parliaments and the legislative cycle : conceptualising new cultures and practices
(Routledge, 2023) Palmieri, Sonia; Mousmouti, Maria
As an emergent international norm, gender sensitive parliaments offer parliamentarians and parliamentary staff a new lens through which to consider all aspects of their institutional culture and work practices. In this article, I consider the origins, application and remaining gaps in one particular aspect of gender sensitive parliaments: gender mainstreaming legislation across its entire ‘life cycle’. I begin with a reminder of the international mandates for gender sensitive legislation (GSL), acknowledging a historical emphasis on the responsibility of political institutions to ensure legislation, policy and programmes address – rather than exacerbate – gender inequality. I then assess the tools that have been developed over the past 20 years to support GSL and discuss enduring limitations in its implementation, relating to political will, the collection and analysis of quality data, and inadequate parliamentary opportunities and mechanisms for gender sensitive scrutiny.
Mad cows and modernity : cross-disciplinary reflections on the crisis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
(Canberra, A.C.T. : Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University [and] National Academies Forum, 1998., 1998) McCalman, Iain.; Penny, Benjamin.; Cook, Misty.; Australian National University. Humanities Research Centre
National Academies Forum
The complex saga of BSE in cattle and its possible links with nvCJD has aroused deep public concern. The media played a central role in informing the public about events as they unfolded and offered multiple meanings and interpretations. We take the BSE and nvCJD saga, as represented in three Australian newspapers, to consider the relationship between science, the media and public health.
Coast Guards' Changing Nature: The Rise of the China Coast Guard
(Brill - Nijhoff, 2023) Chan, Edward; Guilfoyle, Douglas; Bradford, John F.; Chan, Jane; Kaye, Stuart; Schofield, Clive; Till, Geoffrey
Challenges to the Global Issue of End of Life Care
(Springer, Cham, 2022) Mallia, Pierre; Emmerich, Nathan; Gordijn, Bert; Pistoia, Francesca; Mallia, Pierre; Emmerich, Nathan; Gordijn, Bert; Pistoia, Francesca
This book addresses the problems faced by people and hospitals dedicated to providing optimal end-of-life care and asks whether ethicists can function as experts on this subject. Though ethics consultation is a growing practice in medical contexts, difficult questions surrounding the role of ethicists in professional decision-making remain. The chapters in this book examine the nature and plausibility of moral expertise, the relationship between character and expertise, the nature and limits of moral authority, the question of how one might become a moral expert, and the trustworthiness of moral testimony. This volume not only engages with the growing literature in the debate on end-of-life care but also offers new perspectives from both academics and practitioners. Such perspectives include ways on how to get together to optimize end-of-life care. This book is of particular interest to bioethicists, clinicians, ethics committees, students of social epistemology, patient groups, and institutions, especially religious, who may not be sufficiently imparting the social teachings of end-of-life care. It also shows how they are indeed stakeholders for what is today called ‘a good death’. These new essays advance discussions and provide practical information on dying as well as acting as a guide to those interested in actively effecting change.