Location: Goldman Conference Room, 4th floor, Encina Hall Contact: 725-9613 bpascual@stanford.edu Please join us for this special noon-time Environmental Forum as Doctor Te MarieTau presents The Quiet Revolution: How Neo-Liberal Economic Theory Contributed to Greater Maori Independence.Abstract Over the last 30 years Māori tribes groups have reestablished themselves upon the social, political and economic landscape of New Zealand.  New Zealand businesses and tribal corporations regularly engage with each other. Co-governance models between tribes, the Crown and local authorities are being developed and modeled throughout New Zealand.  The change in New Zealand has been dramatic –yet it has almost been a ‘Quiet Revolution’.  This situation would never have been imagined during the mid 20th century and it is doubtful whether the activist movements of the 1960s could have even imagined the political influences Maori now have.  Historians tend to locate the return of tribal groups to the rise of the civil rights /activist movements of the 1980s.  Yet this is unlikely.  It is more probable that the principal factor that led to tribal groups gaining more ground in New Zealand was the introduction of neo-liberal economic theory by the 1984 Labour Government whose intellectual base was influenced by the Thatcher Government and the Chicago School of Economics. It was these schools of thought that caused this ‘Quiet Revolution’.  The introduction of this economic model by the Labour Government led to the creation of tribal corporations, which instinctively understood the relationship of 'less government' to Maori Independence.Lunch will be provided Sponsor: Woods Institute for the Environment Audience: Stanford Woods Environmental Forum featuring Te Maire TauFacebookTwitterEmailPrintAdd to CalendarPlease join us for this special noon-time Environmental Forum as Doctor Te MarieTau presents The Quiet Revolution: How Neo-Liberal Economic Theory Contributed to Greater Maori Independence.Abstract Over the last 30 years Māori tribes groups have reestablished themselves upon the social, political and economic landscape of New Zealand.  New Zealand businesses and tribal corporations regularly engage with each other. Co-governance models between tribes, the Crown and local authorities are being developed and modeled throughout New Zealand.  The change in New Zealand has been dramatic –yet it has almost been a ‘Quiet Revolution’.  This situation would never have been imagined during the mid 20th century and it is doubtful whether the activist movements of the 1960s could have even imagined the political influences Maori now have.  Historians tend to locate the return of tribal groups to the rise of the civil rights /activist movements of the 1980s.  Yet this is unlikely.  It is more probable that the principal factor that led to tribal groups gaining more ground in New Zealand was the introduction of neo-liberal economic theory by the 1984 Labour Government whose intellectual base was influenced by the Thatcher Government and the Chicago School of Economics. It was these schools of thought that caused this ‘Quiet Revolution’.  The introduction of this economic model by the Labour Government led to the creation of tribal corporations, which instinctively understood the relationship of 'less government' to Maori Independence.Lunch will be provided When:Tuesday, February 26, 2013. 12:00 PM. Approximate duration of 1.25 hour(s). Where:Goldman Conference Room, 4th floor, Encina Hall (Map) Sponsor:Woods Institute for the Environment Contact:725-9613 bpascual@stanford.edu Admission:Free and open to Stanford faculty, postdoctoral scholars, graduate students and staffAudience:Faculty/Staff, Students, Alumni/FriendsTags:seminarPermalink:http://events.stanford.edu/events/355/35559 More info...Last modified February 7, 2013. Free and open to Stanford faculty, postdoctoral scholars, graduate students and staff