This book is one of first comparative studies of the cultural, political and economic interactions between New Zealand and Europe. The chapters that comprise this book are a deliberate exercise in variety inside the theme of New Zealand and Europe: Connections and Comparisons. They derive from the first conference of the New Zealand European Studies Association and give a flavour of the active and far-reaching nature of studies relating to Europe currently taking place in New Zealand. The cultural and historical chapters, while often quite specific in focus, touch on themes of universal cross-cultural relevance: the fate of imported languages and cultures; the tendencies to familiarise or exoticise unknown lands; the problematic representation of women in politics; the ambivalences and tensions between dominant and subordinate cultures; and the responsibility of the intellectual in the face of authority.
Contents
Authors in this volume
Bernadette LUCIANO and David G MAYES: Introduction
PART I ECONOMIC TIES BETWEEN EUROPE AND NEW ZEALAND
Maureen BENSON-REA and Mia MIKIC: New Zealand-Europe Trade Relations: Reconciling Hyper-competition with the Tyranny of Distance
Caroline SAUNDERS: The Mid-term Review of the CAP: Implications for EU and NZ Agriculture
Erling RASMUSSEN, Jens LIND and Jelle VISSER: Working Time Arrangements: What Can New Zealand Learn from EU Countries?
David G MAYES: Some Lessons from Monetary Union in Europe for New Zealand
Alan ROBERTS: The European Union's Financial Reporting Strategy: Lessons for New Zealand?
Nils BJORKSTEN and Anne-Marie BROOK: Exchange Rate Strategies for New Zealand: Lessons from Europe and Elsewhere
Karin SPEEDY: Sex, Lies and Stereotypes: Putting Cultural Tips for Doing Business in France to the Test
PART II NEW ZEALAND AND EUROPE HISTORICAL LINKS, CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS
James BRAUND: German-speaking Scientists in New Zealand 1773-1951: Research Past, Present and Future
Susan JACOBS: Living with the Enemy: 'Once Upon A Time There Was Prati Nuovi'
Daniela CAVALLARO: 'Una Italia Australe'? Two Italian Travellers Describe New Zealand
Raylene RAMSAY: 'French exception' or France - New Zealand Connection? Media Representations of Women in High Political Office in France and New Zealand (Aubry, Clark, Shipley)
Sarah COZENS: From the Heart of Europe to the End of the World: Language and Cultural Maintenance in Second Wave Polish Migrants in Auckland, New Zealand
Franco MANAI and Kirsten HANNA: The Italian Myth of Galileo in New Zealand Opera
Contents
Authors in this volume
Bernadette LUCIANO and David G MAYES: Introduction
PART I ECONOMIC TIES BETWEEN EUROPE AND NEW ZEALAND
Maureen BENSON-REA and Mia MIKIC: New Zealand-Europe Trade Relations: Reconciling Hyper-competition with the Tyranny of Distance
Caroline SAUNDERS: The Mid-term Review of the CAP: Implications for EU and NZ Agriculture
Erling RASMUSSEN, Jens LIND and Jelle VISSER: Working Time Arrangements: What Can New Zealand Learn from EU Countries?
David G MAYES: Some Lessons from Monetary Union in Europe for New Zealand
Alan ROBERTS: The European Union's Financial Reporting Strategy: Lessons for New Zealand?
Nils BJORKSTEN and Anne-Marie BROOK: Exchange Rate Strategies for New Zealand: Lessons from Europe and Elsewhere
Karin SPEEDY: Sex, Lies and Stereotypes: Putting Cultural Tips for Doing Business in France to the Test
PART II NEW ZEALAND AND EUROPE HISTORICAL LINKS, CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS
James BRAUND: German-speaking Scientists in New Zealand 1773-1951: Research Past, Present and Future
Susan JACOBS: Living with the Enemy: 'Once Upon A Time There Was Prati Nuovi'
Daniela CAVALLARO: 'Una Italia Australe'? Two Italian Travellers Describe New Zealand
Raylene RAMSAY: 'French exception' or France - New Zealand Connection? Media Representations of Women in High Political Office in France and New Zealand (Aubry, Clark, Shipley)
Sarah COZENS: From the Heart of Europe to the End of the World: Language and Cultural Maintenance in Second Wave Polish Migrants in Auckland, New Zealand
Franco MANAI and Kirsten HANNA: The Italian Myth of Galileo in New Zealand Opera