Political representation is becoming more diverse - but so what? Speaking more broadly about the diverse representation across Parliament, Bridges said "on the whole, it speaks very positively about our country". Diverse representation in Parliament showed the country was overcoming prejudices, but people could take those "identity politics too far", he said. A SYMBOLIC DIFFERENCEVictoria University associate professor of politics Hilde Coffe said having a diverse representation was important for both symbolic and substantive reasons. "Having a diverse representation is important from a normative point of view and the legitimacy of the institution.

Source: Stuff February 28, 2018 03:22 UTC