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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809641903321

Titolo

Proportional representation on trial / / Jack Vowles [and five others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Auckland, N.Z. : , : Auckland University Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-86940-715-6

1-77558-605-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VowlesJack <1950->

Disciplina

324.993/038

Soggetti

Elections - New Zealand

Proportional representation - New Zealand

New Zealand Politics and government 1972-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-248) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Tables and Figures; Preface; Part I: The 1999 Election; 1. New Zealand Politics in the 1990's; 2. Did the Campaign Matter?; 3. Elections, Citizens, and the Media; 4. Gender and Leadership; 5. Coming Home? Maori Voting in 1999; 6. What Happened at the 1999 Election?; Part II: The Impact of Electoral System Change; 7. The Puzzle of Turnout; 8. Coalition Government: The Labour-Alliance Pact; 9. Members of Parliament and Representation; 10. Direct Democracy on Trial: The Citizens-Initiated Referendums; Part III: Evaluating MMP

11. Public Opinion, Public Knowledge and the Electoral System 12. Reviewing MMP; Appendixes; A. The New Zealand Election Study; B. Questionnaires; C. Statistical Methods and Supplementary Tables; D. Section 264 of the Electoral Act 1993; E. Summary of NZES Recommendations for the MMP Review, July 2000; Notes; References; Notes on Authors; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Tracing the transition of a democracy as it moves in between electoral systems, this book details the current and past public opinion surrounding New Zealand's 1999 election. As a result of the second election under the Mixed-Member Proportional (MMP) system, New Zealand elected a change in government, a minority center-left coalition of the Labor and Alliance parties. As an independent survey



that objectively studies the country's political environment, this book adds to the local debate regarding the MMP electoral system, which will continue as New Zealand looks ahead to the upcoming