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Title A populist exception? : the 2017 New Zealand general election / edited by Jack Vowles and Jennifer Curtin
Published Acton, A.C.T. : Australian National University Press, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 286 pages) : illustrations
Contents The populist exception? the 2017 New Zealand General Election / Jack Vowles, Jennifer Curtin and Fiona Barker -- 1. Populism and electoral politics in New Zealand / Fiona Barker and Jack Vowles -- 2. Populism and the 2017 Election--The Background /Jack Vowles -- 3. Measuring populism in New Zealand / Lara Greaves and Jack Vowles -- 4. Populism, authoritarianism, vote choice and democracy / Jack Vowles -- 5. Immigration and populism in the New Zealand 2017 Election / Kate McMillan and Matthew Gibbons -- 6. Gender, populism and Jacinda Ardern / Jennifer Curtin and Lara Greaves -- 7. Maori and the 2017 General Election--Party, Participation and Populism / Lara Greaves and Janine Hayward -- 8. The unexpected coalition--challenging the norms of government formation / Jack Vowles -- 9. New Zealand populism in the 2017 election and beyond / Jennifer Curtin and Jack Vowles
Summary The 'spectre of populism' might be an apt description for what is happening in different parts of the world, but does it apply to New Zealand? Immediately after New Zealand's 2017 general election, populist party New Zealand First gained a pivotal role in a coalition with the Labour Party, leading some international observers to suggest it represented a populist capture of the government. The leader of New Zealand First, Winston Peters, justified his support for Labour as necessary to allow capitalism to 'regain ... its human face'. The new prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, spoke of a kinder, inclusive politics. This book draws on the 2017 New Zealand Election Study to uncover New Zealanders' political attitudes and preferences post-election. Its authors ask: is New Zealand now A Populist Exception? Through detailed empirical analyses of how populism and authoritarianism affected vote choice, opinions about immigration, satisfaction with democracy and the relevance of gender and indigeneity to these issues, this book finds that New Zealand politics today does not reflect the international trend toward ideological polarisation and electoral volatility. The authors argue that inclusive forms of populism can be pluralist if a leader's rhetorical approach recognises 'the people' as diverse and encompassing. A Populist Exception? concludes that although populism has long been a strong current in New Zealand history, contemporary New Zealand exhibits a moderate form of populism, with liberal and pluralist values in balance with a strong commitment to majoritarian democracy
Analysis New Zealand
Elections & referenda
populism
politics
elections
authoritarianism
inclusivity
vote choice
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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In OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) OAPEN
Subject Ardern, Jacinda, 1980-
SUBJECT Ardern, Jacinda, 1980- fast
Subject New Zealand. Parliament -- Elections, 2017
Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand.
New Zealand Labour Party.
New Zealand National Party.
New Zealand First (Political party)
SUBJECT Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand fast
New Zealand First (Political party) fast
New Zealand Labour Party fast
New Zealand National Party fast
New Zealand. Parliament fast
Subject Elections -- New Zealand
Elections
Politics and government
SUBJECT New Zealand -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Subject New Zealand
Form Electronic book
Author Vowles, Jack, 1950- editor.
Curtin, Jennifer, editor.
Australian National University Press.
LC no. 2020438277
ISBN 9781760463861
1760463868