| Description |
xiv, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Expectations of Change / Jack Vowles, Peter Aimer and Susan Banducci et al. -- 2. Countdown to MMP / Jack Vowles -- 3. A New Post-MMP Party System? / Jack Vowles -- 4. Old and New Party Choices / Peter Aimer -- 5. Issues, Leaders, and the Campaign / Richard Johnston -- 6. Campaign Activities and Marginality: The Transition to MMP Campaigns / David Denemark -- 7. Vote Splitting Under MMP / Susan Banducci, Jeffrey Karp and Jack Vowles -- 8. Coalition Government: The People's Choice? / Raymond Miller -- 9. Representation Under a Proportional System / Susan Banducci and Jeffrey Karp -- 10. Voter Satisfaction After Electoral System Change / Jeffrey Karp and Susan Banducci -- 11. Realignment? Maori and the 1996 Election / Ann Sullivan and Jack Vowles -- 12. Voter Rationality and the Advent of MMP / Jack Vowles, Peter Aimer and Susan Banducci et al. -- App. A. 1996 NZES: Research Design and Implementation -- App. B. Methodology, Statistical Methods, and Variable Coding -- App. C. Supplementary Tables |
| Summary |
What happens when a country moves away from British-style, two-party politics and towards multiparty politics, adopting a European system of 'mixed member' proportional representation (MMP)? New Zealand's historic first MMP election was held on 12 October 1996. Voters' Victory? examines what New Zealanders could expect from MMP on the basis of international experience and theory, then focuses on the distinctive features of the election and its outcome: the party changes; the patterns of voting; how people used their two votes; how well they understood MMP; shifts in support for parties and leaders in the campaign; the composition of the new Parliament; the capture of the Maori seats by New Zealand First; and the fateful National-New Zealand First coalition outcome |
| Analysis |
Election campaigning |
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Elections, Overseas, 1996 |
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Mixed member proportional representation |
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New Zealand |
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Overseas item |
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Political change |
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Voter behaviour |
| Notes |
"Based on data generated by ... surveys conducted since 1990"--P. xii |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-259) and index |
| Subject |
New Zealand. Parliament -- Elections, 1996
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Elections -- New Zealand.
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Proportional representation -- New Zealand.
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Representative government and representation -- New Zealand.
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| SUBJECT |
New Zealand -- Politics and government -- 1972- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091512
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New Zealand -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091511 -- 1984-
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New Zealand -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091511 -- 1996-
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| Author |
Vowles, Jack, 1950-
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| LC no. |
98167275 |
| ISBN |
1869401808 |
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