Politics in New Zealand

Politics in New Zealand
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Publisher : Auckland University Press
Total Pages : 358
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ISBN-10 : 9781775581406
ISBN-13 : 1775581403
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis Politics in New Zealand by : Richard Mulgan

This revised edition of a classic introduction to the New Zealand political, constitutional, and electoral system covers recent elections and the constitutional and legal changes that have attracted the attention of the international community. Using a pluralist theory of the state, it describes the history and practice of New Zealand government. Political parties and special-interest groups, the governmental hierarchy, and the public sector are discussed with information on how these different influences affect the political scene. The historical perspective provided offers a vision of the evolutionary nature of New Zealand politics and the interactions that drive changes.

Government and Politics in Aotearoa and New Zealand

Government and Politics in Aotearoa and New Zealand
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 500
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ISBN-10 : 0190325496
ISBN-13 : 9780190325497
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis Government and Politics in Aotearoa and New Zealand by : Janine Hayward

"The principle guide to the political context, institutions and processesz of government in New Zealand. It provides readers with a clear and comprehensive introduction to the history, theory and knowledge required to understand the New Zealand political system."--Publisher's description.

The New Zealand Project

The New Zealand Project
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Publisher : Bridget Williams Books
Total Pages : 307
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ISBN-10 : 9780947492595
ISBN-13 : 0947492593
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis The New Zealand Project by : Max Harris

By any measure, New Zealand must confront monumental issues in the years ahead. From the future of work to climate change, wealth inequality to new populism – these challenges are complex and even unprecedented. Yet why does New Zealand’s political discussion seem so diminished, and our political imagination unequal to the enormity of these issues? And why is this gulf particularly apparent to young New Zealanders? These questions sit at the centre of Max Harris’s ‘New Zealand project’. This book represents, from the perspective of a brilliant young New Zealander, a vision for confronting the challenges ahead. Unashamedly idealistic, The New Zealand Project arrives at a time of global upheaval that demands new conversations about our shared future.

Democracy in New Zealand

Democracy in New Zealand
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Publisher : Auckland University Press
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 9781869408350
ISBN-13 : 1869408357
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Democracy in New Zealand by : Raymond Miller

New Zealand is one of the world's oldest democracies for men and women, Maori and Pakeha, with one of the highest political participation rates. But—from MMP to leadership primaries, spin doctors to "dirty politics"—the country's political system is undergoing rapid change. Examining the constitution and the political system, cabinet and parliament, political parties, leadership, and elections, Raymond Miller draws on data and analysis (including from the 2014 election) to tackle critical questions: Who runs New Zealand? Does political apathy threaten democracy? Will new parties have an ongoing impact? Do we now have a presidential democracy?

A Populist Exception?

A Populist Exception?
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Publisher : ANU Press
Total Pages : 303
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ISBN-10 : 9781760463861
ISBN-13 : 1760463868
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis A Populist Exception? by : Jack Vowles

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.

New Zealand Government and Politics

New Zealand Government and Politics
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 722
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ISBN-10 : IND:30000087212332
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis New Zealand Government and Politics by : Raymond Miller

New Zealand Government and Politics , now in its fourth edition, is the leading undergraduate textbook for students of New Zealand political science. It provides an overview of the context, key institutions and processes, written by leading academics and non-academics. This fully revised and refreshed edition has 22 new chapters including an anlysis of the 2005 election.

Marilyn Waring

Marilyn Waring
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Publisher : Bridget Williams Books
Total Pages : 504
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ISBN-10 : 9781988545905
ISBN-13 : 1988545900
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Marilyn Waring by : Marilyn Waring

In 1975, Marilyn Waring was elected to the New Zealand Parliament as the MP for Raglan. Aged just twenty-three, she was one of only a few female MPs who served through the turbulent years of Muldoon’s government. For nine years, Waring was at the centre of major political decisions, until her parliamentary career culminated during the debate over nuclear arms. When Waring informed Muldoon that she intended to cross the floor and vote for the opposition bill which would make New Zealand nuclear free, he called a snap election. And the government fell. . . This is an autobiographical account of Waring’s extraordinary years in parliament. She tells the story of her journey from being elected as a new National Party MP in a conservative rural seat to being publicly decried by the Prime Minister for her ‘feminist anti-nuclear stance’ that threatened to bring down his government. Her tale of life in a male-dominated and relentlessly demanding political world is both uniquely of its time and still of pressing relevance today.

Activism, Feminism, Politics and Parliament

Activism, Feminism, Politics and Parliament
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Publisher : Bridget Williams Books
Total Pages : 274
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ISBN-10 : 9781988587813
ISBN-13 : 1988587816
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis Activism, Feminism, Politics and Parliament by : Margaret Wilson

Margaret Wilson has always lived a political life. From her days as a child growing up in the Waikato in a Catholic family attuned to fairness, an unlikely law student in the 1960s in a class with a few other women, and an emerging socialist feminist who read radical texts and attended women's conventions, her key concerns became cemented early: the rights of women and equality for all under the law. This is the story of one of New Zealand's most eminent political actors. A policy-focused campaigner, reluctant to join a political tribe and uncomfortable with the combative attitudes and personal jockeying that politics seemed to entail, Wilson nevertheless rose to become the president of the Labour Party during the turbulent mid-1980s. Going on to become a central, far-sighted, occasionally controversial minister in the Clark government, Wilson held significant roles as Attorney-General and Speaker of the House. Activism, Feminism, Politics and Parliament is a powerful analysis of political life in New Zealand over four decades. From pay equity to a home-grown Supreme Court, employment relations legislation to paid parental leave, the policies Wilson championed were based always in the long-held principles of a true conviction politician.

Politics in a Pandemic

Politics in a Pandemic
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 500
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ISBN-10 : 1776564332
ISBN-13 : 9781776564330
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Politics in a Pandemic by : Stephen Levine

Complacent Nation

Complacent Nation
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Publisher : Bridget Williams Books
Total Pages : 81
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ISBN-10 : 9780947492953
ISBN-13 : 094749295X
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis Complacent Nation by : Gavin Ellis

New Zealanders are too complacent about the continuing erosion of their right to know what government is doing on their behalf. Political risk has become a primary consideration in whether official information requests will be met, and successive governments have allowed free speech rights to be overridden. Drawing on decades of experience as a journalist and editor, Gavin Ellis chronicles the patterns of erosion and calls for entrenchment of the Bill of Rights Act. As supreme law, it would set a high bar that politicians must hurdle before freedom of expression could be curtailed.