Party politics in New Zealand /

Miller, Raymond, 1953-

Party politics in New Zealand / Raymond Miller. - x, 286 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Thinking About Participation and the Party System -- The Party System -- Development of the Party System -- Paty System Under Proportional Representation -- How Parties Organize -- Models of Party Organization -- Members, Activists and Funding -- Selecting Candidates -- Choosing and Assessing Leaders -- How Parties Compete -- Ideology and Policy -- Who are the Representatives? -- The Modern Campaign -- Parties in Power -- Conclusion -- Future of Participation and the Party System. Part 1. 1. Part 2. 2. 3. Part 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Part 4. 8. 9. 10. 11. Part 5. 12.

Concerned with the external and internal worlds of party politics in New Zealand, this work explores the reconfiguration of the two-party system into a multiparty one in which up to seven or eight parties regularly win parliamentary seats and coalitions are the standard form of government.

0195584139 9780195584134

2005391050


Political parties--New Zealand
Elections--New Zealand


New Zealand--Politics and government

JQ5898.A1 / M48 2005

324.293

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