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New Zealand under MMP : a new politics / Jonathan Boston [and others].

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Auckland : Auckland University Press : Bridget Williams Books, 1996Description: x, 206 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1869401387
  • 9781869401382
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 328.930734
LOC classification:
  • JQ5881 .N49 1996
Contents:
Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- 1. New Zealand's changing political identity -- 2. The new electoral system -- 3. The effects of MMP: the expectations of opinion leaders -- 4. The changing party system -- 5. Parliament: changing the rules of the game -- 6. Who is going to govern? Forming and changing governments under MMP -- 7. Cabinet government in a multi-party Parliament -- 8. The public service and the new environment -- 9. The dynamics of policy-making under MMP -- 10. MMP: an enduring experiment? -- App. 1. Key political events 1993-96 -- App. 2. Illustrating the Sainte Lague formula using the results of the 1993 New Zealand general election -- App. 3. List of political parties registered with the Electoral Commission as at 30 April 1996 -- App. 4. Coalition agreement between the New Zealand National party and the United New Zealand party -- Index.
Subject: The authors consider how the party system could evolve under MMP, how governments will be formed, and what differences can be expected in the roles of Cabinet and Parliament. They also consider the implications of MMP for key groups of voters, and consequences for the public service, pressure groups and policy making.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- 1. New Zealand's changing political identity -- 2. The new electoral system -- 3. The effects of MMP: the expectations of opinion leaders -- 4. The changing party system -- 5. Parliament: changing the rules of the game -- 6. Who is going to govern? Forming and changing governments under MMP -- 7. Cabinet government in a multi-party Parliament -- 8. The public service and the new environment -- 9. The dynamics of policy-making under MMP -- 10. MMP: an enduring experiment? -- App. 1. Key political events 1993-96 -- App. 2. Illustrating the Sainte Lague formula using the results of the 1993 New Zealand general election -- App. 3. List of political parties registered with the Electoral Commission as at 30 April 1996 -- App. 4. Coalition agreement between the New Zealand National party and the United New Zealand party -- Index.

The authors consider how the party system could evolve under MMP, how governments will be formed, and what differences can be expected in the roles of Cabinet and Parliament. They also consider the implications of MMP for key groups of voters, and consequences for the public service, pressure groups and policy making.

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