Vowles, Jack,  1950- <br/><br/>
Proportional representation on trial / 
Jack Vowles [and others]. 
 - xiv, 255 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/> "The 1999 New Zealand general election and the fate of MMP."--Cover. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-248) and index. 
<br/><br/>Part I: The 1999 election. New Zealand politics in the 1990s / Peter Aimer and Raymond Miller -- Did the campaign matter? / Jack Vowles -- Elections, citizens and the media / Susan Banducci and Jack Vowles -- Gender and leadership / Susan Banducci -- Coming home? : Maori voting in 1999 / Ann Sullivan and Dimitri Margaritis -- What happened at the 1999 election? / Jack Vowles -- Part II: The impact of electoral system change. The puzzle of turnout / Jack Vowles -- Coalition government : the Labour-Alliance pact / Raymond Miller -- Members of Parliament and representation / Jeffrey Karp -- Direct democracy on trial : the citizens-initiated referendums / Jeffrey Karp and Peter Aimer -- Part III: Evaluating MMP. Public opinion, public knowledge and the electoral system / Jack Vowles [et al.] -- Reviewing MMP / Jack Vowles [et al.] -- Appendixes. The New Zealand election study -- Questionnaires -- Statistical methods and supplementary tables -- Section 264 of the Electoral Act 1993 -- Summary of NZES recommendations for the MMP Review, July 2000. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1869402650 9781869402655 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>New Zealand. Parliament --Elections, 1999.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Proportional representation--New Zealand<br/>Coalition governments--New Zealand
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>New Zealand--Politics and government--1996-
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>328.33470993