TY - BOOK AU - Vowles,Jack TI - Proportional representation on trial SN - 1869402650 U1 - 328.33470993 PY - 2002/// CY - Auckland, N.Z. PB - Auckland University Press KW - New Zealand KW - Parliament KW - Elections, 1999 KW - Proportional representation KW - Coalition governments KW - Politics and government KW - 1996- N1 - "The 1999 New Zealand general election and the fate of MMP."--Cover; Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-248) and index; 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 ER -