Miller, Raymond,  1953- <br/><br/>
Party politics in New Zealand / 
Raymond Miller. 
 - x, 286 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0195584139 9780195584134 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005391050 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political parties--New Zealand<br/>Elections--New Zealand
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>New Zealand--Politics and government
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JQ5898.A1  / M48 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>324.293