TY - BOOK AU - Miller,Raymond TI - Party politics in New Zealand SN - 0195584139 AV - JQ5898.A1 M48 2005 U1 - 324.293 22 PY - 2005/// CY - South Melbourne, Vic., New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Political parties KW - New Zealand KW - Elections KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part 1; Introduction --; 1; Thinking About Participation and the Party System --; Part 2; The Party System --; 2; Development of the Party System --; 3; Paty System Under Proportional Representation --; Part 3; How Parties Organize --; 4; Models of Party Organization --; 5; Members, Activists and Funding --; 6; Selecting Candidates --; 7; Choosing and Assessing Leaders --; Part 4; How Parties Compete --; 8; Ideology and Policy --; 9; Who are the Representatives? --; 10; The Modern Campaign --; 11; Parties in Power --; Part 5; Conclusion --; 12; Future of Participation and the Party System N2 - 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 ER -