Download or read book A Populist Exception written by Jack Vowles and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2020-08-10 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ‘spectre of populism’ might be an apt description for what is happening in different parts of the world, but does it apply to New Zealand? Immediately after New Zealand’s 2017 general election, populist party New Zealand First gained a pivotal role in a coalition with the Labour Party, leading some international observers to suggest it represented a populist capture of the government. The leader of New Zealand First, Winston Peters, justified his support for Labour as necessary to allow capitalism to ‘regain … its human face’. The new prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, spoke of a kinder, inclusive politics. This book draws on the 2017 New Zealand Election Study to uncover New Zealanders’ political attitudes and preferences post-election. Its authors ask: is New Zealand now A Populist Exception? Through detailed empirical analyses of how populism and authoritarianism affected vote choice, opinions about immigration, satisfaction with democracy and the relevance of gender and indigeneity to these issues, this book finds that New Zealand politics today does not reflect the international trend toward ideological polarisation and electoral volatility. The authors argue that inclusive forms of populism can be pluralist if a leader’s rhetorical approach recognises ‘the people’ as diverse and encompassing. A Populist Exception? concludes that although populism has long been a strong current in New Zealand history, contemporary New Zealand exhibits a moderate form of populism, with liberal and pluralist values in balance with a strong commitment to majoritarian democracy.

Download or read book The Private Member of Parliament and the Formation of Public Policy written by Robert N. Kelson and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1964-12-15 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this attempt to determine the degree of power or influence possessed by the New Zealand private Member of Parliament, Robert Kelson has consulted parliamentary documents, the New Zealand press, and party documents. His study is based as well on data collected during attendance at the House and its committees, as well as party meetings, over a three-year period. He concludes with suggestions of new roles for the private Member of Parliament in the light of modern conditions, which will make a useful comparison with Canada's experience.

Download or read book New Zealand National Bibliography written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Parliamentary Debates written by New Zealand. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mapping Policy Preferences from Texts written by Andrea Volkens and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-11-28 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Manifesto data are the only comprehensive set of policy indicators for social, economic and political research. It is thus vital that their quality is established. The purpose of this book is to review methodological issues that have got in the way of straightforwardly using the Manifesto data since our two preceding volumes were published and to resolve them in ways which best serve users and textual analysts in general. The book is thus generally about text-based quantitative analysis with a particular focus on the quality of the CMP-MARPOR data and ways of assessing and using them, In doing so the book goes beyond normal data documentation - essential though that is - to confront the analytic issues faced by users of the data now distributed by MARPOR. It also provides concrete strategies for tackling these at the research level, with examples from the field of political representation. The problems of uncertainty, error, reliability and validity considered here are generic issues for political analysts in any area of research, so the book has an interest extending beyond the Manifesto estimates themselves - in particular to other textual analyses. In addition the book widens the range of applications introduced in our two previous volumes and discusses the extension of the manifesto project database to cover Latin America.

Download or read book Remaking New Zealand and Australian Economic Policy written by Shaun Goldfinch and published by Victoria University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1980s and early 1990s, both Australia and New Zealand extensively deregulated their economies, moving to become amongst the most liberal economies in the OECD. Shaun Goldfinch interviewed more than 180 leading policy makers in Australia and New Zealand, including former prime ministers, ministers of finance, treasurers, public servants and other policy elites, and examined primary government sources to demonstrate the reasons and processes involved in this remarkable period of economic reform. This major comparative study sheds new light on ecnomic policy-making and change, including the role of economic ideas and the importance of institutions and policy communities. It contrasts the 'crash through' approach that characterised reform in New Zealand with the 'bargained consensus' that underpinned changes in Australia. Finally it asks the critical question, 'Has the New Zealand approach to policy change delivered better policy outcomes?'

Download or read book Regressive Taxation and the Welfare State written by Junko Kato and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-09-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Government size has attracted much scholarly attention. Political economists have considered large public expenditures a product of leftist rule and an expression of a stronger representation of labour interest. Although the size of the government has become the most important policy difference between the left and right in post-war politics, the formation of the government's funding base is also important. Junko Kato finds that the differentiation of tax revenue structure is path dependent upon the shift to regressive taxation. Since the 1980s, the institutionalisation of effective revenue raising by regressive taxes during periods of high growth has ensured resistance to welfare state backlash during budget deficits and consolidated the diversification of state funding capacity among industrial democracies. This book challenges the conventional wisdom that progressive taxation goes hand-in-hand with large public expenditures in mature welfare states and qualifies the partisan centred explanation that dominates the welfare state literature.

Download or read book Canadian Studies in History and Government written by and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Education in Australia New Zealand and the Pacific written by Michael Crossley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-29 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an up-to-date and well-grounded analysis of education in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, including Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. Leading writers from throughout this region identify contemporary educational challenges, issues, and priorities while drawing upon their own ongoing empirical research. Key themes include the impact of international trends and developments; educational reform and the quality of education; indigenous learning; inclusivity; aid and development co-operation; and the changing role and place of tertiary education. Detailed studies of specific educational systems and developments are considered in the light of broader analyses that run throughout the volume.

Download or read book Parliamentary Debates Hansard written by New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Parliamentary Debates House of Representatives written by New Zealand. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 1246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Parliamentary Debates Legislative Council and House of Representatives written by New Zealand. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Electoral Systems and Governance written by Salomon Orellana and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-26 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diversity and dissent have been shown to improve decision-making in small groups. This understanding can be extended to the political arena and in turn it can enlighten ideas about policy-making. This book focuses on the relationship between electoral institutions and policy outcomes in order to effectively explore the impact of diversity and dissent on the political arena. In doing so, it provides an empirical assessment of three key areas: the diversity of political information. policy innovation. pandering. Drawing on economics, psychology, organization theory, and computer science, this innovative volume makes an important contribution to scholarship on the impact of electoral systems and the democratic nature of governments. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of governance, electoral systems, representation, comparative politics, public policy, democratic government and political theory.

Download or read book The New Zealand Foreign Affairs Handbook written by Steve Hoadley and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1992 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully revised and updated, this edition provides answers for those seeking information about New Zealand in international affairs. Maps, diagrams, documents, and tables provide up-to-date information on diplomacy, aid, trade, capital flow, defence, immigration, and cultural exchange. The governmental and political institutions which make foreign policy--such as Parliament, Cabinet, and the ministries--are analyzed. It also reviews the roles of parties, interest groups, and public opinion in New Zealand foreign affairs.

Download or read book New Zealand at the Polls written by Howard Rae Penniman and published by A E I Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Zealand at the Polls: The General Election of 1978, edited by Howard R. Penniman, documents the latest political upheaval in a country long known for its placid public life. Amid severe economic difficulties and rising emigration, the National Party Government suffered a major loss of votes to the opposition. Though it managed (barely) to hold onto office thanks to the workings of the electoral system, National actually won fewer votes than Labour. The third party, Social Credit, made its best showing ever-and its indignation at receiving only 1.08 percent of the seats for its 16.1 percent of the votes went to swell the chorus of complaints that both the basis of the election and its outcome were unsound. The essays in this volume describe New Zealand's electoral system and electorate and analyze the campaigns of the major and minor parties, the role of the media and the pollsters, women's participation in New Zealand politics, and the disputed races. The authors, all of them scholars working in New Zealand, are Stephen Levine, Keith Ovenden, Alan McRobie, Keith Jackson, Gilbert Antony Wood, Roderic Alley, Colin C. James, Brian Murphy, Les Cleveland, Judith Aitken, and Nigel S. Roberts. In an appendix, Richard M. Scammon provides detailed election returns.

Download or read book Government Discourse and Housing written by Jago Dodson and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume uses post-structuralist theory to develop a framework for the analysis of government institutions and policy and applies this to the study of government housing policy in Western nations. It uses the post-structuralist approach to examine detailed case studies of housing policies in Europe, Australia and New Zealand, thereby evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of its application.

Download or read book Redesigning the Welfare State in New Zealand written by Jonathan Boston and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compensation education, housing, social welfare, employment assistance and superannuation.