Jack Vowles: 3 books
Voters' Victory
New Zealand's First Election under Proportional Representation
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Completes a triad of studies charting New Zealand's shift to a new MMP electoral system. This volume is the story of the first MMP election in 1996 and asks the question: is MMP beginning to deliver what its advocates hoped? The research for the text used two different multi-stage panels and featured...
Voters' Vengeance
1990 Election in New Zealand and the Fate of the Fourth Labour Government
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
The 1990 election in New Zealand produced the biggest landslide in 50 years, and Voters' Vengeance uses comprehensive survey research to explore why New Zealand voters reacted in this way. The answers to over 2000 questionnaires allow the sophisticated analysis of voter behavior. The authors discuss...
Proportional Representation on Trial
New Zealand's Second MMP Election and After
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Tracing the transition of a democracy as it moves in between electoral systems, this book details the current and past public opinion surrounding New Zealand's 1999 election. As a result of the second election under the Mixed-Member Proportional (MMP) system, New Zealand elected a change in government,...