New Zealand Politics and Social Patterns
Author: Robert McDonald Chapman
Publisher: Victoria University Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780864733610
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Changing Times
Author: Jenny Carlyon
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Published: 2014-02-01
Total Pages: 561
ISBN-13: 1775580393
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the &“golden weather&” of postwar economic growth, through the globalization, economic challenges, and protest of the 1960s and 1970s, to the free market revolution and new immigrants of the 1980s and 1990s and beyond, this account, the most complete and comprehensive history of New Zealand since 1945, illustrates the chronological and social history of the country with the engaging stories of real individuals and their experiences. Leading historians Jennifer Carlyon and Diana Morrow discuss in great depth New Zealand's move toward nuclear-free status, its embrace of a small-state, free-market ideology, and the seeming rejection of its citizens of a society known for the &“worship of averages.&” Stories of pirate radio in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf, the first DC8 jets landing at Mangere airport, feminists liberating pubs, public protests over the closing of post offices, and indigenous language nests vividly demonstrate how a postwar society famous around the world for its dull conformity became one of the most ethnically, economically, and socially diverse countries on earth.
To Keep Or To Change First Past The Post?
Author: André Blais
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008-05-08
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 0199539391
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers a detailed examination of the politics of electoral reform in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and New Zealand, the debates that take place, the proposals that are advanced, and the strategies deployed by the actors.
His Way
Author: Barry Gustafson
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Published: 2013-11-01
Total Pages: 612
ISBN-13: 1775580873
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis the only authorized biography of New Zealand's prime minister, Robert Muldoon—one of the dominant political figures of the last half-century in that country. Based on many hours of conversation with Muldoon himself as well as colleagues, friends, and family, and wide access to the prime minister's official and private papers and diaries, this book has been awarded the Ian Wards Prize for published historical writing. Muldoon is shown as a champion of the ordinary people whose vision over time became anachronistic and inflexible. The book is also a fascinating picture of New Zealand's changing political landscape from the 1940s to the 1980s.
Left Turn
Author: Jonathan Boston
Publisher: Victoria University Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780864734044
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book looks at the campaign for the 1999 election, how people voted and why, and the formation of the minority centre-left coalition. It highlights key election issues and the leadership contest between Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark, as well as the referenda on the size of Parliament and on the justice system.
Public Opinion and Polling around the World [2 volumes]
Author: John G. Geer
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2004-07-21
Total Pages: 908
ISBN-13: 1576079120
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCovering the intricate facets of America's most important democratic tradition, this book serves as an important resource to understand how citizens' views are translated into governmental action. Public Opinion and Polling around the World presents a thorough review of public opinion from its roots in colonial America to its role in today's emerging democracies. More than 100 entries prepared by top scholars examine the 200-year history of public opinion, measurement methodologies with an emphasis on telephone interviews and Internet polls, and key figures like George Gallup and Elmo Roper, who created their own polling systems. An analysis of theories compares schools of thought from the fields of psychology, sociology, and economics and explores how people form opinions. A fascinating snapshot of the public's current views on economic issues, foreign policy, gender, gay rights, and other hot-button topics observes patterns across genders, race, ethnic origins, class, and religion in regions all over the world. Students, academicians, and political observers will discover answers to such questions as, "does public opinion shape the behavior of government?"
Kiwi Keith
Author: Barry Gustafson
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Published: 2013-10-01
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 1775581039
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe definitive life story of New Zealand Prime Minister &“Kiwi&” Keith Holyoake is revealed in this deftly composed exploration of how one man was able to weather complex changes in society to stay in power for more than 11 years. Through his leadership in the 1960s to his position as Governor General in the late 1970s, Holyoake was often derided as pompous and unprincipled, but this biography demonstrates the astute understanding of people and political issues that allowed him to defuse division and preserve order while encouraging gradual and incremental progress. Holyoake's performance as Minister of Foreign Affairs is also examined, including his opposition to nuclear testing and his reluctant commitment to assisting the United States in Vietnam.
New Zealand Identities
Author: James Hou-fu Liu
Publisher: Victoria University Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780864735171
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSocial scientists attached to the Centre for Applied Cross Cultural Research at Victoria University of Wellington examine issues of New Zealand identity.
Maori and the State
Author: Richard S. Hill
Publisher: Victoria University Press
Published: 2010-04-01
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 0864736738
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresenting the most recent research and written by an expert in the field, this examination explores the principal interrelationships between the British Crown and the Maori people in the 1950s and 1960s when Crown assimilation policies intensified—and during the 1970s—when the pressure of the Maori renaissance encouraged policies and goals based on biculturalism. A subject central to New Zealand's culture, this is an important and historical analysis of the country and the wider issue of indigenous peoples' rights.
