Innovative political management: multi-party governance in New Zealand

Authors

  • Jonathan Boston

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v5i2.4296

Keywords:

mixed member proportional (MMP) voting system, dimensionality, ‘oversized’ majority, memorandum of understanding, confidence and supply arrangement

Abstract

The general election on 8 November 2008 – the fifth under New Zealand’s mixed member proportional (MMP) voting system – marked the first substantial change of government since 1999. The clear victory for the centre-right was unsurprising, especially given the results of opinion polls during the preceding 12-18 months. Rather more unexpected, however, were the composition and structure of the new government.

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Policy Quarterly volume 5 number 2 2009

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2009-05-01

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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2009): Policy Quarterly

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