Evaluating democracy in New Zealand under MMP

Authors

  • Jack H Nagel

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v8i2.4412

Keywords:

mixed-member proportional (MMP), governmental strength, representational fairness, first-past-the-post (FPP), supplementary member (SM), parliamentary majority, median-voter, Minority governments

Abstract

In the debate that culminated in the November 2011 referendum, arguments for and against New Zealand’s mixed member proportional (MMP) electoral system focused on two values: governmental strength and representational fairness. 

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Policy Quarterly volume 8 number 2 2012

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2012-05-01

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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2012): Policy Quarterly

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