Elizabeth McLeay

Broschiertes Buch

In Search of Consensus

New Zealand's Electoral ACT 1956 and Its Constitutional Legacy

Beschreibung

In a series of backroom negotiations in 1956, the National Government and Labour Opposition agreed to put aside adversarial politics temporarily and entrench certain significant electoral rules. In Search of Consensus tells the story of why and how such a remarkable political settlement happened.

Autor

Elizabeth McLeay is a political scientist who has published extensively on New Zealand and comparative politics and government. Her books include: The Cabinet and Political Power in New Zealand (Oxford University Press, Auckland, 1995); with Jonathan Boston, Stephen Levine and Nigel S. Roberts, New Zealand Under MMP: A New Politics? (Auckland University Press/Bridget Williams Books, Auckland, 1996); with Kate McMillan and John Leslie, eds., Rethinking Women and Politics: New Zealand and Comparative Perspectives (Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2009); and with Claudia Geiringer and Polly Higbee, What's the Hurry? Urgency in the New Zealand Legislative Process 1987-2010 (Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2011). Formerly a professor at Victoria University of Wellington, Elizabeth has received many awards and fellowships.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Te Herenga Waka University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 147mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781776561841
• ISBN-10: 1776561848
• Artikelnr.: 53070982