Jack Vowles
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Fairness, tika and political science in Aotearoa New Zealand: Some “inconvenient evidence” Open
This article is a rejoinder to Annie Te One and Maria Bargh’s article, published in the previous edition of The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, exploring whether the political science discipline in Aotearoa New Zealand is keepi…
Authoritarianism and Mass Political Preferences in Times of COVID-19: The 2020 New Zealand General Election Open
The adoption of restrictive policies to contain the spread of COVID-19 has led many to fear the authoritarian implications of excessive government powers over compliant publics. One of the strongest government responses took place in New Z…
Representation, identity and indigeneity: changes in Māori roll choice in Aotearoa-New Zealand Open
In New Zealand, also known by its Indigenous Māori name Aotearoa, voters of Māori descent have the choice between the Māori roll and the General roll. The boundaries of the seven dedicated Māori electoral districts are superimposed over th…
Tales of Two Referendums: Comparing Debate Quality between the UK and New Zealand Voting System Referendums of 2011 Open
Two voting system referendums in the same year in two countries with institutional and cultural similarities provide an excellent opportunity for comparison, particularly given the significant differences in how those referendums were regu…
Populism, Authoritarianism, Vote Choice and Democracy Open
Jacinda Ardern's responses to the terrorist attack on Islamic worshippers in Christchurch, on 15 March 2019, coined a phrase that was used repeatedly in the following days: 'they are us' (Ardern, 2019).She also articulated a vision of a na…
Measuring Populism in New Zealand Open
If populism is a coherent, underlying set of attitudes that is present in the minds and emotions of voters, it should be measurable by asking people questions in surveys (Geurkink, Zaslove, Sluiter & Jacobs, 2019). 1 Indeed, using somewhat…
New Zealand Populism in the 2017 Election and Beyond Open
Just over 50 years ago, in 1969, the movement to Halt All Racist Tours (HART) was formed to protest and prevent rugby sporting tours to apartheid South Africa.HART coordinated the activities of anti-racist groups, unions, churches and univ…
The Unexpected Coalition—Challenging the Norms of Government Formation Open
As established in previous chapters, populism and authoritarianism have strong roots in New Zealand political culture and public opinion.Combined, these two attitudinal dimensions are associated with vote choices for New Zealand First, wid…
Surprise, surprise: the New Zealand general election of 2017 Open
This article analyses the 2017 general election in New Zealand and draws out some of its implications. The final outcome was a surprise, and its implications momentous. Events strengthened Labour under a new leader and weakened the Green a…
A Bark But No Bite: Inequality and the 2014 New Zealand General Election Open
Based on New Zealand Election Study (NZES) data from a sample of 2,830 eligible voters, A Bark But No Bite explores a puzzle. While there was a lot of talk about inequality before the 2014 general election in New Zealand, and during the ca…
Cross-National Surveys and the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems Open
This chapter examines the development of cross-national survey research in political science and the challenges that it brings. Cross-national surveys have proliferated across the globe and arguably now form one of the most important front…
NZES1999: New Zealand Election Study Open
The 1999 survey comprised questions on respondents' interest in politics and the\nelection campaign, the type of communication (e.g. phone calls, letters)\nreceived from members of campaigning parties, important election and social\nissues…
NZES2002: New Zealand Election Study Open
The 2002\nNZES had five major components: A New General Sample, which involved a\nproportionately random selection from the general parliamentary electorates;\nthe Election to Election Panels, which was conducted post-election and included…
NZES1993: New Zealand Election Survey Open
The post-election survey focused on voting trends and decision-making in the 1993 New Zealand general election. Voters were questioned on: parties/politicians and the politics and issues of each; economic policy; attitudes to other policie…