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Byzantine complexity, Geoffrey Palmer
Democracy in New Zealand Raymond Miller Auckland University Press, $45.00, ISBN 9781869408350 Democracy in New Zealand is a competent work by an experienced and well-published Professor of Politics at the University of Auckland. Clearly designed as a student text for…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Geoffrey Palmer, Issue 111, Raymond Miller, Spring 2015
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Cautionary tale, Linda Clark; Party-going, Raymond Miller
The Hollow Men: A Study in the Politics of Deception Nicky Hager Craig Potton Publishing, $34.99, ISBN 187733362X According to the rhetoric, the author of The Hollow Men is one of two things. Either he is an outstanding investigative journalist…
Tagged with: Autumn 2007, Craig Potton Publishing, Issue 77, Linda Clark, Nicky Hager, Raymond Miller
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Must do better, Jon Johansson
Political Leadership in New Zealand Raymond Miller and Michael Mintrom (ed) Auckland University Press, $50.00, ISBN 1869403584 One of my favourite leadership stories derives from the French Revolution. A self-styled revolutionary leader is enjoying a typically Parisian delight, his morning…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 75, Jon Johansson, Michael Mintrom, Raymond Miller, Spring 2006
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Towards stability, Alan McRobie
Proportional Representation on Trial: The 1999 New Zealand General Election and the Fate of MMP Jack Vowles, Peter Aimer, Jeffrey Karp, Susan Banducci, Raymond Miller & Ann Sullivan Auckland University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1869402650 New Zealand’s voters have been through…
Tagged with: Ann Sullivan, Auckland University Press, Issue 54, Jack Vowles, Jeffrey Karp, Peter Aimer, Raymond Miller, Susan Banducci, Winter 2001
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Pluralism rules, OK? Colin James
New Zealand Politics in Transition Ed Raymond Miller Oxford University Press, $49.95, ISBN 0 19 558339 6 Politics in New Zealand, 2ed Richard Mulgan Auckland University Press, $34.95, ISBN 1 86940 171 9 Beyond the Two Party System. Political Representation,…
A tale of two votes, Nigel Roberts
Towards Consensus? The 1993 General Election in New Zealand and the Transition to Proportional Representation Jack Vowles, Peter Almer, Helena Catt, Jim Lamare and Raymond Miller Auckland University Press, $39.95 ISBN 186940 123 9 “It was the best of…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Helena Catt, Issue 19, Jack Vowles, Jim Lamare, Nigel Roberts, Peter Almer, Raymond Miller, Spring 1995
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Digging through the permafrost, Stephen Levine
Season of Discontent: By-elections and the Bolger Government Raymond Miller and Helena Catt, Dunmore Publishing, 1993, $29.95 The “season of discontent” to which this book refers began within weeks of National’s victory in October 1990. When the Bolger Government found…
Tagged with: Autumn 1994, Dunmore Publishing, Helena Catt, Issue 12, Raymond Miller, Stephen Levine
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review