New Zealand Government and Politics

Specialists analyse recent developments in New Zealand politics and look at the range of challenges facing it in the next decade. The book includes material on: the impact on New Zealand of economic globalisation; the 1999 election campaign and its results, including the formation of the Labour-Alliance coalition; the future of the new multiparty system; tabloid democracy, and the growing influence of the media; developments in Maori politics; and, the question of whether or not New Zealand is likely to become a republic.