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Professor Jack Vowles

Publications

Books

with P Aimer, J Karp, S Banducci, R Miller, Voters" Veto: The 2002 Election in New Zealand and the Consolidation of Minority Government, Auckland, Auckland University Press, 2004.

with P Aimer, J Karp, S Banducci, R Miller, A Sullivan, Proportional Representation on Trial: The 1999 Election in New Zealand and the Fate of MMP., Auckland, Auckland University Press, 2002.

Chapters

The 2008 Election: Why National Won, in Miller R (eds) New Zealand Government and Politics, South Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2010, 365-382

The Genie and the Bottle: Is New Zealand’s MMP system ‘here to stay’?, in Francis M (eds) In the Public Interest, Christchurch: University of Canterbury Press, 2009

Systemic Failure, Coordination, and Contingencies: Understanding Electoral System Change in New Zealand, in Blais A (eds) To Keep or Change First Past the Post: The Politics of Electoral Reform, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008

Voting, in Miller R (eds) New Zealand Government and Politics, 4th. ed, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2006, 315-326

New Zealand: Consolidation of Reform?, in Gallagher M,Mitchell P (eds) The Politics of Electoral Systems, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, 295-312

Public Opinion in New Zealand, in Geer JG (eds) Public Opinion and Polling Around the World: A Historical Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio, 2004

with P Aimer, Conclusion, in Vowles ,J ,Aimer ,P ,Karp ,J ,Banducci ,S ,Miller ,R (eds) Voters’ Veto: The 2002 Election in New Zealand and the Consolidation of Minority Government, Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2004

with P Aimer, What Happened at the 2002 Election?, in Vowles ,J ,Aimer ,P ,Karp ,J ,Banducci ,S ,Miller ,R (eds) Voters’ Veto: The 2002 Election in New Zealand and the Consolidation of Minority Government, Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2004

Patterns of Public Opinion, in Vowles ,J ,Aimer ,P ,Karp ,J ,Banducci ,S ,Miller ,R (eds) Voters’ Veto: The 2002 Election in New Zealand and the Consolidation of Minority Government, Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2004

Estimating Change During the Campaign’, in Vowles ,J ,Aimer ,P ,Karp ,J ,Banducci ,S ,Miller ,R (eds) Voters’ Veto: The 2002 Election in New Zealand and the Consolidation of Minority Government, Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2004

with P Aimer, Political Leadership, Representation, and Trust, in Vowles ,J ,Aimer ,P ,Karp ,J ,Banducci ,S ,Miller ,R (eds) Voters’ Veto: The 2002 Election in New Zealand and the Consolidation of Minority Government, Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2004

Afterword: Do Campaigns Matter?, in Hayward ,Janine ,Rudd C (eds) Political Communications in New Zealand, Auckland: Pearson Education, 2004, 183-199

with SA Banducci, Elections, Citizens and the Media, in Vowles J,Aimer P,Karp J,Banducci S,Miller R,Sullivan A (eds) Proportional Representation on Trial: The 1999 New Zealand General Election and the Fate of MMP, Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2002

Parties and Society in New Zealand, in Webb ,P ,Holliday ,I ,Farrell ,D (eds) Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Societies, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002, 409-437

Voting Behaviour’, in Miller R (eds) New Zealand Government and Politics, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2001

Conferences

with D Stevens, Turnout, Competitiveness, Age, and Generations in British Elections, 1964-2005,

Making a Difference? Public Perceptions of Coalition, Single-Party, and Minority Governments,

Journal articles

Why Voters Prefer Coalitions: Rationality or Norms, Political Science, vol. 63, no. 1, 2011, 126-145

Making a Difference? Public Perceptions of Coalition, Single-Party, and Minority Governments, Electoral Studies, vol. 29, no. 3, 2010, 370-380

Key to Victory: the New Zealand Election of 2008, New Zealand Sociology, vol. 25, no. 1, 2010, 166-174

Electoral System Change, Generations, Competitiveness and Turnout in New Zealand, 1963–2005, British Journal of Political Science, vol. 40, no. 4, 2010, 875-895

with RK Miller, Public Attitudes Towards MMP and Coalition Government, New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law, vol. 7, no. 1, 2009, 93-110

The 2008 General Election in New Zealand, Electoral Studies, 2009

Does globalization affect public perceptions of 'Who in power can make a difference'? Evidence from 40 countries, 1996-2006, ELECTORAL STUDIES, vol. 27, no. 1, 2008, 63-76 DOI

New zealand, EUR J POLIT RES, vol. 46, no. 7-8, 2007, 1049-1054 DOI

Comparing District Magnitude Effects Under Ordinal and Nominal Ballot Structures in Non-Partisan Elections: The 2004 Local Elections in New Zealand, Representation, vol. 43, no. 3, 2007, 289-306

The Australian electoral system: Origins, variations, and consequences, AUST J POLIT SCI, vol. 41, no. 3, 2006, 468-468

with SA Banducci, JA Karp, Forecasting and evaluating the consequences of electoral change in New Zealand, ACTA POLIT, vol. 41, no. 3, 2006, 267-284 DOI

with FG Castles, J Curtin, Public policy in Australia and New Zealand: The new global context, AUST J POLIT SCI, vol. 41, no. 2, 2006, 131-143 DOI

with C Bean, Electoral politics: Does globalisation matter?, AUST J POLIT SCI, vol. 41, no. 2, 2006, 273-288 DOI

with E McLeay, Redefining Constituency: the Roles of New Zealand MPs, Regional and Federal Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 2006, 71-95

New Zealand, EUR J POLIT RES, vol. 44, no. 7-8, 2005, 1134-1139

with A McVey, Virtuous circle or cul de sac? Social capital and political participation in New Zealand, POLITICAL SCIENCE, vol. 57, no. 1, 2005, 5-20

with P Haynes, P Boxall, Explaining the younger-older worker union density gap: Evidence from New Zealand, BRIT J IND RELAT, vol. 43, no. 1, 2005, 93-116

Making Democracy Work: A Continuing Story, Comparative European Politics, vol. 3, no. 3, 2005

Electoral systems and proportional tenure of government: Renewing the debate, BRITISH JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, vol. 34, 2004, 166-179

New Zealand, EUR J POLIT RES, vol. 42, no. 7-8, 2003, 1037-1047

New Zealand, EUR J POLIT RES, vol. 41, no. 7-8, 2002, 1041-1046

Did the polls influence the vote? A case study of the 1999 New Zealand general election, POLIT SCI, vol. 54, no. 1, 2002, 67-77

with JA Karp, SA Banducci, T Donovan, Strategic voting, party activity, and candidate effects: testing explanations for split voting in New Zealand's new mixed system, Electoral Studies, vol. 21, no. 1, 2002, 1-22 DOI

The general election in New Zealand, November 1999, ELECT STUD, vol. 21, no. 1, 2002, 134-139

Special issue: Political Data Yearbook, 2001 - New Zealand, EUR J POLIT RES, vol. 40, no. 3-4, 2001, 370-374

with P Perry, A Webster, New Zealand politics at the turn of the millennium: Attitudes and values about politics and government (vol 52, pg 78, 2000), POLIT SCI, vol. 52, no. 2, 2000, 204-204

Special Issue Political Data Yearbook 1999 - New Zealand, EUR J POLIT RES, vol. 38, no. 3-4, 2000, 470-480

Research note: The New Zealand Election Study, POLIT SCI, vol. 52, no. 2, 2000, 150-157

The real worlds of welfare capitalism, AUST J POLIT SCI, vol. 35, no. 3, 2000, 549-550

Introducing proportional representation: The New Zealand experience, PARLIAMENT AFF, vol. 53, no. 4, 2000, 680-696

Special Issue: Political Data Yearbook, 1999 (1 January 1998-1 January 1999) - New Zealand, EUR J POLIT RES, vol. 36, no. 3-4, 1999, 473-481

Some misleading inferences about electoral institutions from an arithmetic index applied to very few cases, ELECT STUD, vol. 18, no. 1, 1999, 1-2

Special issue: Political Data Yearbook, 1998 (1 January 1997-1 January 1998) - New Zealand, EUR J POLIT RES, vol. 34, no. 3-4, 1998, 475-483

Aspects of electoral studies, present and past: New Zealand voters and 'the system', 1949-1996, POLIT SCI, vol. 50, no. 1, 1998, 90-110

with S Levine, NS Roberts, An inventory of New Zealand voting surveys, 1991-98, POLIT SCI, vol. 50, no. 1, 1998, 111-118

with R Johnston, The new rules and the new game in New Zealand elections: Implications for the campaign., LEGIS STUD QUART, vol. 23, no. 1, 1998, 154-154

Political data yearbook, 1997 (1 January 1996 1 January 1997) - New Zealand, EUR J POLIT RES, vol. 32, no. 3-4, 1997, 451-461

The New Zealand general election of 1996, ELECT STUD, vol. 16, no. 2, 1997, 258-262

Waiting for the realignment? The New Zealand party system, 1972-93, POLIT SCI, vol. 48, no. 2, 1997, 184-209

Special Issue: Political Data Yearbook, 1996 - New Zealand, EUR J POLIT RES, vol. 30, no. 3-4, 1996, 421-428

with JW Lamare, Party interests, public opinion and institutional preferences: Electoral system change in New Zealand, AUST J POLIT SCI, vol. 31, no. 3, 1996, 321-345

Special issue: Political Data Yearbook, 1995 (1 January 1994-1 January 1995) - New Zealand, EUR J POLIT RES, vol. 28, no. 3-4, 1995, 437-442

THE POLITICS OF ELECTORAL-REFORM IN NEW-ZEALAND, INT POLIT SCI REV, vol. 16, no. 1, 1995, 95-115

POLITICAL DATA IN 1993 - NEW-ZEALAND, EUR J POLIT RES, vol. 26, no. 3-4, 1994, 375-387

MANIPULATION AND CONSENT - HOW VOTERS AND LEADERS MANAGE COMPLEXITY - ELKINS,DJ, AUST J POLIT SCI, vol. 29, no. 2, 1994, 400-401

with I MCALLISTER, THE RISE OF NEW POLITICS AND MARKET LIBERALISM IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW-ZEALAND, BRIT J POLIT SCI, vol. 24, 1994, 381-402

DEALIGNMENT AND DEMOBILIZATION - NONVOTING IN NEW-ZEALAND 1938-1990, AUST J POLIT SCI, vol. 29, no. 1, 1994, 96-114

A NEW DICTIONARY OF POLITICAL-ANALYSIS - ROBERTS,G, EDWARDS,A, POLIT SCI, vol. 45, no. 2, 1993, 233-234

NEW-ZEALAND, EUR J POLIT RES, vol. 24, no. 4, 1993, 505-513

ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIES IN BRITISH ELECTORAL-BEHAVIOR - DENVER,D, HANDS,G, AUST J POLIT SCI, vol. 28, no. 2, 1993, 366-366

POLITICAL DATA HANDBOOK OECD COUNTRIES - LANE,JE, MCKAY,D, NEWTON,K, AUST J POLIT SCI, vol. 28, no. 2, 1993, 375-376

GENDER AND ELECTORAL-BEHAVIOR IN NEW-ZEALAND - FINDINGS FROM THE PRESENT AND THE PAST, POLIT SCI, vol. 45, no. 1, 1993, 122-135

THE RED FEDS - REVOLUTIONARY INDUSTRIAL UNIONISM AND THE NEW-ZEALAND-FEDERATION-OF-LABOR 1908-1913 - OLSSEN,E, NEW ZEAL J HIST, vol. 27, no. 1, 1993, 93-94

NEW-ZEALAND, EUR J POLIT RES, vol. 22, no. 4, 1992, 479-484

HOW DO WE TREAT THE TREATY, POLIT SCI, vol. 43, no. 1, 1991, 68-80

NUCLEAR FREE NEW-ZEALAND AND ROGERNOMICS - THE SURVIVAL OF A LABOR GOVERNMENT, POLITICS, vol. 25, no. 1, 1990, 81-91

PLAYING GAMES WITH ELECTORATES - NEW-ZEALANDS POLITICAL ECOLOGY IN 1987, POLIT SCI, vol. 41, no. 1, 1989, 18-34

MARXISM, CLASS ANALYSIS, AND SOCIALIST PLURALISM - A THEORETICAL AND POLITICAL CRITIQUE OF MARXIST CONCEPTIONS OF POLITICS - JOHNSTON,L, POLIT SCI, vol. 39, no. 2, 1987, 209-210

LIBERAL DEMOCRACY - PAKEHA POLITICAL-IDEOLOGY, NEW ZEAL J HIST, vol. 21, no. 2, 1987, 215-227

SOCIAL-STRUCTURE AND POLITICAL-ATTITUDES - A REPORT OF 1984 ELECTION VOTING IN 3 AUCKLAND MARGINALS, POLIT SCI, vol. 39, no. 1, 1987, 17-31

DEMOCRACY AND POWER IN NEW-ZEALAND - A STUDY OF NEW-ZEALAND POLITICS - MULGAN,R, NEW ZEAL J HIST, vol. 19, no. 2, 1985, 185-186

DELEGATES COMPARED - A SOCIOLOGY OF THE NATIONAL, LABOR, AND SOCIAL CREDIT PARTY CONFERENCES, 1983, POLIT SCI, vol. 37, no. 1, 1985, 1-17

THE LEE,JOHN,A. DIARIES 1936-1940 - LEE,JA, LANDFALL, vol. 36, no. 1, 1982, 106-109

GUILD SOCIALISM RESTATED - COLE,GDH, HIST POLIT THOUGHT, vol. 3, no. 2, 1982, 354-359

COLE,G.D.H. AND SOCIALIST DEMOCRACY - WRIGHT,AW, HIST POLIT THOUGHT, vol. 3, no. 2, 1982, 354-359

IDEOLOGY AND THE FORMATION OF THE NEW-ZEALAND LABOR-PARTY - SOME NEW EVIDENCE, NEW ZEAL J HIST, vol. 16, no. 1, 1982, 39-55

with E McLeay, Redefining Constituency: the Roles of New Zealand MPs, Regional and Federal Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 71-95

Comparing District Magnitude Effects Under Ordinal and Nominal Ballot Structures in Non-Partisan Elections: The 2004 Local Elections in New Zealand, Representation, vol. 43, no. 4, 289-306

Offsetting the PR Effect? Party Mobilisation and Turnout Decline in New Zealand, 1996-99, Party Politics, vol. 8, no. 5, 587-605

Others

with J Curtin, F Castles, Globalising the Antipodes' (special issue), Australian Journal of Political Science, vol. 40, no. 2