Bale, Tim and Roberts, Nigel S (2002) Plus ça change … ? Anti-Party Sentiment and Electoral System Change: A New Zealand Case Study. Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 40 (2). pp. 1-20. ISSN 1466-2043

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Abstract

Anti-party sentiment tends to be seen as a relatively recent problem for the world's democracies. Evidence from our case study, however, suggests that all its familiar symptoms were present years ago, and that they tend to fluctuate with time and chance. Therefore, while institutional reform may help to alleviate what is essentially a chronic problem punctuated by acute episodes, it is unlikely to offer a cure. Both the proponents and opponents of electoral system change in other Commonwealth countries are likely to find that it probably will not make things worse, but it may not make them very much better.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Law, Politics and Sociology > Politics
Subjects:	J Political Science > JQ Political institutions and public administration (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc.) > JQ3995 Australia. New Zealand. Pacific Ocean islands
Depositing User:	Tim Bale
Date Deposited:	06 Feb 2012 18:17
Last Modified:	11 May 2012 08:54
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/15591

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