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Stardust and Substance

The New Zealand General Election of 2017
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Stardust and Substance captures some of the magic of Jacinda Ardern's extraordinary seven-and-a-half weeks' campaign, defeating a National government in power for nine years. The story of her sensational achievement - with `relentless positivity' and a `Let's do this' attitude - is told in this book by multiple authors, including Jacinda Ardern herself; her coalition partners, Winston Peters and James Shaw; and, looking back at the 2017 race, by her adversary in the campaign, former prime minister Bill English. The book portrays how a remarkable election looked: * to overseas observers in the U.S., Australia, Europe, Britain and Japan, attempting to understand `Jacindamania'. * to 14 of New Zealand's top cartoonists. * to academic commentators, journalists and a TV news programme's producer. Stardust and Substance tells the story of how the election was won, and a government formed, its chapters highlighting: * the televised debates and Jacinda Ardern's inspirational example for New Zealand's young women. * UMR's survey findings about leadership, issues and `word clouds'. * the post-election negotiations with Winton Peters. * the role of political scandals. * the campaign and election in the Maori seats. * the 2017 election and New Zealand's Pacific communities. * four campaigns, four candidates - Julie Anne Genter (Greens); Chris Hipkins (Labour); Mark Mitchell (National); Fletcher Tabuteau (New Zealand First). Stardust and Substance also farewells the Key-English government, examining its legacy with regard to some key issues: New Zealand's flag; the economy, housing, the environment, immigration, foreign policy and security. Stardust and Substance is the latest title in a VUP series of New Zealand election studies allowing New Zealanders today and `in 20, 50 and 100 years' time' the opportunity to `think about what happened and why' (John Key) at the country's general elections.

Author Biography

Stephen Levine is a professor of political science at Victoria University of Wellington. He is founder of VUW's parliamentary internship programme and has written extensively about New Zealand's politics, elections and international relations. He has co-edited (and contributed to) books about each of New Zealand's elections under MMP - Moments of Truth is the seventh - and was director of the New Zealand Political Change Project (1995-2003), examining the impact of MMP on New Zealand's government and politics. In 2009 he was recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for "services to education and the Jewish community" and appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit. He served as co-editor of the New Zealand Ministry of Culture and Heritage's theme issue, Government and Nation, launched by the Governor-General in June 2012 as part of New Zealand's national online encyclopedia, Te Ara.
Release date Australia
September 13th, 2018
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Contributor
  • Edited by Stephen Levine
Country of Publication
New Zealand
Illustrations
Includes DVD
Imprint
Victoria University Press
Pages
560
Publisher
Victoria University Press
Dimensions
150x212x36
ISBN-13
9781776561971
Product ID
28116793

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