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- Title
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN POLITICAL LIFE: NEW ZEALAND.
- Authors
Milne, R. S.
- Abstract
There is a regrettable shortage of statistical information on citizen participation in political life of New Zealand. The number of relevant statistical surveys and community studies is so small that any discussion of the question can only be couched in rather general terms. The number of formal decision-making positions in the country is fairly clear. There are 80 seats in Parliament, and at the last two elections the average number of persons standing for each seat has been just over three, consisting of candidates from the National, Labour and Social Credit Parties plus an occasional Communist or Independent. However, for each of the four Maori seats, there are usually four or five contenders. The figures for local government are less well known, because the data have not been collected and analysed for the whole of New Zealand. Nevertheless, there are approximately 675 local authorities in the country which are elected on a wide franchise.
- Subjects
NEW Zealand; POLITICAL participation; DECISION making; POLITICAL candidates; POLITICAL parties; POLITICAL sociology
- Publication
International Social Science Journal, 1960, Vol 12, Issue 1, p63
- ISSN
0020-8701
- Publication type
Article