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1 online resource (xix, 300 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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1. A 'Team of five million'? Covid-19 and the 2020 New Zealand general election / Jennifer Curtin, Lara M. Greaves, and Jack Vowles. -- 2. Shock, bounce, and reward? / Jack Vowles. -- 3. Between selfies and conspiracy theories : social media campaigning in 2020 / Mona Krewel and Matthew Gibbons. -- 4. Mobilising voters from the 'Team of five million' : electoral administration and turnout in the 2020 election / Jennifer Curtin, Celestyna Galicki, and Jack Vowles. - 5. Resisting the red wave? The Mori Party's return to parliament / Lara M. Greaves, Ella Morgan, and Janine Hayward. - 6. Who belongs in the 'Team of five million'? immigration and the 2020 election / Fiona Barker and Kate McMillan. -- 7. Gendering leadership and policy during Covid-19 : Jacinda Ardern and the women's vote / Jennifer Curtin, V.K.G. Woodman, and Lara M. Greaves. -- 8. Boycotting the 'Team of five million' / Josh Van Veen and Luke Oldfield. -- 9. In the shadow of Covid-19? Climate change and the 2020 election / Sam Crawley. -- The disappearing 'Team of five million'? The road to the 2023 election / Jack Vowles, Jennifer Curtin, and Lara M. Greaves. |
| Summary |
New Zealand was one of a handful of countries that held a national election in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Its policy response stood out as remarkably successful. Indeed, several years on from the onset of the crisis, in 2023 New Zealand still retained a record of no excess deaths. While New Zealanders were voting on October 17, 2020, their country had only recorded 25 confirmed deaths out of a population of five million. Then, support for the government's crisis management was at its height. Labour, the leading party in the incumbent coalition government, secured a historic election victory. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had taken up the metaphor of the New Zealand people as 'a team of five million' facing the COVID-19 threat together. This book seeks to explain the success of the government's strategy through an analysis of the election campaign and outcome. The authors also address the limits of this approach and the extent to which some voters felt alienated rather than connected with the 'team'. The election outcome was a big short-term swing of the electoral pendulum. It did not generate a reset of the party system. Three years on, as the 2023 election loomed into sight, the party system looked much as it did prior to the pandemic and Labour's success in 2020 was about to be dramatically reversed. |
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Licensed under Creative Commons. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 AU-CaNED |
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New Zealand. Parliament -- Elections, 2020.
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Elections -- New Zealand -- 21st century.
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COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Political aspects -- New Zealand.
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Political campaigns -- New Zealand -- History -- 21st century.
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New Zealand -- Politics and government -- 1972-
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Élections -- Nouvelle-Zélande -- 21e siècle.
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Pandémie de COVID-19, 2020- -- Aspect politique -- Nouvelle-Zélande.
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Nouvelle-Zélande -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1945-
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Curtin, Jennifer, editor.
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Greaves, Lara, editor.
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Vowles, Jack, 1950- editor.
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Australian National University Press, publisher.
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Print version: A team of five million? : the 2020 'COVID-19' New Zealand general election Canberra, ACT, Australia : ANU Press, 2024 9781760466473 (OCoLC)1434632028 |
| ISBN |
1760466484 (electronic book) |
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9781760466480 (electronic bk.) |
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9781760466473 (paperback) |
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1760466476 (paperback) |
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AUNED 000077352888 |
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AU@ 000077359299 |
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