Selected Recent Publications
For further publications, see Jack
Vowles' University
webpages and the New Zealand
Election Study website
Current Papers (downloadable)
Books
Vowles, J., Aimer, P., Karp, J, Banducci, S., Miller, R, ed., Voters’ Veto: The 2002 Election in
New Zealand and the Consolidation of Minority Government.
Auckland University Press, 2004.
Vowles, J., Aimer, P., Karp, J, Banducci, S., Miller, R, and Sullivan,
A., Proportional Representation on
Trial: The 1999 Election in New Zealand and the Fate of MMP.
Auckland University Press, 2002
Journal Special Issues
Katz, Richard S., and Jack Vowles, eds., ‘International
Developments in Electoral Systems’, Representation 43, 2, 2007, special
issue.
Curtin, Jennifer, Francis G. Castles, and Jack Vowles, ed.,
‘Globalising the Antipodes’ (special issue), Australian Journal of Political Science
40, 2, 2006.
Journal Articles
Vowles, Jack, 2010. 'Making a Difference? Public Perceptions of
Coalition, Single-Party, and Minority Governments', Electoral Studies 29, 3, 370-380.
Miller, Raymond, and Jack Vowles, 2009. ‘Public Attitudes Toward
MMP
and Coalition Government’, New
Zealand Journal of Public and International Law, 7, 1, 93-110.
Vowles, J., 2009. ‘The 2008 Election in New Zealand’, Electoral Studies 28, 3, 507-510.
Vowles, Jack, 2008. ‘Does Globalization Affect Public Perceptions
of ‘Who in power Can Make a Difference’? Evidence from 40
Countries, 1996-2006’ Electoral
Studies 27, 63-76.
Vowles, Jack, ‘Comparing District Magnitude Effects Under Ordinal
and Nominal Ballot Structures in Non-Partisan Elections: The 2004 Local
Elections in New Zealand’, Representation
43, 2, 2007, 289-306.
McLeay, Elizabeth and Jack Vowles, 2007 ‘Redefining Constituency:
the Roles of New Zealand MPs’, Regional
and Federal Studies, 17, 1, 71-95.
Vowles, Jack, Susan A. Banducci and Jeffrey A. Karp, 2006.
'Forecasting
and Evaluating the Consequences of Electoral Change in New Zealand', Acta Politica 41, 267-284.
Vowles, J. and Clive Bean, 2006. ‘Electoral Politics: Does
Globalisation Matter’, Australian
Journal of Political Science 40, 2, special issue,
‘Globalising the Antipodes, pp. 273-288.
Castles, Francis G., Jennifer Curtin and Jack Vowles, 2006.
‘Public Policy in Australia and New Zealand: the New Global
Context’, Australian Journal
of Political Science 40, 2, special issue, ‘Globalising
the Antipodes, pp. 131-143.
McVey, Andrew, and Jack Vowles, ‘Virtuous Circle or Cul De Sac?
Social Capital and Political Participation in New Zealand’, Political Science 57, 1, 2005,
5-20.
Vowles, J., ‘Electoral Systems and Proportional Tenure of
Government: Renewing the Debate’ British Journal of Political Science,
34, 1, 2004, 166-179.
Book Chapters
Vowles, Jack, 2009. ‘The 2008 Election: Why National Won’,
in Raymond Miller, ed., New Zealand
Government and Politics, 5th edition, Melbourne, Oxford
University Press, 365-382.
Vowles, Jack, 2008. ‘The Genie in the Bottle: Is New
Zealand’s MMP System Here to Stay’, in Mark Frances and Jim
Tully, ed., In the Public Interest:
Essays in Honour of Professor Keith Jackson. Christchurch,
University of Canterbury Press, 105-125.
Vowles, Jack, 2008. ‘Systemic Failure, Coordination, and
Contingencies: Understanding Electoral System Change in New
Zealand’, in Andre Blais, ed., To
Keep or Change First Past the Post: The Politics of Electoral Reform.
Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Johnston, R., and Vowles, J., 2006. ‘Strategic Learning in
Campaigns
With Proportional Representation: Evidence From New Zealand’, in
Henry E. Brady and Richard Johnston, ed. Capturing Campaign Effects. Ann
Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 280-306.
Vowles, J., 2005. ‘New Zealand: Consolidation of Reform?’
in Michael Gallagher and Paul Mitchell, ed., The Politics of Electoral Systems
Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2005, 295-312.
Forthcoming
Vowles, J., 2010. ‘Electoral System
Change, Generations, and Turnout in New Zealand, 1963-2005’,
forthcoming British Journal of
Political Science, 40. 4.
Current
Papers
Vowles, J., 2007. 'Why Voters
Prefer
Coalitions: Rationality or Norms'.
Paper for delivery at the Annual Meeting of the American Political
Science Association, Chicago, August 30-September 2 2007.
Jack Vowles and Georgios Xezonakis, 2009. ‘Globalization, Democracy, and the Great
Recession: Party Positions from an Expert Survey’, presented
to the 2009 Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties (EPOP) Conference,
University of Strathclyde, August 27-28 2009.
Vowles, Jack, and Georgios Xezonakis, ‘From Positional to Valence Issues: Is
Globalization the Cause?’ Paper presented at the
Globalization and Democratic Politics Workshop, Exeter, June 17 2010,
at the Annual Meetings of the American Political Science Association,
Washington DC, September 1-5, and at the Elections, Public Opinion, and
Parties (EPOP) Conference, University of Essex, September 10-12.