TY  - Thesis
AU  - Ben Thomas McLachlan



PY  - 2013
T1  - In search of a New Zealand populism: heresthetics, character and populist political leadership
PB  - School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations (VUW)


DO  - https://doi.org/APO-34654
UR  - https://apo.org.au/node/34654

AB  - Populism, an academically contested political theory, has been subject to few thorough studies in the New Zealand context. With a history of strong, successful leaders, and fervent political rebels, New Zealand provides a useful political context in which the theoretical platform for what constitutes populism can be explored. While the current pre-eminent model of New Zealand-centric populist leadership is Barry Gustafson’s six point framework, this thesis will posit that adopting a multi-methodological approach is able to explain the nuances of New Zealand populism more effectively.
ER  -