The impact of political discourse on the 2017 general election results in New Zealand Cover Image

Wpływ dyskursu o polityce imigracyjnej na wyniki wyborów parlamentarnych 2017 roku w Nowej Zelandii
The impact of political discourse on the 2017 general election results in New Zealand

Author(s): Marcin Wałdoch
Subject(s): Politics
Published by: Fundacja Niepodległości
Keywords: general election; New Zealand

Summary/Abstract: In the paper, the author presents the results of the research on immigration policydiscourse during the election campaign to the New Zealand House of Representativesin 2017. The hypothesis of this research was an assumption that in the electionmanifestos of New Zealand political parties, the immigration policies were raisedon populist slogans, which allowed them to take power and form a cabinet. The authorhas stated several research questions while trying to resolve the hypothesisand pointed out accompanying phenomena such as withdrawal from the traditionalpolitical division for ad hoc issues in public debate. One of such ad hoc issue was animmigration policy which became a common denominator for parties that formedthe cabinet after the general election in 2017.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 92-115
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish