Elizabeth McLeay

Professor

BA VUW, PhD Auck, DipTch

Profile

Elizabeth McLeay is Professor in Comparative Politics. She teaches New Zealand politics and government and research methods. She has also taught 'Women and Politics'.

A former director of the Housing Corporation of New Zealand and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Elizabeth was also co-founder of the New Zealand Politics Research Group, co-editor of Political Science and was a member of the New Zealand Political Change Project.

Current Research Projects

Her books and articles have been on the areas of cabinet government, Parliament, the political representation of Maori and women, comparative public policy, housing and policing policy, and the New Zealand political class. 

Her present research interests are in the areas of constitutional and institutional change, political representation, and comparative parliamentary autonomy.

Selection of Publications

Elizabeth McLeay, " The Public Interest in New Zealand", in Mark Francis and Jim Tully (eds.) In the Public Interest: Essays in Honour of Professor Keith Jackson (Christchurch, Canterbury University Press, 2009), pp. 19-34.

With Jack Vowles, ‘Redefining Constituency: The Roles of New Zealand MPs', (2005), Special Edition, Journal of Legislative Studies.

Elizabeth McLeay (ed.), New Zealand Politics and Social Patterns: Selected Works by Robert Chapman (Wellington, Victoria University Press, 1999).

Elizabeth McLeay, "Policing Policy and Policy Networks in Britain and New Zealand", in David Marsh (ed.) Comparing Policy Networks (Buckingham: Open University Press, 1998), pp.110-32.

Elizabeth McLeay, et al. New Zealand Under MMP: A New Politics? (Auckland, Bridget Williams Books with Oxford University Press, 1996)

Elizabeth McLeay, The Cabinet and Political Power in New Zealand (Auckland, Oxford University Press, 1995). 

Current Teaching

POLS 383 – Researching Politics

POLS 381/PUBL 304 – Cabinet Government

POLS 419 – Government and Politics in New Zealand

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POLS 383 – Researching Politics

POLS 381/PUBL 304 – Cabinet Government

POLS 419 – Government and Politics in New Zealand

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