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Critical Elections
British Parties and Voters in Long-term Perspective
Edited by:
- Geoffrey Evans - Nuffield College, UK
- Pippa Norris - Harvard University, USA
Other Titles in:
British Government and Politics | Elections & Political Campaigns | Political Parties
British Government and Politics | Elections & Political Campaigns | Political Parties
April 1999 | 352 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Did Labour's landslide victory in 1997 mark a critical watershed in British party politics? Did the radical break with 18 years of Conservative rule reflect a fundamental change in the social and ideological basis of British voting behaviour?
Critical Elections brings together leading scholars of parties, elections and voting behaviour to provide the first systematic overview of long-term change in British electoral politics.
Pippa Norris and Geoffrey Evans
Introduction
PART ONE: NEW PATTERNS OF PARTY COMPETITION?
Ian Budge
Party Policy and Ideology
Pippa Norris
New Politicians? Changes in Party Competition at Westminster
Paul Webb and David M Farrell
Party Members and Ideological Change
Ivor Crewe and Katarina Thomson
Party Loyalties
PART TWO: NEW SOCIAL ALIGNMENTS?
Geoffrey Evans, Anthony Heath and Clive Payne
Class
Shamit Saggar and Anthony Heath
Race
John Curtice and Alison Park
Region
Pippa Norris
Gender
Anthony Heath and Bridget Taylor
New Sources of Abstention?
PART THREE: NEW ISSUE ALIGNMENTS?
David Sanders
The Impact of Left-Right Ideology
Geoffrey Evans
Europe
Paula Surridge et al
Scotland
Mark Franklin and Christina Hughes
Dynamic Representation in Britain
Pippa Norris and Geoffrey Evans
Conclusion