Preface
Note on documentation
Note on tables
Part I. Political Context and Electoral Change Ivor Crewe: 1. The flow of events
2. The flow of the vote
3. The lockgates on the vote
Part II. Issues, Opinion and Party Choice in the 1979 Election Bo Särlvik: 4. Opinions on political issues and voting - the directions of the enquiry
5. Why the parties were liked and disliked
6. Managing the economy - the Labour government's record and the Conservative alternative
7. Responses to social and cultural change
8. Nationalisation and social welfare policies - a rightward shift in electoral opinion 1974-1979
9. Policy alternatives and party choice in the 1979 election
10. Ambiguity and change in party positions: three special cases
11. The impact of the issues - an overall account
12. The electorate and the party system
13. The making of voting decisions: political opinions and voting intentions during the campaign
Part III. A Turning-Point?: 14. At the end of a decade
Postscript: realignment in the 1980s?
Appendix. Constructing the flow-of-the-vote tables
Notes
Index.
