A substantially revised and extended replacement for the same author's classic text on ‘Elections and Voting Behaviour in Britain’ in the same series. The book provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of electoral politics today and of its evolution in the post war period. Two entirely new chapters focus on electoral reform and on the main theoretical approaches to the study of elections and voting.
Table of contents:
Studying British Elections
Turnout: Why People Vote (or Don't)
Party Choice in the Era of Alignment
Dealignment and its Consequences
Issues, Ideology, Images and Leaders: The Rise of Judgmental Voting
Campaigning and the Mass Media
Electoral Geography and Electoral Systems
Elections and Party Choice in Contemporary Britain
Table of contents:
Studying British Elections
Turnout: Why People Vote (or Don't)
Party Choice in the Era of Alignment
Dealignment and its Consequences
Issues, Ideology, Images and Leaders: The Rise of Judgmental Voting
Campaigning and the Mass Media
Electoral Geography and Electoral Systems
Elections and Party Choice in Contemporary Britain