<p>How do voters in Britain decide which party to vote for in elections? Have age and education replaced class as the social basis for voting? Are elections now βpresidentialisedβ, with voters simply choosing between party leaders? What role do the media, new and old, play in all of this? The author
Elections and Voting Behaviour in Britain
β Scribed by David Denver (auth.)
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 201
- Series
- Contemporary Political Studies Series
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
The Study of Elections and Electoral Behaviour....Pages 1-26
The Era of Alignment 1950β70....Pages 27-51
Partisan and Class Dealignment after 1970....Pages 52-84
Issue Voting....Pages 85-106
Party Leaders, Election Campaigns and the Media....Pages 107-135
Trends in General Election Results....Pages 136-161
The 1992 General Election and the Electoral Outlook....Pages 162-179
Back Matter....Pages 180-190
β¦ Subjects
Electoral Politics
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