Format:
1 online resource (198 pages)
ISBN:
9780191529641
Content:
This major new work from the well-known team of Heath, Jowell and Curtice explores the emergence of New Labour from the ruins of old Labour's four successive defeats at the hands of the Conservatives. Based on the authoritative British Election Surveys the book explores some of the key questions about contemporary British elections and the social and political factors that decide their outcomes.
Content:
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Social Change and the Future of the Left -- The Decline of Labour's Social Base -- Room for Class Politics? -- Increasing Disadvantage and Insecurity? -- Room for Socialism? -- Conclusions -- Appendix 2.1. The Construction of the Measure of Social Group -- 3. The Electoral Success of Thatcherism -- Inflation and Unemployment -- Trade Union Legislation -- Privatization -- Tax Cuts and Government Spending -- Taxes and Spending 1992-1997 -- Conclusions -- Appendix 3.1. Supplementary Tables -- Appendix 3.2. Logistic Regression of Credit, Blame, and Vote-Switching -- 4. Margaret Thatcher's Nationalism -- Defence -- Devolution for Scotland and Wales -- Europe -- The Referendum Party -- Conclusions -- Appendix 4.1. Supplementary Table -- Appendix 4.2. Changing Ideological Dimensions in the British Electorate -- 5. Old Labour and the Social Democratic Party -- Labour's Ideological Appeal in 1983 -- The SDP and the Alliance -- The Social Bases of Centre-Left Voters -- Conclusions -- Appendix 5.1. Measuring the Relative Importance of Issues -- Appendix 5.2. Multivariate Analysis of Social Group, Ideology, and Support for Labour -- 6. Labour's Long Road Back -- The Economic Issues -- The Non-Economic Issues -- The Squeeze on the Liberal Democrats -- Conclusions -- Appendix 6.1. Supplementary Tables -- 7. The Changing Social Basis of Party Support -- The Parties'Appeal to Different Social Groups -- The Conservatives and Essex Man -- John Major's Conservatives and the Growth of Middle-Class Insecurity -- Labour Support among the Two Lefts, 1979-1983 -- Neil Kinnock and the Party Review -- Tony Blair and New Labour -- The Centre Parties -- Conclusions -- Appendix 7.1. Supplementary Tables.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780199245109
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780199245109
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3053309
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