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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823617903321

Autore

Heath A. F (Anthony Francis)

Titolo

The rise of New Labour [[electronic resource] ] : party policies and voter choices / / Anthony F. Heath, Roger M. Jowell, John K. Curtice

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford [UK] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001

ISBN

0-19-159945-X

9786612007088

1-282-00708-4

0-19-152964-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JowellRoger

CurticeJohn

Disciplina

324.24107

Soggetti

Elections - Great Britain

Great Britain Politics and government 1979-1997

Great Britain Politics and government 1997-2007

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-178) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""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""; ""Appendix 7.2. Multivariate Analysis of the Social Basis of Vote, 1979�1997""; ""8. Were Traditional Labour Voters Disillusioned with New Labour?""; ""Conclusions""; ""9. Party Policies and Voter Choices""; ""Appendix. The British Election Surveys, 1979�1997""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""

""P""""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""

Sommario/riassunto

This text explores the emergence of New Labour from the ruins of old Labour's four successive defeats by the Conservatives. Based on the British Election Surveys, it explores some of the key questions about contemporary British elections.