LEADER 05003nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910806976803321 005 20230828232920.0 010 $a0-19-926805-3 010 $a0-19-151493-4 010 $a1-4294-5937-9 010 $a1-280-84103-6 035 $a(CKB)2560000000298943 035 $a(EBL)430545 035 $a(OCoLC)609830240 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000230901 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11194864 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000230901 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10198681 035 $a(PQKB)10832495 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000021997 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC430545 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL430545 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10271713 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL84103 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000298943 100 $a20060608d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPutting voters in their place$b[electronic resource] $egeography and elections in Great Britain /$fRon Johnston and Charles Pattie 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (357 p.) 225 1 $aOxford geographical and environmental studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-926804-5 311 $a0-19-169923-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [307]-333) and index. 327 $aContents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1. Models of Voting; Sociological Models; Responsive Voter Models; From 'Normal' to Responsive Voters; To Vote or Not to Vote; The Contemporary Pattern of Voting; Conclusions; 2. Bringing Geography In; Context and Scale; Bringing Context In; Conclusions; 3. The Geography of Voting: Regions, Places, and Neighbourhoods; The Problem of Data; The Aggregate Pattern: Variations by Constituency; Combining Constituency and Survey Data; A North-South Divide in Voting Patterns in the 1980's?; Moving Down a Scale-or Two; Conclusions 327 $a4. Talking Together and Voting Together Talking Together and Voting Together?; Measuring the Conversation Effect Directly; Who Talks Politics?; The Impact of Political Conversation; Political Conversation and Attitude Change; Conclusions; 5. The Local Economy and the Local Voter; It's the Economy, Stupid: Economic Voting; Measuring the Economic Vote: Which Economy?; Economic Evaluations and the Economic Vote; Government Responsibility and the Economic Vote; Endogenous Economic Voting?; Economic Geography and Economic Voting; Local Economic Geographies and Perceptions of Economic Performance 327 $aLocal Economic Evaluations and Electoral Geography How Local is Local?; Conclusions; 6. Party Campaigns and their Impact; The National Campaign; The Constituency Campaign; Measuring Constituency Campaigning; The Impact of the Local Campaign; The Local Campaign: Locally or Nationally Controlled?; Constituency Campaigning and the Individual Voter; Who Benefits from Constituency Campaigning: Incumbents or Challengers?; Conclusions; 7. To Vote or Not to Vote: The Problem of Turnout; Trends in Turnout over Time: the Growing Problem of Falling Turnout?; Who Votes?; Turnout and Local Context 327 $aMinimizing Participation Costs? Turnout and Distance to Polling Station Personal Turnout and the Actions of Others; Summarizing the Contextual Effect on Turnout; Conclusions; 8. Votes into Seats; Accounting for Disproportionality; Not only Disproportional but also Biased; The Making of a Geography: Constituency Definition in the UK; Geography, Disproportionality, and Bias; Bias Decomposition and the Geography of the Vote; Conclusions; Appendix: The British Election Study; References; Index; 330 $aUsing information from the latest UK elections (including 2005) these experienced authors show how both voters and parties are affected by, and seek to influence, both national and local forces. Based on the latest information and scholarship, they analyse the difference that place makes to politics. Fully illustrated with figures and tables. - ;Why do people living in different areas vote in different ways? Why does this change over time? How do people talk about politics with friends and neighbours, and with what effect? Does the geography of well-being influence the geography of party... 410 0$aOxford geographical and environmental studies. 606 $aElections$zGreat Britain 606 $aVoting$zGreat Britain 606 $aPolitical geography 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government 615 0$aElections 615 0$aVoting 615 0$aPolitical geography. 676 $a324.941 700 $aJohnston$b R. J$g(Ronald John)$0118204 701 $aPattie$b C. J.$f1962-$01607011 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910806976803321 996 $aPutting voters in their place$93933075 997 $aUNINA