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Autore: |
Denver David
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Titolo: |
Elections and Voters in Britain
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Pubblicazione: | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2022 |
©2022 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (338 pages) |
Disciplina: | 324.941085 |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: |
JohnsRobert
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Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Studying British Elections -- Why Study Elections? -- Studying Elections -- Analysing Election Results -- Surveys of the Electorate -- Election Results and Survey Data Compared -- Theories of Voting -- The Sociological Approach and the Michigan Model -- Voting as Rational Choice -- References -- 2 Turnout: Why People Vote (or Don't) -- Turnout Variations Over Time -- Turnout Variations Across Constituencies -- Survey Studies of Non-voting -- Who Votes? -- Age and Turnout -- The Consequences of Low Turnout -- Conclusion: What Is to Be Done About Low Turnout? -- References -- 3 The Changing British Party System -- Class and the Two-Party System -- Measuring Class and Class Voting -- Religion -- Partisan Alignment -- An Alternative View of Party Identification -- Dealignment -- Class Dealignment -- Partisan Dealignment -- The Causes of Dealignment -- 'Bottom Up' Explanations -- 'Top Down' Explanations -- Dealignment and Electoral Volatility -- Inter-Election Volatility -- Mid-term Movements -- Campaign Swithering -- From Dealignment to Realignment? -- References -- 4 Issues, Policies and Performance -- Issue Voting -- Which Issues Matter? -- Measuring Issue Voting -- Position Issues, Policies and Ideology -- Issues or Ideology? -- Ideology: A Spatial View -- Politics in Two Dimensions -- Valence Issues and Performance -- The Economy and Voting -- The 'Traditional' or Aggregate Approach -- The Individual-Level Approach -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Party Images and Party Leaders -- Party Images -- The Content of Party Images -- Party Images and Party Choice -- Party Leaders -- Why Leadership Matters (More) -- Leader Evaluations and Party Choice -- The Sources of Party and Leader Images -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Campaigning and the Media -- National Campaigning. |
Opinion Polls -- The Media -- Media Effects -- Television -- The National Press -- Constituency Campaigning -- The Digital Campaign -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 The Geography of British Elections -- Regional Variations -- Urban-Rural Variations -- Explaining Regional Variations -- Constituency Variations -- Tactical Voting -- Localities and Neighbourhoods -- Explaining the Impact of the Local Political Environment -- References -- 8 Elections and Electoral Systems -- The Operation of First-Past-the-Post -- Representativeness -- Regional Imbalance -- Bias -- 'Wasted' Votes and Safe Seats -- Drawing the Boundaries -- In Defence of First-Past-the-Post -- Elections and Voting Under Different Electoral Systems -- Mixed Member Proportional (MMP)/Additional Member System (AMS) Elections -- Single Transferable Vote (STV) -- Conclusion -- References -- 9 Referendums -- Definition and Role -- The British Experience -- Referendums and Voters in Britain -- Turnout -- Vote Choice -- The Role of the Campaign -- In Defence of (Some) Direct Democracy -- References -- 10 Elections and Party Choice in Britain Today -- Explaining Party Choice -- The Sociological Approach and the Michigan model -- Models Based on Rational Choice -- Issue Voting -- Valence Voting -- Explaining Election Outcomes -- Conclusion -- References -- Glossary of Statistical and Technical Terms -- References -- Author Index -- Index. | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Elections and Voters in Britain ![]() |
ISBN: | 9783030864927 |
9783030864910 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910510572903321 |
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