| Description | | - The book brings together a first-class set of well-known contributors to provide an authoritative analysis of the outcome.
- Written in a vivid, accessible and lively style.
| Britain Votes 2005 provides a balanced, comprehensive and topical overview of the campaign leading up to the 2005 British General Election and an analysis of the results presented in a straightforward, clear and lively style for students, colleagues and practitioners. This is the fourth volume in the Oxford series which started in the election of 1992.
Part I provides insights into the
strategies and tactics adopted by the major parties; news coverage on the television, in newspapers, and on the internet; and the dynamics of the opinion polls leading up to polling day.
Part II analyses the outcome including the results in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; race and gender issues; economic voting; the working of the electoral system, and the outcome for the new Parliament.
Produced by a well-known team of experts on British elections and voting behaviour, the book is written in a vivid and accessible style.
The book will be essential reading for all students, scholars, and practitioners of British elections and voting behaviour, party politics, public opinion, political behaviour and political sociology. |
Readership: An essential guide for all students, scholars, and practitioners of British elections and voting behaviour, party politics, public opinion, political behaviour and political sociology.
| Contents |
1.
Introduction
,
Pippa Norris
The Campaign Context
2.
The Opinion Polls
,
Ivor Crewe
3.
The Press, Television & Internet
,
John Bartle
4.
The Labour Party
,
Dominic Wring
5.
The Conservative Party
,
Anthony Seldon and Daniel Collins
6.
The Liberal Democrat Party
,
Andrew Russell
7.
The Minor and Fringe Parties
,
Paul Webb
The Analysis of the Results
8.
Turnout
,
John Curtice
9.
UK Regions: Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
,
Ron Johnston, Charles Pattie and David Rossiter
10.
The Issue Agenda and Voting
,
David Sanders, Harold Clarke, Marianne Stewart and Paul Whiteley
11.
The Impact of Leaders, Parties and Voting
,
Geoffrey Evans
12.
The New Parliament: Gender, Race, and New MPs
,
Joni Lovenduski and Rosie Campbell
14.
The Impact of UK Electoral Systems
,
Patrick Dunleavy and Helen Margetts
15.
Conclusions
,
Christopher Wlezien
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Edited by Pippa Norris, McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics, Johyn F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and
Christopher Wlezien, Professor of Political Science, Temple University
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