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Electoral change in Britain since 1945 / Pippa Norris.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Making contemporary BritainPublisher: Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass. : Blackwell, 1997Description: xii, 270 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0631167153
  • 9780631167150
  • 0631167161
  • 9780631167167
Other title:
  • Electoral change in Britain since nineteen forty five
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 324.941
LOC classification:
  • JN956 .N668 1997
Contents:
List of Figures -- List of Tables -- General Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Introduction: The Westminster Model of Representative Democracy -- Pt. I. The Nature of Electoral Change -- Pt. II. Changes in the Electorate -- Pt. III. Changes in the Party System -- Pt. IV. Changes in Political Communications -- Conclusions: Electoral Reform and Electoral Change -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This book explores the nature of electoral change in Britain during the last half century. The period from 1945 to 1970 was the classic era of two-party dominance at every level of British politics: at Westminster, county hall and in the electorate. Since the early seventies Conservative and Labour hegemony has remained virtually unaltered in Parliament, but their grip has been loosened in local government, and the popular foundations of the two-party system have been eroded among voters. Why has Britain evolved from a dominant to a two-party system during the last fifty-years? This study considers alternative explanations for these developments, focusing on changes in voters, parties and political communications. The book provides students with a fresh and accessible perspective on theories of electoral change, placing developments in Britain within their broader comparative context, and challenging many conventional assumptions about trends in voting behaviour.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-254) and index.

List of Figures -- List of Tables -- General Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Introduction: The Westminster Model of Representative Democracy -- Pt. I. The Nature of Electoral Change -- Pt. II. Changes in the Electorate -- Pt. III. Changes in the Party System -- Pt. IV. Changes in Political Communications -- Conclusions: Electoral Reform and Electoral Change -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book explores the nature of electoral change in Britain during the last half century. The period from 1945 to 1970 was the classic era of two-party dominance at every level of British politics: at Westminster, county hall and in the electorate. Since the early seventies Conservative and Labour hegemony has remained virtually unaltered in Parliament, but their grip has been loosened in local government, and the popular foundations of the two-party system have been eroded among voters. Why has Britain evolved from a dominant to a two-party system during the last fifty-years? This study considers alternative explanations for these developments, focusing on changes in voters, parties and political communications. The book provides students with a fresh and accessible perspective on theories of electoral change, placing developments in Britain within their broader comparative context, and challenging many conventional assumptions about trends in voting behaviour.

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