The changing shape of politics : rethinking left and right in a new Britain /
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| Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1 Introduction: British Politics in Turbulent Times; Abstract; Shifting Sands: The Role of Social Class in Voting; Scotland: A Changing of the Guard; Wales: Not Bucking the Trend; The Brexit Referendum and Its Aftermath; The European Picture; References; Chapter 2 Beyond Left and Right: The End of an Old Order?; Abstract; Cleavage Theory; The Evolution of Political Parties in the UK; Post-bourgeois Values; Beyond Left and Right: The Need for a Cultural Dimension; Summary; References; Chapter 3 Patterns of Political Competition
- AbstractIdentifying Ideological Dimensions: Data and Methods; Results of the Analysis: How Political Opinion Is Structured; Mapping Party Voters; The Role of Social Structure in Shaping Political Opinion; References; Chapter 4 Towards a More Polarised Britain?; Abstract; Polarisation of Party Voters; Polarisation Amongst the Voting Population; Explaining Voting Behaviour; Long-Term Trends; The Impact of Scotland's Independence Referendum; Summary; References; Chapter 5 The European Perspective; Abstract; Earlier Studies; Some Opinion Data
- Impact on Party Support and the Role of the Voting SystemSummary; References; Chapter 6 Conclusion: Making Sense of It All; Abstract; References; Appendix A: Analysis of British Election Study (BES) Data; Appendix B: European Political Parties; Appendix C: Cleaning and Preprocessing VAA-Generated Data; Appendix D: Mokken Scale Analysis; Appendix E: Regression Results; Bibliography; Index