Affluence, Austerity and Electoral Change in Britain

"Affluence, Austerity and Electoral Change in Britain investigates the political economy of party support for British political parties since Tony Blair led New Labour to power in 1997. Using valence politics models of electoral choice and marshalling anunprecedented wealth of survey data collected in the British Election Study's monthly Continuous Monitoring Surveys, the authors trace forces affecting support for New Labour during its 13 years in office. They then study how the recessionary economy hasinfluenced the dynamics of party support since the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition came to power in May 2010 and factors that shaped voting in Britain's May 2011 national referendum on changing the electoral system. Placing Britain in comparativeperspective with cross-national survey data gathered in the midst of the worst recession since the 1930s, the authors investigate how the economic crisis has affected support for incumbent governments and democratic politics in over 20 European countries"--

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• Authors: Harold D. Clarke, Harold D. (University of Texas Clarke, Clarke Harold D., Paul Whiteley & Harold D Clarke, David Sanders, David (University of Essex) Sanders, Marianne C. Stewart, Marianne C. (University of Texas Stewart, Stewart Marianne C., Paul Whiteley, Paul (University of Essex) Whiteley, Paul (University of Essex) Clarke Whiteley, Paul Clarke Whiteley, Whiteley Paul
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.09.2013
• EAN: 9781107641167
• ISBN: 978-1-107-64116-7
• No. of pages: 332
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Elections & referenda, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, Elections and referenda / suffrage