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Informationen zum Autor Andrew Geddes is part of the Department of Politics at the University of Sheffield, and his current research explores the drivers of global migration governance. Jonathan Tonge is Professor of Politics at the University of Liverpool and his research focuses on the politics of Northern Ireland, British parties and elections, and devolution in the UK. Klappentext Britain Votes 2015 offers a comprehensive analysis of the 2015 General Election, one of the most unpredictable in British political history. It contains chapters on the results; the fortunes of the major parties; the campaign and outcomes in each country of the UK; campaign finance; women and the election; the importance of immigration, and more.Britain Votes 2015 offers a comprehensive analysis of the 2015 General Election, one of the most unpredictable in British political history. It contains chapters on the results; the fortunes of the major parties; the campaign and outcomes in each country of the UK; campaign finance; women and the election; the importance of immigration, and more. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Single Party Government in a Fragmented System Andrew Geddes and Jonathan Tonge The Results: How Britain Voted David Denver A Return to Normality? How the Electoral System Operated John Curtice The Conservatives: Their Sweetest Victory? Tim Bale and Paul Webb 'Hell No!' Labour's Campaign: The Correct Diagnosis but the Wrong Doctor? Steven Fielding From Coalition to Catastrophe: The Electoral Meltdown of the Liberal Democrats David Cutts and Andrew Russell Sea Change in Scotland James Mitchell Wales: Still a Labour Stronghold but Under Threat? Jonathan Bradbury Another Communal Headcount: The Election in Northern Ireland Jonathan Tonge and Jocelyn Evans Party Finance: The Death of the National Campaign? Justin Fisher The Economy Andrew Gamble Immigration, Issue Ownership and the Rise of UKIP James Dennison and Matthew Goodwin The Other Insurgency? The Greens and the Election James Dennison All Aboard the Pink Battle Bus? Women Voters, Women's Issues, Candidates and Party Leaders Rosie Campbell and Sarah Childs Exit Velocity: The Media Election Dominic Wring and Stephen Ward The General Rejection? Political Disengagement, Disaffected Democrats and 'Doing Politics' Differently Matthew Flinders Conclusions: Economic Narratives and Party Leaders Jonathan Tonge and Andrew Geddes Index ...
